Guest stevo Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) evening all , well last night I picked my new sako 85 in .243 win and all of today its been the only thing I could think about , couldn't wait to get out and try it , so after work I nipped up the farm and bore sighted in in at 100 yrds and then fine tuned it to a standard 1" high , using 58 grn honaday superformance varmint . in no time I was getting half inch groups , so that's it I was set to get going , I have another farm that has a dog fox that is rather lamp shy , I first saw him last week and a couple of times since , but he has been a trick so and so as he is very very lamp shy , so I thought I would try a new tactic , I drove straight up to where he likes to hang out with no lights or lamps , I went around the back of the van grabbed the rifle with red lamp on top ( NM800 ) I scanned the field with the lamp held quite high hoping to catch some eye shine in the edge of the beam , , when BINGO there he was , he was a long way off but I had already decided that IF it was a clean shot would take it as he was so shy , and I would only get the one chance , I pushed a round into the chamber and dropped the beam down and BOOM !! one dog down , I paced him out too 210 yrds all in all very happy with the performance of rifle and round cant show other side of fox as its a total mess , https://www.dropbox.com/sc/2qgvpma5orup6t3/AACyHEX19FulOEhecCdnSFsWa atb stevo Edited February 10, 2016 by stevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Good shot Steve. Nicely played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 cheers UD , I must confess I'm quite chuffed as I had it in the back of my mind last week when I first picked him up in the lamp , the way he reacted I thought he was going to be a real pain , alas short work was made of it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly47 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Good work, great way to start with the new rifle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix's rifle Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Nice rifle and good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 A good start with the new rifle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Well done good fox and nice rifle what them light loads like i was told they dont fly very straight being so light again well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) I was getting half inch groups at 100 yrds with them . There very fast and very flat . On the box it say 3975 fps and with a 200 yard zero there is only 3 inch drop at 300 yrds . And i can vouch first hand the impact results are devostating . Edited February 11, 2016 by stevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 A near 60grn bullet at near 4grand is not to be sneezed at! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Lovely rifles Sako and with that devastating combo of 58s ....well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Well done Bud atb Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 A near 60grn bullet at near 4grand is not to be sneezed at! Yes UD there rather good . Flat as a laser with very resectable punch on the end of it too . Come in at £25 per box of 20 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix's rifle Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Yes UD there rather good . Flat as a laser with very resectable punch on the end of it too . Come in at £25 per box of 20 . I'm presuming that's why you use a bore sight? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 I'm presuming that's why you use a bore sight? Lol I have always done . Take the bolt out sight the barrel on target ( rifle propped of course ) adjust scope . Total of three/ four shots to zero . Job done . And nothing flying around the countryside haha . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foosa Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Well done, always nice to get the first one with a new rifle, never used much below 80 grain in the .243, I bet those 58s are quite something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Well done, always nice to get the first one with a new rifle, never used much below 80 grain in the .243, I bet those 58s are quite something!Im going to try a few at some extended ranges at weekend just to see what there like when there in the air a bit longer . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Well done mate, great rifles and a cracking first shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Nice looking rifle stevo. Great factory round the Honaday Superformance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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