I have a 4 digit Sako in 264 that may or may not be factory.
Been used quite a bit, a lot of little marks in the stock.
Bought it cheap in the 90's, acquired brass, dies...
Never have even possessed a loaded round?
Been pondering getting it out, but there are so many others sitting
there ready to go, and the Sweede easily covers our deer hunting.
A very respected, and missed, hunting companion had an original
Stainless barreled M-700 bought new. He used it, and a German 300WBY
from Qubec to Idaho. Ground hogs to Moose.
140gr Hornady's were his choice, over IMR4831. And a lot of it, maybe too much. Getting ready for my first trip out West, Lee came up to check zero when he knew I was working loads for my 7mm mag.
Ask if I wanted to shoot his guns. I was 18 so, "Hell yeah"!
The 300 was first. My first go around with any 300 mag, I was intimidated.
Nice, not bad at all.
Then the 264.
That SOB punched the [bleep] out of me!
No idea why, but that damn thing was nasty!
The two Sako’s of mine are low serial numbers. One is 463 and the other is 2021. Both have 26” barrels
