Thread: New Sabatti Rover 6.5 x 55 review

I made it to the local range today to start breaking the barrel in. The break-in procedure from Sabatti is insane. Something like two cleaning rods worth of copper remover, two of carbon remover and two of bore paste for every shot. I just gave it one run with a brush and one with a swab after each shot, using #9.

It shoots real nice. Recoil is straight back and not some other direction.

With all the cleaning and cooling, and some time talking to the cocky I only got five shots off.

But with only the built-in iron sights and a brand new barrel all shots were within 3 inches of the bull at 50 yards. 3 of them were inside 2 inches. I’m ok with that. I didn’t put much effort in, the sights covered most of the target, the shooting position wasn’t great and the ammo was cheap as.



Possibly nice grouping there. Time will tell.

I did notice one curious thing. A wee ring being worn into the base of the ammo by the bolt. That’s from the lip of the extractor.



Next step?... We’ll see how well seated the Contessa 10MOA base is when it comes.