Had a fun day at the range with the wife, and her best friend's son.
They had fun shooting the 22 rifle and pistols (a Browning Buckmark and a Ruger Competition), while I spent time with 3, 338 caliber rifles.
Shot my 2, 338 Federals and my Marlin 338 Marlin Express.
Was fairly shaky today, so my groups at 100 yards weren't overly great, but still managed a couple sub 1" groups with both of the 338 Federals, and consistently rang the gongs out to 400 yards with both the semi custom Winchester Model 88 and the semi custom Sako LH Model 85 Finnlight II. I even managed hits with both rifles on the iron pig set at 500 yards. 1/2 and 2/3, with both misses just off the iron. Love the B&C reticles in the VX-3 2.5-8 x36 and 3.5-10x40 scopes on these rifles, respectively.
The Marlin is still not shooting great groups (2"+), but will consistently ring the 200 yard gongs (12" and 8"; did not try the 4" gong today). Need to work up a load once I have more brass to reload.
More time learning the individual break points on these triggers will help, as both the Marlin and the Winchester have stiff triggers (5-7lbs) with a little creep prior to breaking. And a day where my hands are steadier would help too! LOL
The Sako trigger breaks clean without creep or overtravel and is set at 3 lbs.
Definitely like shooting these rifles!
And looking forward to hunting with the Sako and Marlin this year!
They had fun shooting the 22 rifle and pistols (a Browning Buckmark and a Ruger Competition), while I spent time with 3, 338 caliber rifles.
Shot my 2, 338 Federals and my Marlin 338 Marlin Express.
Was fairly shaky today, so my groups at 100 yards weren't overly great, but still managed a couple sub 1" groups with both of the 338 Federals, and consistently rang the gongs out to 400 yards with both the semi custom Winchester Model 88 and the semi custom Sako LH Model 85 Finnlight II. I even managed hits with both rifles on the iron pig set at 500 yards. 1/2 and 2/3, with both misses just off the iron. Love the B&C reticles in the VX-3 2.5-8 x36 and 3.5-10x40 scopes on these rifles, respectively.
The Marlin is still not shooting great groups (2"+), but will consistently ring the 200 yard gongs (12" and 8"; did not try the 4" gong today). Need to work up a load once I have more brass to reload.
More time learning the individual break points on these triggers will help, as both the Marlin and the Winchester have stiff triggers (5-7lbs) with a little creep prior to breaking. And a day where my hands are steadier would help too! LOL
The Sako trigger breaks clean without creep or overtravel and is set at 3 lbs.
Definitely like shooting these rifles!
And looking forward to hunting with the Sako and Marlin this year!