Resurrecting my sako finnfire Ps49 .22lr.

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Resurrecting my sako finnfire Ps49 .22lr.

Post by Elmer » 20 Aug 2017, 7:12 pm

Hi folks,
I finally took the Safe Queen out for a run yesterday, with its deep blued steel, oil rubbed walnut stock, great balance and its Leupold 4X compact rimfire scope I forgot just how nice this rifle is.
It is my favorite walkabout bunny rifle, which I purchased from the Adelaide gunshop on the 31/12/99...a bit of nostalgia there :), it is a very accurate little .22 and just loves Winchester 40gn powerpoints.
Anyway I set the rifle up about 100yds away from some burrows and removed five pests from the environment, the 1st at 106, 2nd 105, 3rd 67, 4th 110 and the 5th at 106yds.
Even after not using the rifle for several years it still maintained perfect zero and proved just how well made these quality rifles are, I plan to use this rifle a lot more so I hope you guys like .22lr bunny vids. ;)
cheers.
https://youtu.be/ZcMkz9lMz40
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Post by Bent Arrow » 20 Aug 2017, 7:45 pm

Nice rifle mate. Where abouts in SA are you?
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Post by Elmer » 20 Aug 2017, 8:50 pm

Bent Arrow wrote:Nice rifle mate. Where abouts in SA are you?

Thanks mate, Adelaide.
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Post by Herdsman » 23 Aug 2017, 1:55 pm

She's a sexy looking rifle.
Shepherding bullets down range.

Tikka Hunter Stainless Fluted 300 Win Mag
Tikka Battue Lite .308 Win
Tikka Varmint Stainless .222 Rem
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Post by Gamerancher » 24 Aug 2017, 12:53 pm

The original P94S are a great rifle. Looks like you bought yours about the same time as I did. Mine, ( varmint model with set trigger ) has shot 10's of thousands of rounds and has never missed a beat.
Mainly used for metallic silhouette but has shot it's fair share of "game". You do realize they are now worth about two and a half times what we paid!!! :thumbsup:
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Post by d3driver » 06 Sep 2017, 8:01 am

I have exactly the same rifle, with a single set trigger. Great to see the video, thanks.

PS, might want to change the model number here and on Youtube to P94S, so that others who search for these rare videos can find them easier...
Currently:
Weatherby VG S2 in .223 in Boyds Thumbhole, Leupold VX3 3.5-10x50
Sako Finnfire Hunter .22, Leupold Vari-X II 3-9x40 (my old .22 bought back)
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