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Well that was fast
Bullshot
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Should get the job done on most anything with antlers worth shooting with it.
It’s Bucky
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My wife killed her first deer with a 6.5x55. Her grandpa’s rifle, and one of his favorite cartridges behind the FN Belgian Mauser 220 Swift.
44hunter45
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Love this cartridge. It's been good to our family.
Mustangs Rule
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When Winchester began making CRF model 70's again in New Haven Connecticut, I bought a Stainless Classic/Featherweight 6.5X55 Swede in 2002, for under $700. It of course has the classic heavy bullet twist. About that time Frank Sanchez a former Weaver Scope employee ran the Weaver Scope Repair service in El Paso, Tx. I bought a stainless steel fixed 4X straight front scope from him. Weaver and Winchester, American classics.
I have never in my life had more reloading pleasure, experienced more Field Utility super- performance on a broad range of big game animals, and finally was just bedazzled with accuracy.
The extra-long 140 grain Lapua Naturalis Round nosed bullet looks like a defiant "middle finger" and has proven murderous even on big wild boar when shooting through the inch thick cartilaginous shoulder plate.
The 129 gr Hornady spire points shot one fat hole three shot groups at 100 yards with that 4X scope.
I have shot so many deer and antelope with it and two cow elk.
Sadly, my powders of choice are no longer available, R-19 and R 22. Both provided top accuracy and velocity.
I have never in my life had more reloading pleasure, experienced more Field Utility super- performance on a broad range of big game animals, and finally was just bedazzled with accuracy.
The extra-long 140 grain Lapua Naturalis Round nosed bullet looks like a defiant "middle finger" and has proven murderous even on big wild boar when shooting through the inch thick cartilaginous shoulder plate.
The 129 gr Hornady spire points shot one fat hole three shot groups at 100 yards with that 4X scope.
I have shot so many deer and antelope with it and two cow elk.
Sadly, my powders of choice are no longer available, R-19 and R 22. Both provided top accuracy and velocity.
noharleyyet
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What platform noah?
The prodigal-ish son returns
Always regretted selling my 85 Bavarian, so when I saw this absolute rarity I knew what I had to do.
Sako 90 Bavarian, 6.5 Swede
noharleyyet
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Looks like the eurolanders don’t just drive on the wrong side of the road, they put their actions on the wrong side of the rifle as well.
Cool rifle
Mustangs Rule
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I am a traditionalist. I have had four Sako's in my long life; a 338 WM, .222, 223, and a Sako Finnlight in .308. Each has original Sako Optilock rings mounted directly to the tapered dovetailed rings in the receiver.
There exists a shooters secret magic in this combination. Seek and you will find, for a "pretty penny" those original rings in "ultra-low". The Sako bolt lift is lower than near all other rifle brands and allows the use of these ultra-low rings. Using a 2-7 ultralight scope or better yet a low power fixed scope, you will have the fastest sight acquisition imaginable, the closest you will ever come to iron sights, as in a dangerous game rifle.
I think it is possible that this was intentional by design with so many Sako's being used in the north for brown bears and south to Africa for dangerous game.
Never have I been able with another brand of rifle, to develop such fast and accurate shooting skills. Should I ever wish to hunt in the dense PNW rain forest or the Amazon jungle, no better choice could be had than my Sako Finnlight stainless carbine in 308 with a 2.5x fixed scope mounted on Sako Ultra-low rings, using heavy, long Lapua round nosed bullets with a super high SD.
These original Opti lock rings can come on and off with a change of POI that is irrelevant for all hunting purposes.
Lastly seek and you shall find vintage Sako Olympic quality peep sights used on the online market. They also go on and off the dovetailed rings, with a stop post that sets them exactly in place as with the rings.
The aperture sight hole is really for Olympics target work; bit drill them out and you have a fine field peep sight. All this of course demand a factory front sight
All these optics mounting variations are just too cool. Every winter I do a snowshoe biathlon course in my mountains with a Sako.
And lastly anyone who would mount a scope on a traditional 6.5x55 with a Picante rail system is no friend of mine.
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Think I’m gonna go with Talley screwlocks. Used em on my old Bavarian and they were great.
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