Hi Guys. New to the site. First time posting. Recently purchased a P94s on an online auction site. I own some nice 22 LRs including an anschutz (weatherby mark xxii bolt), CZ452, Remington 541T and recently built a lightweight 10-22. I've struggled to get great accuracy out of all these guns so I've been anxious as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs about the new gun. Never owned a Sako but my research made me hopeful that the new gun would be a shooter. Always dreamed about getting one of those guns that the guys on the internet all seem to have that shoot quarter inch groups all day with cheap ammo and regardless of how strong the wind blows.
The gun arrived today and I immediately mounted a luepold M8 8X AO scope on it. The bore looked clean so I didn't even bother to run a bore snake through it. No time - need to shoot it. My shooting bench is on my front porch so I immediately loaded up the 2 mags that came with it with some SK Standard Plus that I had handy and went out just to confirm that the gun would go bang when I pulled the trigger. First 4 shots went bang and got me on target at 50 yards. Success. I then proceeded to shoot a quick 5 shot group at a target spot and was absolutely stunned to watch them all go into 1 hole (.32 inch). If I had neighbors they would have heard me hoot with joy and relief. Afraid that shooting again would likely bring me back to reality - I was hesitant to shoot another group. Finally got up the nerve, loaded up 5 more rounds and shot group number 2. I'm sitting here now I looking at a target with a .22 inch group next to the .32 inch group. And yes, the wind was blowing! Can't believe I've fired a total of 14 shots out of the gun and already shot a sub quarter inch group.
So anyway, I'm quite happy with the new gun. Afraid to shoot any more right now because I know I can't expect these results every time I go out but for now I'm just going to soak it in. Got a lot of questions for the experts out there that I'll eventually get to. Needless to say - I am a new Sako fan!
The gun arrived today and I immediately mounted a luepold M8 8X AO scope on it. The bore looked clean so I didn't even bother to run a bore snake through it. No time - need to shoot it. My shooting bench is on my front porch so I immediately loaded up the 2 mags that came with it with some SK Standard Plus that I had handy and went out just to confirm that the gun would go bang when I pulled the trigger. First 4 shots went bang and got me on target at 50 yards. Success. I then proceeded to shoot a quick 5 shot group at a target spot and was absolutely stunned to watch them all go into 1 hole (.32 inch). If I had neighbors they would have heard me hoot with joy and relief. Afraid that shooting again would likely bring me back to reality - I was hesitant to shoot another group. Finally got up the nerve, loaded up 5 more rounds and shot group number 2. I'm sitting here now I looking at a target with a .22 inch group next to the .32 inch group. And yes, the wind was blowing! Can't believe I've fired a total of 14 shots out of the gun and already shot a sub quarter inch group.
So anyway, I'm quite happy with the new gun. Afraid to shoot any more right now because I know I can't expect these results every time I go out but for now I'm just going to soak it in. Got a lot of questions for the experts out there that I'll eventually get to. Needless to say - I am a new Sako fan!