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The bread and butter for the 30-06 is the 150gn or 180gn, if it was me I would use 150gn lead or copper doesn’t really matter.
Sako 90 30.06 Bullet weight
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Absolute BORLICKS!
Seating depth can be a little bit of a ball scratcher, but once you’ve got that right away, you go take no notice of all this twist rate jibber Jabba, the 30-06 is not an ungrateful calibre just like the 270
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2nd rifle from New.
1st sent back with no feedback as to why it would not shoot better than 1& 3/4 inch with 6 makes of factory ammo Inc 3 Sako. Discount stock and scope fixings also discount scopes and mod, shot same cal for years.
I have better groups recently (going again this morning) Test loads are 168 TTSX,140 Virtus eagle,162 Blade and 150SST. Powders today are RS60 and RS70. These have shiwed better groups of 3/4 inch. Today is testing powder weights and seating depth.
Quick post I'm going out in 10 mins to range.
1st sent back with no feedback as to why it would not shoot better than 1& 3/4 inch with 6 makes of factory ammo Inc 3 Sako. Discount stock and scope fixings also discount scopes and mod, shot same cal for years.
I have better groups recently (going again this morning) Test loads are 168 TTSX,140 Virtus eagle,162 Blade and 150SST. Powders today are RS60 and RS70. These have shiwed better groups of 3/4 inch. Today is testing powder weights and seating depth.
Quick post I'm going out in 10 mins to range.
My 90 is my fourth Sako and first £3k rifle and I'm not impressed after exactly the issue you describe. Just five stalks after initial zero and load development and I went back to Corinium for my monthly range slot to check zero and practice, to find the rifle was shooting an inch low and left. After re-zeroing and continuing to practice, groups were inexplicably widening even further. Paul and I were both scratching our heads until he checked and re-torqued the stock screws. Problem solved! Apparently, Sako's are infamous for this problem although Paul has said it should hopefully not re-occur now the screws have been properly torqued. I sincerely hope so but am also quite shocked to encounter with the most expensive of my four Sako rifles to date.
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In my humble opinion, at £3k I would’ve bought a Tika T3 action and had it rebarreled, an even if you put it in a McMillan stock you’ve come back with at least £1k in change and pick a flea off a dogs backside at 100 yards.
That would certainly have been a good head choice NDS. Unfortunately and very personal I know, but I've loved all my previous Sako's and have wanted the 90 ever since the 85 Synthetic Black was launched. The rifle otherwise is everything I'd hoped for, I'm just very surprised and disappointed with such an issue with such a (comparatively) expensive rifle.
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Personally, I never rated the 85, I personally wouldn’t buy a Tikka or Sako past 2010, Bang sticks got more expensive and made more cheaply back in the early days things were built to last!
Well not long got back from the range.
Shot allot better with 2cm at 100mtr. May tweak when I get back from Scotland but 2cm is good enough for this time. I will check stock torque setting.
Out of 7 rifles loading for all, this has to be the most difficult to get a decent round for. I can't turn back the clock, i made the decision on the purchase and if it drops some deer next week then I'll be happy. ( if I see any of course)
Shot allot better with 2cm at 100mtr. May tweak when I get back from Scotland but 2cm is good enough for this time. I will check stock torque setting.
Out of 7 rifles loading for all, this has to be the most difficult to get a decent round for. I can't turn back the clock, i made the decision on the purchase and if it drops some deer next week then I'll be happy. ( if I see any of course)
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