Thread: Wanting a lighter rifle

No need to throw coin at a Tikka to get it to a good standard - they already are a good standard. If you want light, then go for a med action in a 308 or similar type cartridge, maybe even with a lightweight factory stock, Talley one piece rings, and a nice compact scope like a Leupold 1.5-5 or 1-4. No need for high magnification or big objective with a 300metre rifle, 4x is fine. But make sure you get good optics for the light gathering. There are plenty of choices out there to fit the bill without going nuts in the finance dept. And keep your Sako as it is, its a nice rifle.

Dean Maisey in Tauranga did a good job of lightening my Sako, turned the barrel down to rem mod 7 profile, hollowed out the stock a bit, played around with a bit of other stuff... Did an awesome job and cut over a kg.. Real happy with the outcome and glad I didn't trade her in for something less...

Originally Posted by Biggun708

Dean Maisey in Tauranga did a good job of lightening my Sako, turned the barrel down to rem mod 7 profile, hollowed out the stock a bit, played around with a bit of other stuff... Did an awesome job and cut over a kg.. Real happy with the outcome and glad I didn't trade her in for something less...

cut over a kg @Biggun708 ? that's impressive. any pics of the work?

Originally Posted by Freezer

cut over a kg @Biggun708 ? that's impressive. any pics of the work?

Just looks like any other sako
. beautiful..