New to me Hunting Rifle

[chasu]

Good morning !!!
I have a need for a new hunting rifle. I'm going with the 270 Win. for the caliber. This is my situation: I have an opportunity to choose between the following rifles at the gun shop: Weatherby Fibermark Mark 5, Sako 75 Stainless Synthetic (not fluted barrel), or Sako A7 Pro Roughtech Big Game rifle. Any advantage of one over the others? I understand that they all shoot fine. They all feel fine. I've handled all of them. Does Weatherby or Sako customer service shine brighter? The Sako A7 is just a bit heavier than the other two, but weight is not my concern. I hunt box stands over open area food plots.

 

[Picher]

Good morning !!!
I have a need for a new hunting rifle. I'm going with the 270 Win. for the caliber. This is my situation: I have an opportunity to choose between the following rifles at the gun shop: Weatherby Fibermark Mark 5, Sako 75 Stainless Synthetic (not fluted barrel), or Sako A7 Pro Roughtech Big Game rifle. Any advantage of one over the others? I understand that they all shoot fine. They all feel fine. I've handled all of them. Does Weatherby or Sako customer service shine brighter? The Sako A7 is just a bit heavier than the other two, but weight is not my concern. I hunt box stands over open area food plots.

You chose a very good chambering and don't see any rifles listed that I know as dogs. Sakos impress the heck out of me. A little more weight is helpful if you intend to shoot it at the range a fair amount, but a detriment if you tend to carry rifles a lot during a hunt.

Didn't help much, but good luck with your choice.

 

[DocRock]

Spoiled for great choices! I cannot speak to Sako customer service but my experience with Weatherby has been uniformly positive.

 

[Garandimal]

They are all great rifles.

My preference would be the classic "M70" stock of the Sako A7, but that's just me.

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Good luck.




GR

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

One thing to potentially help sway you might be scope mounting options.

Here, I'm assuming the Weatherby is drilled and tapped and the Sakos have the integral rails.

Todd.

 

[lastofthebreed]

Go with the Weatherby, can't beat their customer service.

 

[joseywales76]

Get a tikka

 

[rayatphonix]

Either of the Sakos. I have an A7 and it’s a great rifle. I especially like the Roughtech stock. The 75 is a very good rifle but is an older design and is generally considered to be higher quality than the A7 with metal bolt shrouds and trigger guards.

 

[EIB0879]

Don't know about the new Sakos but I have had one for 25 years and never needed customer service and it is the most accurate rifle I own.

 

[<*(((><]

It would be one of the Sakos for me. I would see which fits me best, has the best balance for field shooting and have them weighed and make a decision.

 

[whatnickname]

Like a few others, either one of the Sako rifles. I’ve got a couple of A75 in stainless. One is a 270 and the other is a 308. Sako doesn’t make any junk. Good choice of caliber too. The 270 is my “go - to” caliber. The 270 is an excellent open country caliber that shoots flat with mild recoil. I have a half dozen 270s. The picture you see in my post of the antelope was taken with a 270...130 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip with a muzzle velocity of 3100fps. The range was 613 yards.

 

[stillquietvoice]

I'd probably go with the sake 75. Stainless and synthetic are the easiest to maintain in harsher hunting conditions.

 

[Bfh_auto]

With those options, see which one shoulders the best and get it.

 

[BBBBB]

Buy all three! Can't go wrong

 

[Demi-human]

Get a tikka

The OP is choosing between two Lincolns and a Cadillac and you say to get a Ford Taurus?

Do you have a reason why he should seek out a Tikka, that does not reside at the local shop, over the three beauties that lay before him?

Like Garandimal, I would choose the ASeven.

 

[d2wing]

Sako. Tikka is made by Sako. A lower price version.

 

[cdb1]

Does Weatherby or Sako customer service shine brighter?

Ive dealt with Weatherby customer service a couple of times and it was outstanding. Sako I have not and this is the issue for me since Sako is owned by Beretta. Benelli has their own customer service which also covers Franchi and Stoeger. It’s run totally separate from Beretta and is pretty good in my experience. Beretta customer service stinks on the other hand, at least on shotguns. I’ve experienced it and so have numerous other people I know. I just looked on the web and Beretta handles Sako customer service. That is not a good thing in my book. With Beretta shotgun service there is an easy work around because Cole Gunsmithing is a Beretta service center. They only work on shotguns though. I don’t know for sure if Beretta handling Sako customer service would keep me from buying a Sako but it would give me pause for thought.

I’m a Weatherby fan but would rather have a Sako 75 than a Mark V and would rather have a Mark V than an A7.

 

[chasu]

Well, Someone beat me to the punch on the Weatherby Stainless Fibermark. Missed it literally by minutes. I found a Sako 75 Finnlight in 7mm Remington Mag. It's not the 270 Win I hoped for, but I do like the 7mm mag for versatility. Thoughts on the 7Mag?

 

[Peakbagger46]

I’ve hunted almost exclusively with a Sako A7 for about six years now. Mine has the bell and Carlson stock (it was a Cabela’s exclusive) and has been very accurate. Most importantly it fits me just right and shoots really well in field positions.

I’d get whatever fits you right and steadies well.

 

[LoonWulf]

Well, Someone beat me to the punch on the Weatherby Stainless Fibermark. Missed it literally by minutes. I found a Sako 75 Finnlight in 7mm Remington Mag. It's not the 270 Win I hoped for, but I do like the 7mm mag for versatility. Thoughts on the 7Mag?

I really like the 7 mag, I havent been without one since my first in highschool. I think it really begins to excel with the 160+ class of .284 projectiles. My standard load for years was a 162Amax over 73.5-74gr of retumbo for around 3000 from a 24" and 3050 from a 26"
That loading has taken a fair number of animals from 40lb goats, up to 1000lb feral bulls.

 

[Demi-human]

Thoughts on the 7Mag?

Now we’re talking the right caliber!
You should have bought it when you were in there.

 

[chasu]

I bought the Sako Finnlght in 7mm RM. Waiting on the Burris Veracity in 3-15 to sit on top of it asap.

 

[Garandimal]

Well, Someone beat me to the punch on the Weatherby Stainless Fibermark. Missed it literally by minutes. I found a Sako 75 Finnlight in 7mm Remington Mag. It's not the 270 Win I hoped for, but I do like the 7mm mag for versatility. Thoughts on the 7Mag?

While the .270 WCF is an optimized .300 H&H, the 7mm RM is an optimized .300 WM.

160-175 gr. bullets at 130-150 gr. .270 WCF velocities.

What's not to like, save the added recoil.




GR

 

[ontarget]

My 7mm RM has been my favorite for northern whitetail for many years. You should be pleased with the cartridge choice.

 

[Oldschool shooter]

Never worked a bolt action that came close to being as smooth as a Sako. My uncle had an older FinnBear model in 7mag. Outstanding rifle. No experience with Weatherby, can't say that it would be a bad choice either.