Valmet "Suomen Leijona" (Finnish Lion) .22LR single-shot rifle vs 100m plates
Some mother's day funzors.
Mine is one of the later models of the "Finnish Lion" 50m competition rifle.
Single shot, no magazine, diopter sights with 11mm cuts for scope added... but with a scope it will eject shells right into the scope and you will have ejection problems more often than not..
With an optic this is my most accurate rifle indoors, outdoors wind affects it a lot since the barrel is so long that with standard velocity ammo the bullet exits the nozzle subsonic - thus very quiet report. I have consistently hit beercan size targets at 160 meters with a cheap optic. Recoil is non-existent, it weights over 5 kilos.
I opted to switch back to the diopter sights because the quality of their manufacture, as the rest of the rifle, is so incredible.
I sadly modified this gun a bit 10 years ago, I dremeled the aluminum underside rail a bit to fit a standard hunting-style sling attachment point to which I attached a Harris ultralight bipod. I have all the original slings and different diopters and different front sight reliefs. By replacing the aluminium rail this would be 100% original again.
The trigger is the best I have experienced and I have shot Anschutz etc. Then again at that level my finger is not professional enough to discern any difference.
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Best group yesterday: 5 shots, CCI Standard ammo, 4cm group at 100 meters using the original iron sights.
Falling some reactive targets:
Sorry, not english wikipedia article.
The finnish article contains pics of a late version.
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomen_Leijona
Some mother's day funzors.
Mine is one of the later models of the "Finnish Lion" 50m competition rifle.
Single shot, no magazine, diopter sights with 11mm cuts for scope added... but with a scope it will eject shells right into the scope and you will have ejection problems more often than not..
With an optic this is my most accurate rifle indoors, outdoors wind affects it a lot since the barrel is so long that with standard velocity ammo the bullet exits the nozzle subsonic - thus very quiet report. I have consistently hit beercan size targets at 160 meters with a cheap optic. Recoil is non-existent, it weights over 5 kilos.
I opted to switch back to the diopter sights because the quality of their manufacture, as the rest of the rifle, is so incredible.
I sadly modified this gun a bit 10 years ago, I dremeled the aluminum underside rail a bit to fit a standard hunting-style sling attachment point to which I attached a Harris ultralight bipod. I have all the original slings and different diopters and different front sight reliefs. By replacing the aluminium rail this would be 100% original again.
The trigger is the best I have experienced and I have shot Anschutz etc. Then again at that level my finger is not professional enough to discern any difference.
Best group yesterday: 5 shots, CCI Standard ammo, 4cm group at 100 meters using the original iron sights.
Falling some reactive targets:
Sorry, not english wikipedia article.
The finnish article contains pics of a late version.
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomen_Leijona
Nice setup!
