sako kit

[^varmints^ 0]

Hi i have posted once on this forum but this will be my second time, i have did a lot of internet trawling on kit for my sako i need some advice please. i will give you the budgets i have to work to.

 

 

Sako varm lam stain .223 (bought and paid for)

Scope ? £500 to soend

Moderator ? £ 300 spend

 

many thanks for anyone who posts, and im nagging to ask does anyone on here use .243 with light bullets 58gr or 55r just curious and how do they find them over a .22-250

 

many thanks

[patchworkcrew 0]

I like the ASE utra moderator - good reviews - and excellent value for the money (£60 ish). Bit fiddly to put back together.

 

Bob G

[flytie 1]

Hi i have posted once on this forum but this will be my second time, i have did a lot of internet trawling on kit for my sako i need some advice please. i will give you the budgets i have to work to.

 

 

Sako varm lam stain .223 (bought and paid for)

Scope ? £500 to soend

Moderator ? £ 300 spend

many thanks

Varmints, you could pick up a brand new (discontinued model) Swarovski 6x42 for £450, or a s/h S&B 3x12 x56 for £550 from macleods of Tain. Buy Gunmart and troll for details, there are lots of deals available. If you want new a S&B Hungarian 6x42 (30mm tube) can be had from F A Anderson for £481. But if you are foxing at long range the second hand S&B would be a better bet.

 

You will buy a good mod, stainless etc from ASE, PES or Wildcat and get change from your £300. I would go for the PES scout.

 

Atb, ft

[jamie g 17]

I like the ASE utra moderator - good reviews - and excellent value for the money (£60 ish). Bit fiddly to put back together.

 

Bob G

 

the ase mod your thinking about is the rimfire one. the one for the centrefire rifles are around the £280 to £300 mark

[SNAP SHOT 194]

Any of the quality glass makers should get you a very good second hand scope for that money, mod well the A-Tec should be around that kinda cash, a good quality mod, thats strippable,

 

As for the 58g in .243 super accurate printing 1/2 inch all day not a problem, excellent on foxy, or magpies at long range....

 

velocity for them is around 3600 to 3700 fps, depending on rifle barrel length,

 

snap.

[Mr_Logic 5]

Presumably it's foxes and vermin rather than deer? if so I would get something scope-wise with a bit of magnification. Leupold should do, or the top of Bushnell. Or you can get secondhand Euro glass (or indeed the higher mag VX-IIIs - they're not cheap now sadly!)