What are your opinions on the Sako 75 rifle? Pros and cons. How is the accuracy? I have herd some rumors that some rifles have some accuracy problems due to bad barrels. Also herd that bore paste could help to improve accuracy on those barrels. Anyone herd of this or is it just a rumor? What do you all think of Sakos synthetic stock? Is it riggid enough to give good accuracy?
Igor-Bought a Mod# 75 stainless synthetic about 6yrs ago. The gun looks good,feels good,has great balance,& has one of the smoothest bores I have ever seen in a factory barrel.I have custom barrels(cut rifling)and the Sako compares. It cleans up fast(very little copper fouling) It shoots 5 shoot 100ydr. groups 1/2"(with hand loads)and under an inch with factory. I talked my brother in law into buying the same gun last month. Took him to the club.He brought rem 150gr.factory ammo & shot 2 inch groups at 100meters. He told me this gun didnt shoot worth a shit!I took the gun away from him,thru it on a sandbag(did not use my benchrest)& shot that factory ammo 5 shots 100meters 5/8 inch group.I told him I would gladly trade him my gun for his.He told me to go to Hell! The mod# 75 Sako is about the best factory gun you can buy!-Jeff
quote:Originally posted by waynewhitacre: Igor-One thing I forgot to mention.When or if you get your new gun.Make sure the bolt is unlocked and throw the ****ing key away!
That's too easy for knuckleheads like muleshoe.
M'Shoe, my Sako does not have the bolt key lock, because that's what the guy who wanted my shotgun had to trade. If it did have the lock, I wouldn't have given a shit. I have WAY more important things to worry about in life.
Posts: 2206 | Location: USA | Registered: 31 August 2002
quote:If it did have the lock, I wouldn't have given a shit. I have WAY more important things to worry about in life.[/QB]
That's the attitude to have. I'm sure the anti's just love it.
Oh well, no big deal as long as it's still just optional, right? And as long as we don't let it become mandatory, it shouldn't be a problem. Just like your little law in KS you spoke of that requires you to have your gun locked while transporting in your vehicle.....ooops.
"knucklehead", now that's funny.
Posts: 192 | Location: Mills County, Ioway | Registered: 21 May 2001
I would awoid the key thingie too, in fact I would awoid the sako altogether, but thats just due to personal preferences. Too heavy, too long and way too ugly. And expensive for what you get. Stupid safety. Did I mention the weight?...
quote:Originally posted by trb: I would awoid the key thingie too, in fact I would awoid the sako altogether, but thats just due to personal preferences. Too heavy, too long and way too ugly. And expensive for what you get. Stupid safety. Did I mention the weight?...
Tron
Tron-Too heavy?(its only a medium weight barrel).Too long (its only a 23" barrel)Ugly(I do not understand(what is ugly about it?)Whats wrong with the safety?(3 position works great)Have you been pullin our leg? -Jeff
quote:Originally posted by HerrBerg: The problem with the lock is that any parts like that are prone to freeze in the winter. I've got -20C, i.e. -4F, right outside my window now.
A friend in Lapland missed a chance to bag a moose because his Sako had the lock mechanism jammed, it had frozen.
Now THIS I don't understand. What was your firend doing trying to unlock the rifle just before shooting? The lock is passive and doesn't interfere with the firing pin's function once it's been unlocked. If the rifle is unlocked, and water freezes in the lock, you just can't lock it, but it will work just fine. If it didn't fire, it was probably because water froze around the firing pin or its spring, and that can happen to just about any rifle.
Posts: 2206 | Location: USA | Registered: 31 August 2002
I have a Sako 75 Stainless/Synthetic in .375H&H topped with a Leupold 2.5-8x. This is one of the most accurate rifles I own. On my buffalo/plainsgame hunt last year, I ended up using this rifle (successfully) on everything.
With a little load development, this rifle has shot 1/2" groups with Barnes (X's and solids), Noslers, Swifts, Northforks, Hornadys & Sierras. Pretty much everything that I have tried. I don't find that this rifle has much felt recoil either, and I attribute that to the Model 75 stock design. I also like their detachable magazine design. In Africa, I drove around with a magazine full of soft points (chamber empty) and when we stopped to shoot or stalk, I would crank a soft into the chamber and switch to the magazine full of solids if we were going after buffalo. If we were going after anything else, I just left the soft points in. Oh yeah, the magazine holds four (4) .375H&H sized rounds.
Great rifle for me.
Tim
Posts: 1430 | Location: California | Registered: 21 February 2001
I only stated my very personal opinion about Sako rifles, I frankly do not like them. A gun with a long action and a 23 inch barrel is a little too long in my opinion, but thats not a major issue to me. As far as I know the standard and magnum action Sakos weigh appr. 7,5 -8 pounds unscoped and unloaded, wich in any caliber short of a .416 is way to heavy for my liking. My 7RM is 7 pounds scoped and loaded wich I think is close to pefect. The safety on the Sako 75 I have handled was a two position thingie with an extra button to onlock the bolt with the safety on, wich of course is a button to many. Add the "key-concept" and a removable magazine and you have enough mechanical parts to make your car engine envious. I hear they make good barrels though, wich of course is very important. Tron
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