Had another Sako 85 in .270 out to set up – this one had the laminate stock and was wearing a Leupold Vx5 on top.
It also had a Hardie suppressor on the end. Made the gun a lot more comfortable to shot, and, interestly (for those wondering) compared to last week’s one – only shot 5 fps slower – which, in the bigger picture is possibly also the result of a temperature difference, or just a statistical error. In other worlds – no – your suppressor potentially won’t change the speed of your gun.
I can only say it again – the Sakos are so smoooooth! This guns action, trigger, everything just comes together so nicely.
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Results
- Ammo: Sako GameHead Pro 140
- Velocity: 2790 fps – 21/54 SD/ES
The suppressor on this gun made a world of difference, compared to last weeks wooded Sako – say what you want, shoot what you want, but I want suppressors on the end of my guns.
The second, confirmation group was slightly smaller than this – so this is a good, honest 3/4 MOA with factory ammo.
What would I change?
Just make it left handed. This gun got me looking online to see what options there actually are in a left handed Sako 85 – and, really, not a whole lot – I am still personally leaning towards a 300wsm – but it looks like I would have to rebarrel something to achieve that, which seems a bit of a weird proposition for a Sako – however, I guess I could get one, shoot it for a while, then put a new barrel on it – but as a hunting rifle, that could take a while.