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Sako Finnlight ????
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 331195" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Where to start....</p><p> </p><p>I've been down this road... with the Finnlight...</p><p> </p><p>First, the 300 WM isn't anymore accurate than the 300 WSM or 300 RUM. Accuracy is the result of a well made rifle with quality components. Christensen Rifles are known for accuracy inconsistancies. Do a search in this forum. I have a factory Sendero that is shooting .5 MOA give or take out to 500 yds so far. Still need to ring it out at longer ranges and do some load tweeking. The best three shot group I got out of it was .4" @ 200 yds (.2 MOA). I've gotten 1.8" @ 427 yds and 3" @ 500 yds. I had a vairiable crosswind when shooting the 500 yd group (yesterday).</p><p> </p><p>When my 7RM burned out I went looking for a rifle to replace it as my go to hunting rifle and ended up getting a Finnlight 300 WSM - just befroe I became interested in LRH. That rifle has been a nightmare ever since, and I think partially my fault. It's been to the factory twice for accuracy problems, 2-4 MOA. Both times the factory said that they cleaned it and fired it to within 1 MOA, 5 shot group, implying that the rifle was dirty and copper fouled - total BS. This last time I askd to speak to the tech who handled my rifle. he told me he found an oily like substance (cleaning residue) in the bedding. Light bulb came on.... I had cleaned that rifle a lot, including a break-in. I had taken the action out a couple of times to clean it but not after every cleaning. So I believe that was part of the problem. The rest of the problem (IMO) is that the Finnlight has a cheap plastic stock. Not good, especially in a magnum cartridge. If you buy the Finnlight, I would only do so with the intent of replacing the stock. McMillan is about the only after market option for the Finnlight. </p><p> </p><p>300 WM vs 300 WSM. The WM in a 26" barrel will out run the WSM in a 24" barrel by about 50-100 fps on average. However, with RL17, I will outrun most 26" WM's by about 100 fps with my 24" WSM. With the WSM, you get a shorter action and barrel -you loose a lot of performance in the WM with a 24" barrel - the Finnlight WM barrel is 24 3/8".</p><p> </p><p>If I was going to buy a 300 WSM today, I would get a VanGuard Sub MOA SS. Good accurate rifle with a good solid action by Howa and a good solid pillar bedded stock by B&C for about $840 vs the Finnlight for about $1450 needing a replacment stock. The Finnlight action is reeeeal sweet...is it worth another $600 -plus cost of stock???</p><p> </p><p>Cheers,</p><p> </p><p>Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 331195, member: 11717"] Where to start.... I've been down this road... with the Finnlight... First, the 300 WM isn't anymore accurate than the 300 WSM or 300 RUM. Accuracy is the result of a well made rifle with quality components. Christensen Rifles are known for accuracy inconsistancies. Do a search in this forum. I have a factory Sendero that is shooting .5 MOA give or take out to 500 yds so far. Still need to ring it out at longer ranges and do some load tweeking. The best three shot group I got out of it was .4" @ 200 yds (.2 MOA). I've gotten 1.8" @ 427 yds and 3" @ 500 yds. I had a vairiable crosswind when shooting the 500 yd group (yesterday). When my 7RM burned out I went looking for a rifle to replace it as my go to hunting rifle and ended up getting a Finnlight 300 WSM - just befroe I became interested in LRH. That rifle has been a nightmare ever since, and I think partially my fault. It's been to the factory twice for accuracy problems, 2-4 MOA. Both times the factory said that they cleaned it and fired it to within 1 MOA, 5 shot group, implying that the rifle was dirty and copper fouled - total BS. This last time I askd to speak to the tech who handled my rifle. he told me he found an oily like substance (cleaning residue) in the bedding. Light bulb came on.... I had cleaned that rifle a lot, including a break-in. I had taken the action out a couple of times to clean it but not after every cleaning. So I believe that was part of the problem. The rest of the problem (IMO) is that the Finnlight has a cheap plastic stock. Not good, especially in a magnum cartridge. If you buy the Finnlight, I would only do so with the intent of replacing the stock. McMillan is about the only after market option for the Finnlight. 300 WM vs 300 WSM. The WM in a 26" barrel will out run the WSM in a 24" barrel by about 50-100 fps on average. However, with RL17, I will outrun most 26" WM's by about 100 fps with my 24" WSM. With the WSM, you get a shorter action and barrel -you loose a lot of performance in the WM with a 24" barrel - the Finnlight WM barrel is 24 3/8". If I was going to buy a 300 WSM today, I would get a VanGuard Sub MOA SS. Good accurate rifle with a good solid action by Howa and a good solid pillar bedded stock by B&C for about $840 vs the Finnlight for about $1450 needing a replacment stock. The Finnlight action is reeeeal sweet...is it worth another $600 -plus cost of stock??? Cheers, Mark [/QUOTE]
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