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<blockquote data-quote="Kiowa Cowboy" data-source="post: 2863535" data-attributes="member: 127211"><p>I have owned a Sako A7 in 25.06 for over a decade maybe close to 2 decades. I absolutely love it! I love the smooth action, Sako extractor, the three lug bolt design and the trigger. The one I bought was the cheapo stainless version with a horrible plastic stock. I think I paid $650 for it. Intially, I was not pleased with accuracy. It was all over the place. However, someone suggested that I check to make sure the barrel is free floated. Mine was not. There was a piece of plastic touching the barrel about midway down the stock. I read where Sako said that was by design. I used a sharp knife and removed the plastic. I tightened the screws without a torque wrench to hand tight. I lowered the trigger weight. From this point forward it will shoot sub MOA 5 shot groups. I am not sure if it was the lack of free floating or the tightening of the action screws. I think it was the former. I only shoot factory ammo. I currently use hornaday whitetail 117 grain loads. They are cheap and easy to find. The gun groups 5 shots right at 1 inch at 100 yds. Some three shot groups are .5 MOA. For factory ammo, anything at 1 inch or less is fine with me. I have also used Remington Corelokts 100grain they shoot about the same. The factory stock on my gun was embarrsingly bad. But the gun shot good after I free floated it, so I left it alone until this year. This year I finally bought a Bell and Carlson stock for it. Wow! what an improvement! It looks better and feels better (recoil is slightly less not that recoil is bad). It does not shoot any better. I have not bedded the action. It does not seem to need it. But i have read were alot folks say to bed from block. The Bell and Carlson stock fit perfectly. There is slight front to back movement until you torque down the action screws. I bet with reloading the 5 shot groups could be consistently .75 MOA or better. I have hunted with 25.06 my entire life (48 years). I love it! I have shot too many deer, pigs and coyotes to count. I have also shot 2 Elk without problem. I never had a critter go more than 25 yards.I hope this helps some folks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiowa Cowboy, post: 2863535, member: 127211"] I have owned a Sako A7 in 25.06 for over a decade maybe close to 2 decades. I absolutely love it! I love the smooth action, Sako extractor, the three lug bolt design and the trigger. The one I bought was the cheapo stainless version with a horrible plastic stock. I think I paid $650 for it. Intially, I was not pleased with accuracy. It was all over the place. However, someone suggested that I check to make sure the barrel is free floated. Mine was not. There was a piece of plastic touching the barrel about midway down the stock. I read where Sako said that was by design. I used a sharp knife and removed the plastic. I tightened the screws without a torque wrench to hand tight. I lowered the trigger weight. From this point forward it will shoot sub MOA 5 shot groups. I am not sure if it was the lack of free floating or the tightening of the action screws. I think it was the former. I only shoot factory ammo. I currently use hornaday whitetail 117 grain loads. They are cheap and easy to find. The gun groups 5 shots right at 1 inch at 100 yds. Some three shot groups are .5 MOA. For factory ammo, anything at 1 inch or less is fine with me. I have also used Remington Corelokts 100grain they shoot about the same. The factory stock on my gun was embarrsingly bad. But the gun shot good after I free floated it, so I left it alone until this year. This year I finally bought a Bell and Carlson stock for it. Wow! what an improvement! It looks better and feels better (recoil is slightly less not that recoil is bad). It does not shoot any better. I have not bedded the action. It does not seem to need it. But i have read were alot folks say to bed from block. The Bell and Carlson stock fit perfectly. There is slight front to back movement until you torque down the action screws. I bet with reloading the 5 shot groups could be consistently .75 MOA or better. I have hunted with 25.06 my entire life (48 years). I love it! I have shot too many deer, pigs and coyotes to count. I have also shot 2 Elk without problem. I never had a critter go more than 25 yards.I hope this helps some folks. [/QUOTE]
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