Thread: Consistent factory ammo

Had a good run with hornady, super performance (ouch $$) great in the 308 for longer shots, whitetail 150gr for closer stuff. Also used hornady in my 223, cant recal which variety. The amount of shooting i do i can accept its me that makes more of a difference than the ammo, all of the ahove shoot minute of deer / goat / hare around 1-1.5" groups at 100m. If i'm being careful and wind plays nice have had factory going through the same hole..... all this done with a lowly tikka!

Yea might try the precision hunters and some sako if I can find it. Currently using hornady white tail which is ok but always looking for better

139 gr sst superpeeformance shoots well out of my 7mm08.

It’s awesome ammo that Sako and use Hornady Precision Hunter and shoots well
In a Bergara HMR Tikka TACA1 6.5 Creed.

Anyone know if Sako 7x64 can be sought?


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Here is the 7mm08 ammo $69
https://www.guncity.com/sako-7mm08-1...uantity-363542
Be interest in a comparing it to the hornady sst

Originally Posted by MB

I'm tempted to try this: https://www.guncity.com/sako-7mm08-1...uantity-363542

Not displeased with Hornady SST 139g, but the Sako ammo is cheaper and may even be better.

@MB did you ever try the sako ammo?
or has any one else been using the sako 7mm08 ammo with what results?

Originally Posted by bigbear

@MB did you ever try the sako ammo?
or has any one else been using the sako 7mm08 ammo with what results?

No! Had a big trip planned and no time to recheck zero, so bought some more SST, then panic bought some more SST as the shelves were emptying fast a couple of months ago. Not sure what it's like now. I still intend to try/switch to the Sako ammo, but it'll be a while away.

Originally Posted by MB

No! Had a big trip planned and no time to recheck zero, so bought some more SST, then panic bought some more SST as the shelves were emptying fast a couple of months ago. Not sure what it's like now. I still intend to try/switch to the Sako ammo, but it'll be a while away.

Ain't panic buying in todays environment. supply is gonna be crappy for quite a few years and prices will be awful

Price will never drop back now

Tested Sako 6.5*55 Gamehead 130gn (sierra130 gamechangers). Mv off my chrony matched Sako box info and accuracy was 1/2 moa @200m. Excellent ammo and by all accounts v good brass.

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Ain't panic buying in todays environment. supply is gonna be crappy for quite a few years and prices will be awful

Only thing I've panic bought in my life is ammo and that was a first! Grabbed whatever 300BLK they had left and stocked up on 22LR as well.

Originally Posted by ChrisW

Iv never personally chrono'd it, but iv heard some reports (at least in 270 calibre) that it chrono'd low. Ill have to chrono some.
@Remmodel7 there are no 7-08 in that bin, but Sako made a 7mm-08 load just for NZ. Its the Gamehead softpoint variant. Iv not personally shot it - but id expect it would shoot excellent, and it is available in NZ. You probably wont see it listed on Sako's website because it was/is an NZ special

@ChrisW any idea when beretta nz will be bringing in more 708 sako ammo ? Currently seems to be sold out everywhere.

I tried the 270 stuff in my old 270 and it was incredibly consistent and if memory serves me correctly it was pretty close to what was on the box in relationship to fps that was the sako green tip stuff.

I’m liking the Sako factory for the creed also. Brass is also good.


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@ChrisW any idea when beretta nz will be bringing in more 708 sako ammo ? Currently seems to be sold out everywhere