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Hi guys and gals I'm looking for opinions, I'm looking for a new moose gun, I'm looking at a 300 win mag, I need something accurate and capable of hitting HARD AF out to 600y. I want an adjustable stock and threaded barrel for an EC tuner muzzle brake.

I'm looking at a few rifles,at the moment the list goes as follows and yes I know some on this list I will probably have to special order


Bergara b14 wilderness
Bergara premier HMR
Sako S20 precision
Sako 90 Quest

Thanks
 
Hi guys and gals I'm looking for opinions, I'm looking for a new moose gun, I'm looking at a 300 win mag, I need something accurate and capable of hitting HARD AF out to 600y. I want an adjustable stock and threaded barrel for an EC tuner muzzle brake.

I'm looking at a few rifles,at the moment the list goes as follows and yes I know some on this list I will probably have to special order


Bergara b14 wilderness
Bergara premier HMR
Sako S20 precision
Sako 90 Quest

Thanks
Nothing shoots flatter, hits harder, or is more accurate than a Weatherby.

338-378. The Weatherby helps ensure that velocity is kept high which in turn allows this bullet to produce consistent performance (width of wounding) on wide range of game out to ranges exceeding 1200 yards .

If your not first, you're last...

Tight Groups,
Rob
 
Nothing shoots flatter, hits harder, or is more accurate than a Weatherby.

338-378. The Weatherby helps ensure that velocity is kept high which in turn allows this bullet to produce consistent performance (width of wounding) on wide range of game out to ranges exceeding 1200 yards .

If your not first, you're last...

Tight Groups,
Rob
Thanks that's great, but these rifles DON'T come in that caliber, the biggest hunting caliber is 300 win mag with these rifles. I'm looking for opinions on the rifles not the calibers.
 
Hi guys and gals I'm looking for opinions, I'm looking for a new moose gun, I'm looking at a 300 win mag, I need something accurate and capable of hitting HARD AF out to 600y. I want an adjustable stock and threaded barrel for an EC tuner muzzle brake.

I'm looking at a few rifles,at the moment the list goes as follows and yes I know some on this list I will probably have to special order


Bergara b14 wilderness
Bergara premier HMR
Sako S20 precision
Sako 90 Quest

Thanks
Have you thought about a 300 wsm, you get almost identical velocities with around 10 grains less powder and it’s a short action. The Savage 110 Ultralite has a proof research barrel https://savagearms.com/firearms/model/110-ultralite
 
Have you thought about a 300 wsm, you get almost identical velocities with around 10 grains less powder and it’s a short action. The Savage 110 Ultralite has a proof research barrel https://savagearms.com/firearms/model/110-ultralite
Have you thought about a 300 wsm, you get almost identical velocities with around 10 grains less powder and it’s a short action. The Savage 110 Ultralite has a proof research barrel https://savagearms.com/firearms/model/110-ultralite

I'm not looking to debate cartridges. I want opinions on the 4 rifles I listed. Has anybody out there had any experience with them?

Thank you
 
got a sako 90 peak I'm pretty high on, has everything I've always wanted and then some, they demand perfect and I think they finally got there

mine is short action 308 and has worn 3 scopes for 3 animals so far as I have fun with that part, it's now wearing it's 4th scope to play with, the only thing I can see with their integral picatinny is ring spacing for short scopes, not sure your plan on scope, my 4th scope is an nx8 1-8 f1 capped dmx and it's a little over 8 1/2" long so it fits in Warne mountain tech rings but not much hanging out the front end, would need some sort of offset ring to likely fit on your longer action, but you're prolly not looking for a scope like that anyway, mine is a 6 lb 15 oz scoped currently, bare rifle was 5 lb 10 oz out of the box with the thread protector (they come with muzzle brake also which is a stout little bit of metal)
 
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got a sako 90 peak I'm pretty high on, has everything I've always wanted and then some, they demand perfect and I think they finally got there
Ok thank you, it's not the info I'm looking for but it's much closer than any other answer I've gotten so far. At least you're in the sako 90 family.
 
I doubt anyone will have experience with more than 1 of those so it's individual review.

The peak and quest are basically the twins within the family. The quest has the same carbon as the peak, just added adjustability, and sako doesn't half azz anything so the adjustments will be top notch for fit finish and function, looks great also, it's amazing carbon, like wood in feel, density and sound, not hollow, loud, cheap feeling, full sealed underneath the metal like as if it was carved from solid block of billet carbon. They do absorb recoil really well, warm in the hands. I have a tikka 308 set up slightly heavier than my peak 308 and between it's design and materials you notice it way more when you touch the trigger. It's kind of surprising really, same ammo, back to back, the sako is lighter and yet somehow doesn't beat on you like the tikka.

I can't imagine any of the other players have a carbon stock as good as these Sako's. Otherwise what's the difference between the peak and the quest besides the adjustable version of carbon stock? Coated stainless, that's it. Mine shot hornady 168 eldm white box match into .6" ctc for 3 and 180 gr fusion about the same...accuracy won't be a problem, can't say enough about the trigger, or the flush detach mag, not a single plastic piece to be found, it's carbon, stainless (including the sling swivel studs) or aluminum, cycles like butter, fastest lock speed in world, super short bolt throw (clearing modern scopes larger eyepieces with ease). Not sure what fits in the belly of 300wm but likely 1 more than most belly fed as my 308 holds 5+1.

I saw the gun/ammo article on your sako quest 300wm, most accurate 300wm they've run across in testing...hard to not look at it, I see why it's on your list. Do you want 90 degree semi custom and big magazines hanging down? or do you 'demand perfection' lol

on a side bar I have to laugh at the guys who put those 2 round shell holders just under the action on the side of the stock.....right where you hand goes when you grab it to go for a walk or pick it off the ground, guys need to think things through a bit better on that for a hunting rig lol, fine on a big heavy prs rig but not where your main grab point always is and that goes for hanging magazines also...bonus for the sako there on just that aspect alone imo, best magazine bottom end in the business, only flies on the 85's were the ejection angle issues on some....all gone with the 90, not a single fly on the 90...aside from potential reloaders seating things past saami etc. and wanting semi-custom type builds anyway, I don't know how much extra room is in the mag box of the Sako's for those reloading loonies ;)

what are we missing, oh do the other guys have integral picatinny? machined low into the receiver to allow maximum ring height flexibilities? as you go through it feature by feature you'll see one of these rise to the top the others just can't match lol

Good luck, follow your gut, one of them will talk to you more than the others, think about resale, and other things. To me the sako is the do it right for the last time, that's why I have the one I have now. Scopes may come and go but not this little 308.
 
ok your list gets more interesting, I went and looked up your choices...

it's like 3 rifles from one category (the heavy target prs wannabe extended long range hunter category)

and then 1 rifle that is truly a hybrid between that category and pure hunting rifle category, I chose the pure hunting version of course which is the peak

those 3 rifles are fat pigs in comparison to that sako 90 quest, I could actually live with the quest but I'd never buy the other 3, I did not need stock adjustability with the low integral picatinny, you can clear a lot of scope on these peaks without needing to solve for cheek alignment, those other 3 rifles always be range day only guns and I have no time for that, barely enough time to hunt as it is, so one of those things is not like the others imo

guess you can see which way I'd go even more now that I looked them all up, one of them is far more do all hunting, with right scope will still work fast on bumped whitetails and likely to be in your hands ready for it too

you wanted opinion?

3 pieces of sh1t and 1 diamond ;)

for your 0-600 yard moose hammer, only 1 of them fits the bill for what you asked, there's about 5 other rifles a guy could list that would suit better than those 3 pork chops, regular hunting rifles you'd actually want in your hands while moose hunting
 
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ok your list gets more interesting, I went and looked up your choices...

it's like 3 rifles from one category (the heavy target prs wannabe extended long range hunter category)

and then 1 rifle that is truly a hybrid between that category and pure hunting rifle category, I chose the pure hunting version of course which is the peak ;)

those 3 rifles are fat pigs in comparison to that sako 90 quest, I could actually live with the quest but I'd never buy the other 3, I did not need stock adjustability with the low integral picatinny, you can clear a lot of scope on these peaks without needing to solve for cheek alignment, those other 3 rifles always be range day only guns and I have no time for that, barely enough time to hunt as it is, so one of those things is not like the other imo

guess you can see which way I'd go even more now that I looked them all up, one of them is far more do all hunting, with right scope will still work fast on bumped whitetails and likely to be in your hands ready for it too ;)

you wanted opinion?

3 pieces of sh1t and 1 diamond ;)

for your 0-600 yard moose hammer, only 1 of them fits the bill for what you asked, there's about 5 other rifles a guy could list that would suit better than those 3 pork chops, regular hunting rifles you'd actually want in your hands while moose hunting
Well thank you for that, I have a Sako 85 bavarian right now and she's just such a well built piece of equipment, I feel the adjustability would help, I'm a big guy 6'4 275lbs so the adjustability of the quest really speaks to fitting the rifle to me much more than the traditional hunting rifle stocks. Also I'm a huge fan of the more target/prs style stock. I find them much easier and more natural to shoot accurately which is why the 90 quest and s20 precision are on my list.
 
Well thank you for that, I have a Sako 85 bavarian right now and she's just such a well built piece of equipment, I feel the adjustability would help, I'm a big guy 6'4 275lbs so the adjustability of the quest really speaks to fitting the rifle to me much more than the traditional hunting rifle stocks. Also I'm a huge fan of the more target/prs style stock. I find them much easier and more natural to shoot accurately which is why the 90 quest and s20 precision are on my list.
oh man, that quest will feel like a fast handling ultralight mountain rifle for when you stomp around on foot then and good call for the adjustability, I agree the vertical pistol grip is better even for offhand feel and shooting, I put the vertical grip on the tikka and prefer it, interesting as I compared the peak to the tikka the peak actually has incorporated quite a vertical grip into that stock, it's not as vertical as the accessory tikka grip but it's way more vertical than typical sporters and the original tikka grip, nice touch by sako and well thought out modern trending design imo, it also has a higher and negative comb compared to the straight and lower tikka comb...could be part of the design that makes it feel like it recoils less than the tikka aside from the materials?, you don't notice the vertical grip on the peak right away but if you go look now you'll see it, but yeah the peak would likely feel a little too small in your hands then, and those bigger heavier guns might actually not be a big deal for you, still can't see them as handy for the on foot close in work, the quest likely feel right with that bigger fatter pistol grip for you also and then get that lop out further to fit you, I'm 6' so those other 3 would be pigs for me, but I'd get down with the quest without much compromise, I just didn't need adjustability, with 308 I'm more short side of midrange build than you and you'll be well on the long side of midrange into true long range if you wanted with the 300, if I wanted more reach I think a quest and longer barrel with different chambering would be high on my list still, hopefully you get some arguments for the others on the list, I can't comment other than to try and compare them to what I think the sako has over them in features, materials, and designs etc.
 
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