jeremyschudmak
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Any one here shoot a sako 85 in 270? I just bought my dad one and get it to group. Tried 3 different federal premium 130 grain ammo. Any suggestions?
Any one here shoot a sako 85 in 270? I just bought my dad one and get it to group. Tried 3 different federal premium 130 grain ammo. Any suggestions?
Any one here shoot a sako 85 in 270? I just bought my dad one and get it to group. Tried 3 different federal premium 130 grain ammo. Any suggestions?
My Finnlight 85 in 300 WSM hated light bullets 150 gr, After a Call to Sako. they told me to try 180 gr bullets because that's what it was designed to shoot. It now shoots sun MOA all day longUnfortunately, I have seen a few Sako's do this. At the end, the owners turned them into custom builds. Hand loads did help grouping better than off the shelf ammo. Sako is a stand up company... I would make contact with them to discuss.
lmao cant really help u here, but I found with my Daniel defense Delta5 that's supposed to have a sub moa guarantee from factory to be BS. It took me $400+ to find out my gun only liked hornady 168gr eld and federal 180gr berger bullets.
Those 2 grouped under 1moa for the hornady just under a couple of times, but i would say its more around 1 moa could only get it to group under a couple of times.
some of the other not successful boxes I have tried
sako 175gr otm
barns 150gr jhp bt
hornady match 178gr and 168gr bthp
hornady precision hunter 178gr eldx
federal premium gold medal seirraa 168gr 175gr
DRT 135gr (supposed to mimic heavy grain projectiles somehow idk)
aguila 150gr and whatever the gr is for the 7.62x51 chose them for plinking because it was ok but not great in terms of groupings for $17 a box locally.
and a couple of more boxes of other match and non match ammunition that was mediocre. i just dont remember what they where these where left over boxes i have brass in.
I know its not the gun because of the fact i got repeatable groups with the 180gr fed and 168gr horn. and because of these results ive moved to semi auto gas guns because of how these all grouped. Only reason I would but a bolt gun is because the hunting bolt guns are light weight and restrictions if any could be applied.
my advise is call sako and try the ammo they used to test the rifles to get that guarantee there is always a baseline
DO NOT SEND IT IN IF U DIDN'T seen a couple of these "sub moa" rifle companies have a policy of charging like $50 to $200 fees plus shipping if they can say they got it to their standards.
also try out all the ammo you can buy at the shop you go to if non group well ur gun is messed up
I didn't try the SMK brand but the 2 fed had SMK projectile in them. Might have also tried another brand that had the projectile.Welll glad you posted this bc I have a DD delta 5 also but have ya tried Sierra matchking? They did great for me I’ll check the grain it is