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Before barrel steel
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Sako Collectors Club Discussion Forum
kirkbridgershooters
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I have owned and do still own a bunch of Bofors Sakos. No pitting, and I still prefer a Bofors gun to anything after that...
It is true that Bofors Steel is badly subject to pitting -- but only if a black cat crosses your path.
The Bofors mark was dropped due to a copyright dispute. Sako continued to use the same steel in their barrels.
The information I came by was from the Accurate Shooters forum. Much of the discussion on Internet forums is akin to "bar room" talk and should be considered as such which is why I raised the question here, a trusted knowledge base.
The rifle is 49 years old and has passed through many hands before mine. Upon inspection with a bore scope I found many patches of pitting which is a shame since the overall condition is excellent otherwise.
After a thorough cleaning regime with Kroil and JB's accuracy is good, three shots under an inch at 100 yds.
No black cats anywhere to be seen so I have to blame a neglectful owner somewhere in it's past.
The rifle is 49 years old and has passed through many hands before mine. Upon inspection with a bore scope I found many patches of pitting which is a shame since the overall condition is excellent otherwise.
After a thorough cleaning regime with Kroil and JB's accuracy is good, three shots under an inch at 100 yds.
No black cats anywhere to be seen so I have to blame a neglectful owner somewhere in it's past.
You'll often still get good accuracy from a Sako barrel which isn't in the best of condition.
I still have my very first Sako, now over 50 years old (and original to me). It is a .264 Win which must have had several thousand rounds down the barrel -- many of them "primer poppers" from my youthful days of reloading when, if you could still get the bolt open without a hammer, then the load was just fine. The first inch or so of the bore in front of the chamber looks like alligator hide. Make that alligator hide charred in a tire fire. But the first shot from a cold barrel always goes exactly where it is supposed to, and it will shoot one-inch groups all day long.
As a result of years of experience with this rifle I am always more interested in how a barrel shoots than in how it looks.
I still have my very first Sako, now over 50 years old (and original to me). It is a .264 Win which must have had several thousand rounds down the barrel -- many of them "primer poppers" from my youthful days of reloading when, if you could still get the bolt open without a hammer, then the load was just fine. The first inch or so of the bore in front of the chamber looks like alligator hide. Make that alligator hide charred in a tire fire. But the first shot from a cold barrel always goes exactly where it is supposed to, and it will shoot one-inch groups all day long.
As a result of years of experience with this rifle I am always more interested in how a barrel shoots than in how it looks.
