Sako L461

[solarpak]

Hi folks,
thanks for all the comments - all appreciated and valid - and will be taken on board. Metric and Imperial both have their place and i may look to report group size in both - but as always editors have the final say (i am only freelance!!!)
Cheers
CK

[solarpak]

Now i always use metric - working in the scientific field - mm, cm, metres etc.... Yes inches and yards are widely used as are other imperial units but for consistency i always report in metric.

CK

It was just a suggestion CK, if you used MOA a bunch of guys like me would understand your data better without you compromising on your metric only standards. It is not possible to only use metric only in life. Time and angles are not expressed that way. One second is 1/3600 and one minute is 1/60th.

Just out of interest, when you were working in a scientific field when did you use centimetres as units of measure? Did you also use decimetres?

SCJ
mate totally agree with your comments mate - all; good ! I too use the MOA reference - many folk think of 1 MOA being an inch at 100 yards (91-metres ) - or 28mm at 100m .........

Maybe we should say - three shots inside a 20c piece at 100metres???? That would be easier too visualise. But angular measurement in minute of angle is certainly valid and relevant

At work, being mainly chemistry based - its mainly metric (milligram, microgram, nanogram, and a raft of other chemistry units and formulae !!


Thanks for the feedback - much appreciated.
CK

[GQshayne]

I must say that I have previously always considered that a good review must include some handloads. However, there is no doubt that many people will only use factory ammo, so this data is valid to many people. Perhaps, given that those of us that handload are able to use a plethora of components, factory loads are even more relevant.

I am surprised to read that you do not reload Solarpak. Hard to go back to factory stuff once you start. I reckon many of us would load .22LR if we could!

[Hunter257]

Sounds good mate, now to see if she shoots ok. let us know how she goes when you get a chance.

Well took it to the range and even on a very windy day with factory ammo it still shoots MOA
100m, PPU Factory .222

[SCJ429]

Nice work, the conditions were less than ideal that is for sure. Wind gust up to 50 mph here.

[solarpak]

I must say that I have previously always considered that a good review must include some handloads. However, there is no doubt that many people will only use factory ammo, so this data is valid to many people. Perhaps, given that those of us that handload are able to use a plethora of components, factory loads are even more relevant.

I am surprised to read that you do not reload Solarpak. Hard to go back to factory stuff once you start. I reckon many of us would load .22LR if we could!

Shayne,
Actually i have a good hunting buddy who had handlaoded some specialised 22-250 and 308 hunting ammo for me (tailored to a particular rifle ) and having said that i have just got a RCBS reloading kit (new) for which i will use in the future - once my supply of factory loads diminished.

Including a pet hand-load in a review could be on the cards in the future - having said that most importers and distributors prefer that review rifles are shot with factory ammunition from a legal viewpoint - the minute a handload is used in a review rifle it would pose problems if something untoward may happen.The same thing is seen with Conservation & Wildlife Management culls - if you use hand-loaded ammunition you need to sign some sort of indemnity waiver . Its a long story!!

CK

[bigfellascott]

Looks like a keeper mate, with some handloads she will be better again.

[TassieTiger]

Looks like a keeper mate, with some handloads she will be better again.

Or it might just frustrate the shed out of you lol.
When I bought my sauer, I put some Remington Core-Lokt down the tube and was stunned at how well it shot. It’s taken me months to get a handload to replicate those results...but I’m there now thank F.

[Hunter257]

Looks like a keeper mate, with some handloads she will be better again.

Or it might just frustrate the shed out of you lol.
When I bought my sauer, I put some Remington Core-Lokt down the tube and was stunned at how well it shot. It’s taken me months to get a handload to replicate those results...but I’m there now thank F.

At the price I'm paying for PPU will be using these for a long time yet
currently get 100x PPU factory loads for $50 so 50c per bang

and yes very pleased with it so far

[bigfellascott]

Looks like a keeper mate, with some handloads she will be better again.

Or it might just frustrate the shed out of you lol.
When I bought my sauer, I put some Remington Core-Lokt down the tube and was stunned at how well it shot. It’s taken me months to get a handload to replicate those results...but I’m there now thank F.

So true, been there lived that one alright.

[bigfellascott]

Looks like a keeper mate, with some handloads she will be better again.

Or it might just frustrate the shed out of you lol.
When I bought my sauer, I put some Remington Core-Lokt down the tube and was stunned at how well it shot. It’s taken me months to get a handload to replicate those results...but I’m there now thank F.

At the price I'm paying for PPU will be using these for a long time yet
currently get 100x PPU factory loads for $50 so 50c per bang

and yes very pleased with it so far

Yeah hard to justify going to all the effort if it shoots the factory stuff good enough, might as well keep using em at that price and keep the brass for reloading down the track if you want to go that way.

[Hunter257]

Looks like a keeper mate, with some handloads she will be better again.

Or it might just frustrate the shed out of you lol.
When I bought my sauer, I put some Remington Core-Lokt down the tube and was stunned at how well it shot. It’s taken me months to get a handload to replicate those results...but I’m there now thank F.

At the price I'm paying for PPU will be using these for a long time yet
currently get 100x PPU factory loads for $50 so 50c per bang

and yes very pleased with it so far

Yeah hard to justify going to all the effort if it shoots the factory stuff good enough, might as well keep using em at that price and keep the brass for reloading down the track if you want to go that way.

that's the plan, saving my brass and watching for some cheap dies to use in a mates press

[bigfellascott]

Looks like a keeper mate, with some handloads she will be better again.

Or it might just frustrate the shed out of you lol.
When I bought my sauer, I put some Remington Core-Lokt down the tube and was stunned at how well it shot. It’s taken me months to get a handload to replicate those results...but I’m there now thank F.

At the price I'm paying for PPU will be using these for a long time yet
currently get 100x PPU factory loads for $50 so 50c per bang

and yes very pleased with it so far

Yeah hard to justify going to all the effort if it shoots the factory stuff good enough, might as well keep using em at that price and keep the brass for reloading down the track if you want to go that way.

that's the plan, saving my brass and watching for some cheap dies to use in a mates press

Sounds like a plan mate.

[Biglyndo]

The original L461 has a slightly different trigger to the A1. There are no longer any aftermarket triggers that fit the original L461. Good advice is to borescope the barrel. The only reason an L461/A1 won't shoot is a neglect barrel or poor bedding. Beautiful guns & the only rifle sized perfectly (length AND width) fit the .222 sized round. .