SAKO TRG 42 .338 Lupua

[stevehome]

I know it's a factory rifle but wanted to know if this will rifle and round will be a acceptable rifle for up to 1000 yards? I'm understading that the 300 grain bullet is perfered. Thank you for all your opinions! Steve

 

[mike in co]

yes you can shoot 1000yds with the rifle...will it be competitive...different story...
i know a guy that shoots a 40x 300 win mag in 1000yds..he has fun...
mike in co

 

[Charles E]

Your original post a while back was that you were buying the Sako, and

I'm hopeing to someday shoot at Sac Valley range. I've talked to a couple of members and they were very helpful. The plan is to shoot this set up at 1000 yards. I currently shoot at 300 with my 308...

Most of us have been quite on your questions, because no one quite knows where to start. Depends on what you mean by "acceptable." Will they let you shoot? Probably. Will that Sako do any good? Extremely unlikely, if you're talking benchrest.

In benchrest, Sacramento is NBRSA country, and NBRSA long ranges is sort of, uh, small. About as many people at the nationals as most of us get at a match. On the other hand, if you're not talking benchrest, then I (for one) don't have any useful information for you.

Most 1,000 yard competition is shot under IBS or Pennsylvania sanctioning. Here is a link to the IBS 1K results, and many match reports include an equipment list

http://internationalbenchrest.com/results/long_range/_longrangeindex.php

And here is one for Pennsylvania.

http://www.pa1000yard.com/

You'll have to prowl around to find equipent lists, but they are there.

I doubt you'll find that Sako either place, which should tell you something. You also won't find many .338s, but I happen to be one who shots one in Light Gun. And find that my 15 years shooting 1,000 yard benchrest might have prepared me to *learn* how to shoot it, but it is not a matter of just picking up a new rifle & going to shoot. I mean that seriously. I've borrowed rifles to use in a shootoff when I was out of ammunition, and won. A .338 is different.

I don't know who at Sacramento was recommending the Sako TRG-42 in .338 Lapua, but it would be close to my last choice, even with a Factory rifle.

 

[stevehome]

Thank you for your time and information

Without looking at the IBS or Pa. sanctions and I will check them out after this. Would I be permitted to shoot at the 1000 yard range at Sac Valley in your practice days? Thank you again Steve

Your original post a while back was that you were buying the Sako, and



Most of us have been quite on your questions, because no one quite knows where to start. Depends on what you mean by "acceptable." Will they let you shoot? Probably. Will that Sako do any good? Extremely unlikely, if you're talking benchrest.

In benchrest, Sacramento is NBRSA country, and NBRSA long ranges is sort of, uh, small. About as many people at the nationals as most of us get at a match. On the other hand, if you're not talking benchrest, then I (for one) don't have any useful information for you.

Most 1,000 yard competition is shot under IBS or Pennsylvania sanctioning. Here is a link to the IBS 1K results, and many match reports include an equipment list

http://internationalbenchrest.com/results/long_range/_longrangeindex.php

And here is one for Pennsylvania.

http://www.pa1000yard.com/

You'll have to prowl around to find equipent lists, but they are there.

I doubt you'll find that Sako either place, which should tell you something. You also won't find many .338s, but I happen to be one who shots one in Light Gun. And find that my 15 years shooting 1,000 yard benchrest might have prepared me to *learn* how to shoot it, but it is not a matter of just picking up a new rifle & going to shoot. I mean that seriously. I've borrowed rifles to use in a shootoff when I was out of ammunition, and won. A .338 is different.

I don't know who at Sacramento was recommending the Sako TRG-42 in .338 Lapua, but it would be close to my last choice, even with a Factory rifle.

 

[Bill Ohio]

Without looking at the IBS or Pa. sanctions and I will check them out after this. Would I be permitted to shoot at the 1000 yard range at Sac Valley in your practice days?

Friend, you should be calling the Sac Valley range and asking them directly. And, look up the NBRSA rules for 600 and 1,000y benchrest. Good luck, whatever you decide. I wouldn't use that rifle in a BR match of any sort. Maybe in a tactical, but you won't have any advantage over smaller chamberings, unless the match requires that you knock targets down instead of just shooting holes in them.