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Offline ken w.

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SAKO AMMO FIND
« on: February 17, 2019, 09:55:18 PM »
I went to a tiny local gun show Saturday and came home with some Sako  25-06 ammo made in the 1960's or 70's. Blue & black boxes. There's not a lot of info on these boxes of ammo. It's marked 6 gram bullet.

Offline bonneyman

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Re: SAKO AMMO FIND
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2019, 10:01:36 PM »
A 25 caliber bullet with the powder charge of a .30-06. Bet it's a speedster!   :-\

Offline jabberwoki

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Re: SAKO AMMO FIND
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2019, 10:11:53 PM »
Sako brass is said to be bloody good.

https://sakocollectors.com/forum/
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Re: SAKO AMMO FIND
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2019, 12:31:29 PM »
Nice hunting ammo there Ken. I used to be able to buy tons of Norma cheap years ago. I liked shooting the .44mag carbine rounds that had a 180gr bullet in my pistol instead of the 240gr that is the other option.

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Re: SAKO AMMO FIND
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2019, 10:00:23 PM »
A 25 caliber bullet with the powder charge of a .30-06. Bet it's a speedster!   :-\

100gr at about 3,200ft/s with 2,300ft.lb.
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Re: SAKO AMMO FIND
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2019, 05:09:57 AM »
110 gr 30/06 3448 ft/s using max load of varget
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Re: SAKO AMMO FIND
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2019, 10:07:06 AM »
A 25 caliber bullet with the powder charge of a .30-06. Bet it's a speedster!   :-\

100gr at about 3,200ft/s with 2,300ft.lb.

That's a pretty conservative load too. My good friend pushes 85 gr Noslers @ 3600 and 115 gr @ 3200 his 20" 25-06. My 20" 270 really likes a 90 sierra HP @3650, burning just shy of 58 gr of H414. Granted, case life on my load is awful and leaking primers are a common sight.

All the -06 parent cartridges are fast buggers. A slow twist 6mm-06 is on my bucket list as well to send 55 gr Varmageddons at warp speed.

Greyson