My first (and only) firearm ***NOW GUNTECH-FRIENDLY IMAGES ON PG. 1***

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Hi all,

As of Friday, I finally got the last piece needed to put my rifle together and I thought I'd share with all of you fine folks my entry into the firearms world :)

I had started a thread a while back on what to buy. I was ready to put some serious funds down, since I wanted my first rifle to be the one I keep and, after a lot of feedback, was dead set on a Sako TRG-22...

Since it was below my budget, I went ahead and got a scope that was more expensive than I planned (and got it before the rifle, as many of you suggested to get the glass first and spend the most on it).

When it finally came to the stage where I was going to get the rifle, I got an offer I couldn't refuse on another rifle that was arguably more accurate: a brand new R93 LRS2. The biggest pain in the ass was finding a 20 MOA mount that was required for installing the scope (which is meant to be adjusted in only one direction for elevation). Since I wanted to have a truly unique build, I opted to go away from the standard Picatinny/Warne type rails and went with a proprietary mount that I had custom canted to 20 MOA by Martini & Hagn gunamakers in Cranbrook, BC. Needless to say, they did a great job! Without further delay, here are the pics:

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Mount with custom 20 MOA forward angle:
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I updated my sig accordingly ;) and am looking forward to learning a lot with this rifle, and making the most of it from all the wisdom of you CGNers out there! :)
 
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WOW What a beauty. Damn fine way to start a collection!!

What caliber is that rifle?
 
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I love this one!
I have been thinking of this one for 2 years and now I start thinking of it again.
Actually what caliber is it?
Have you compare anything else?
Why did you chose this?
Just want to know how the owners feel.

Congrats...
 
Thanks guys! :)

Ceska said:
What caliber is that rifle?
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MUGEN said:
Actually what caliber is it?
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It's a .308 Win... A friend of mine has his late father's old Savage in .308 and since he introduced me to firearms and we often shoot together, I figured it'd make sense to share. On top of that, it's not an expensive calibre, and plenty of ballistic data is available.

MUGEN said:
Have you compare anything else?
Why did you chose this?
Just want to know how the owners feel.

Congrats...
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The only other rifle I've shot extensively is my friend's old lever-action Savage 99C... The Savage blows this one out of the water.

In all seriousness, the recoil is considerably less than the above Savage, but the release of the trigger is not as "crisp" if I could say. There's a slight "roundness" to it at the last instant before the pin goes off. It's also more confortable to shoot; I'm tall, so the Savage wasn't real comfortable to shoot - I had to be all cramped up around it, whereas this rifle offers plenty of adjustments. I'll post some pics of my targets from this past weekend, if you wish, since saying "yeah, it's accurate" probably wouldn't do much justice to your question!

As for the why: I wanted something that would last me and that would be competitive with future rifles on the market, and I didn't want to think down the road: "Oh, I should've gotten so and so rifle instead of this one, etc"
 
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The first and only rifle

just one small but hardly negligible problem with your rig. the mount you have is not sturdy enough and you will find your scope going off zero after a while. I know from someone that this happens and he had a 6mmBR which has no kick compared to your rifle. his was equipped with factory brake. sorry if I threw a spanner in your bycicle wheel but it's better to be warned. Talk to arrowhead. As I recall he had an alternative and by the way congrats, you have pretty well the best factory rifle on the market. Is that a 3-12 S&B ? this scope is not light so the mount thing is to be considered.
 
Congrats on a stunning looking rig.

The trigger sensation you are describing is called creep. There should be an adj that allow you to dial this out. Will likely improve once the rifle has been fired a few hundred times (dry firing will speed the process some).

Just make sure you have enough sear engagement so you don't get a nasty surprise if the rifle gets bumped while cocked and loaded. do a drop test.

Enjoy....

Jerry
 
I got to try one out awhile back great gun and a really shooter just keep it clean!!they don't like sand to much
 
sniper767 said:
just one small but hardly negligible problem with your rig. the mount you have is not sturdy enough and you will find your scope going off zero after a while. I know from someone that this happens and he had a 6mmBR which has no kick compared to your rifle. his was equipped with factory brake. sorry if I threw a spanner in your bycicle wheel but it's better to be warned. Talk to arrowhead. As I recall he had an alternative
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I'll definetely keep an eye out, but so far, so good. If I see my groups opening up after some time, I'll know what the culprit is. Besides, I can't return the mount - it's been heavily altered as I've mentioned. The gunsmith at Martini & Hagn added loctite to the ring/base interface - might help.

sniper767 said:
and by the way congrats, you have pretty well the best factory rifle on the market. Is that a 3-12 S&B ? this scope is not light so the mount thing is to be considered.
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The scope is a 4-16 S&B, and weighs a kilo...

Thanks for the tips, though. Better than finding out the hard way.

Ruthless said:
Wow, first Blaser I've seen in Canuk-land :eek:

sweet rifle

they list for north of 5k, hope you got a deal :cool:

this rilfe rates 20 on a 10 tacti-cool scale
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Thanks - I got it for a hair under 4k, and yeah, I'll have those mall ninjas running for their lives!! :runaway:

mysticplayer said:
Congrats on a stunning looking rig.

The trigger sensation you are describing is called creep. There should be an adj that allow you to dial this out. Will likely improve once the rifle has been fired a few hundred times (dry firing will speed the process some).

Just make sure you have enough sear engagement so you don't get a nasty surprise if the rifle gets bumped while cocked and loaded. do a drop test.

Enjoy....

Jerry
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Thanks Jerry, the trigger does have three available adjustments, so I'll check it out, but I'm so used to it now that I might hold off. Will definetely try that drop test!:eek:
 
Bryan Wang said:
glad to see you finally got it!
but why didn't you go with the picatinny rail?
anyway, congrat!!!!!!!
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Read my first post :p Here's what I said:
redman said:
Since I wanted to have a truly unique build, I opted to go away from the standard Picatinny/Warne type rails and went with a proprietary mount that I had custom canted to 20 MOA by Martini & Hagn gunamakers in Cranbrook, BC
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Bryan Wang said:
are you going to get your barrel threaded for brake? my .308 LRS barrel is not. I am getting it done.
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If I use this brake, I won't have to:
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Then again, recoil isn't bad at all; I'm using .308's and the rifle's heavy enough to make it forgiving; I don't plan on getting a brake.

17 Ultra Mag said:
nice rig..how does it shoot ?
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I can safely call myself a novice shooter; the following were made at 100m with the front end of the stock on a few sandbags. Note that the targets on the left are more recent than the ones on the right, and you'll notice the groups shifting about since I was sighting in (and getting used to shooting! :p). Basically, the order of the targets are as follows:

7th 6th 4th 2nd

8th 5th 3rd 1st

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