08-21-2007 - Another exotic rifle.
This is the Sako TRG-21. They don't make it anymore. Finnish. It is an actual really for real sniper rifle. And by that, what I mean is, they didn't take some other tried and true rifle and accurize it. This rifle was designed from bottom up as a sniper rifle. It has an effective range of close to 900 yards with a .308 Winchester. That's
half a mile.
There's not much better out there than this, apart from some of Sako's newer guns. They aren't cheap, but you can,
if you're a good shot, feel comfortable shooting medium sized game at far beyond what you'd typically accept as safe hunting ranges. (To not lose your deer, elk, whatever.) I made a base of neck shot from around 300 yards with this one and would have pulled trigger even farther, without feeling weird. (But I wouldn't have gone for a crazy trick shot.) ***
If you can afford it, and you can honestly say that you are an exceptional shot with a rifle, this is one of the best in the world. (They're close to 2500 bucks for a .308, and you can get a good Remington 700 for a third of the price, so don't waste the money unless you know you can put it to good use, or have money to burn.)*
***EDIT: It was a deer. Wanted to make that clear so Tom and NHAT don't get all sexed up about it.
*I want to make it clear that, while I am an extremely good shot with a rifle, I'm not trying to brag because if you hand me a handgun and tell me to shoot something without a scope, I can't get much better than ten yards before I totally suck the pipe. Melissa is the handgun expert, and she can keep that crown.