Recent content by TheTubster

The same as you, rust and pitting! After 30 rounds!!

So the plot thickens - I was out at the weekend with a fellow stalker and his brand new Sako 90 - 7 weeks old and less than 30 rounds through it. Despite being meticulously cleaned and cared for, it was bore-coped it and it's on the way back to GMK as it was ugly...

Three of the stalkers I shoot with all use Sako Powerblades on Muntjac, Roe and Fallow. So far so good, but we mostly head/neck shoot at less than 80 yards where possible. The shots to the engine room at further distances do cause some meat damage which the game dealers knock money off for.

Lol! That they/we are! Thanks - A few people I know are very pleased with their T3s and seem to be excellent value for money - might be the route I go down as I can't wait 4 months for a new barrel.

Thank you for responding - when I was a target shooter, we were taught to thoroughly clean the rifle the same way after every session - but you always had to have a couple of "barrel-warmer" or sighter shots to check zero before shooting targets again as pretty much everything can affect zero...

Hi, thank you for replying - did that affect the zero at all? Hi, the head gunsmith at GMK UK stated that it was badly pitted and needed to be replaced - not just light rust! It was still laser accurate when I sent it in, it was just the bolt cycling that wasn't functioning correctly.

Please can I ask if anyone has had any issues with GMK recently? I returned my less-than-a-year old Beretta BRX1 with less than 60 rounds fired and was told the barrel is rusted and needs to be replaced. I also heard someone had the same thing with a new SAKO90. GMK are refusing to replace the...

Hi, I'm joining the site because it popped up on a search engine about a model of rifle. I have been deer stalking for just over 2 years and I use a .308