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| Looking good, Rich. Lucky if I can shoot irons that well anymore!
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| The Finnwolf! |
| Posts: 20176 | Location: Very NW NJ up in the Mountains | Registered: 14 June 2009 |
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| Nice rifle and nice shooting. Plenty fine for deer. I could not read the cartridge name on the ammo box. What caliber is it? NRA Life Benefactor Member, DRSS, DWWC, Whittington Center,Android Reloading Ballistics App at http://www.xplat.net/ |
| Posts: 2294 | Location: Republic of Texas | Registered: 25 May 2009 |
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| And with an honest-to-goodness Sako aperture sight! Awesome! Mark
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| Posts: 616 | Location: Coleman County, Texas | Registered: 05 July 2003 |
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| Nice rifle. Traded a BLR plus $100 for a NIB Finnwolf .243 with the factory peep still wrapped in wax paper. It had a $275 price sticker on it and the paperwork from the PX at the base in Germany where it was bought. Couldn’t bring myself to shoot it so sold it for a nice profit. Haven’t seen one since |
| Posts: 766 | Location: Tallahassee, FL | Registered: 11 December 2004 |
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| quote: Originally posted by sambarman338: Nice-looking rifle, Rich. The only other of them I've ever come across (except in ads) had been broken at the wrist and restored with a fibreglass bandage. Can't say I'm a fan of the Sako peepsight, though - too much tunnel vision to be much good for hunting.
Sadly, I have to agree with your appraisal of the Sako aperture: it seems that it was designed for the range and doesn't allow enough light for field conditions. Mark
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| Posts: 616 | Location: Coleman County, Texas | Registered: 05 July 2003 |
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| What sort of dovetails do you have on the receiver, Mark? If you would like a better hunting aperture, just in case your dovetails are in any way comparable with the ones on my Sako L61R, you could look to a brand called AO (the logo is an A in a circle). Couldn't find it online just now but this sight looks similar: https://www.xssights.com/Detai...PROD=993682&CAT=8534 |
| Posts: 5188 | Location: Melbourne, Australia | Registered: 31 March 2009 |
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| It appears AO is XS now. |
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| Hi Fiber :-) |
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| Is there a better factory production rifle than Sako? |
| Posts: 206 | Location: So Cal | Registered: 03 November 2018 |
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