thwackkk
Well-Known Member
Another SAKO in the safe....
I'd been searching quite a while in Australia for an M591 or late model AII to rebarrel into 7-08, and match my .222 for looks and feel....one actually came up in 22-250 which i was moments away from purchasing, when one last flick of the mouse to check our popular gun classifieds site put me in a cold sweat....
There she was....
![[SakoCollectors.com] Chronic SAKOsis](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 "[SakoCollectors.com] Chronic SAKOsis")
A late model AII in .260, Fluted 26" MAB Barrel 1:8 Twist, Bedded, Floated, Worked and Re-blued Action, Tuned Trigger, topped with Optiloks and a VXII 4-12x50 all for a very reasonable AU$1595. 200 count in new brass, 40 loaded, some pills and a set of dies to round off the deal...plus of course a load recipe that im told will put 129gr Hornady SSTs into 2/3" all day.
The Leupold and High Optiloks will go, replaced by a Weaver V16 and some Mid Optiloks.
Its not EXACTLY what I had in mind.....as mentioned, I wanted to replicate the exact look and feel of my late model AI .222, and the 26" tube on the new AII will most definitely look and feel different, but for the compromise I get a gun needing no work, with loads developed, brass and dies, and a scope/base set that I can easily sell to fund my preferred optics.
.....best of all, the .260 is going to see as much time in the paddock evaporating bunnies at 300m as it is knocking over goats and pigs at 100m....2 guns for the price of one.
Should have it in my hands late December and I look forward to giving you all a field report.
I'd been searching quite a while in Australia for an M591 or late model AII to rebarrel into 7-08, and match my .222 for looks and feel....one actually came up in 22-250 which i was moments away from purchasing, when one last flick of the mouse to check our popular gun classifieds site put me in a cold sweat....
There she was....
![[SakoCollectors.com] Chronic SAKOsis](https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs978.snc4/77121_465567569173_805439173_5411659_3699940_n.jpg "[SakoCollectors.com] Chronic SAKOsis")
![[SakoCollectors.com] Chronic SAKOsis](https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs491.ash2/76461_465567584173_805439173_5411660_4859462_n.jpg "[SakoCollectors.com] Chronic SAKOsis")
![[SakoCollectors.com] Chronic SAKOsis](https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs475.ash2/74844_465567614173_805439173_5411661_5637519_n.jpg "[SakoCollectors.com] Chronic SAKOsis")
![[SakoCollectors.com] Chronic SAKOsis](https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1201.snc4/155336_465567524173_805439173_5411656_2117958_n.jpg "[SakoCollectors.com] Chronic SAKOsis")
A late model AII in .260, Fluted 26" MAB Barrel 1:8 Twist, Bedded, Floated, Worked and Re-blued Action, Tuned Trigger, topped with Optiloks and a VXII 4-12x50 all for a very reasonable AU$1595. 200 count in new brass, 40 loaded, some pills and a set of dies to round off the deal...plus of course a load recipe that im told will put 129gr Hornady SSTs into 2/3" all day.
The Leupold and High Optiloks will go, replaced by a Weaver V16 and some Mid Optiloks.
Its not EXACTLY what I had in mind.....as mentioned, I wanted to replicate the exact look and feel of my late model AI .222, and the 26" tube on the new AII will most definitely look and feel different, but for the compromise I get a gun needing no work, with loads developed, brass and dies, and a scope/base set that I can easily sell to fund my preferred optics.
.....best of all, the .260 is going to see as much time in the paddock evaporating bunnies at 300m as it is knocking over goats and pigs at 100m....2 guns for the price of one.
Should have it in my hands late December and I look forward to giving you all a field report.
