Does anyone have general information about new Sako 85 or anyone having one yet? I ordered mine today and all the information I got was the caliber selection and few blurry photos. Let's hope it's a nice rifle, I should get mine on March or April.

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Originally posted by Dr.JA:
Does anyone have general information about new Sako 85 or anyone having one yet? I ordered mine today and all the information I got was the caliber selection and few blurry photos. Let's hope it's a nice rifle, I should get mine on March or April.

I question the sagacity of ordering a rifle you know nearly nothing about.

George

Well we made agreement that if I am not satisfied with the rifle I can have Sauer 202 instead. Of course I have heard some information about the new model, but all the official information was just caliber selection and those photos.

The reason for the rush with that order was my desire to make sure that I will definetely have that rifle before the start of the hunting season.

Well, good luck then, and let us know what you think of the rifle.

What chambering did you order?

George

How about leting us in on the 'information' that you heard?

Ian

Could anyone post photo's of the sako 85 and will it replace the 75 completely ??

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Originally posted by GeorgeS:
I question the sagacity of ordering a rifle you know nearly nothing about.

George

I question the perspicacity of using a word such as sagacity on these forums!

Welcome aboard, Dr.JA! Hope you like your rifle when it arrives. Keep us posted!

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Originally posted by ACRecurve:

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Originally posted by GeorgeS:
I question the sagacity of ordering a rifle you know nearly nothing about.

George

I question the perspicacity of using a word such as sagacity on these forums!

I apogize that my predilection for employing a particular verbiage caused you perturbation, but I am pertinacious in that regard.

George

Not having one in my hand, I believe the sako 85 to be the same action as the Sako Big Game Deluxe. They ground off the lower part of the ring around the bolt face similar to Savage's discontinued big game rifle. I believe Ed Brown does something similar to their dangerous game rifle. I am not sure that this is a significant advantage over the "75", the standard 75 feeds very well at all angles and uses a pivoting ejector and a pivoting claw extractor.

As far as CRF is concerned, the only real advantage I can see is the prevention of a double feed from the failure to push the bolt all the way forward before cycling the action a second time. Luckily, with training and repitition, this can be avoided.

If pressed for a CRF action, I would look to Ruger, Winchester, Kimber, Montana, and/or Mauser type action as the claw will mate with the rim of the cartridge quicker than that of the modified push feed designs.

John

The new SAKO 85's 'official' desigation will henceforth be known as:

Roget's THESAURUS...or, depending on the cartridge selection, THE SORE ASS.

I am relieved that they came out with this model! I had taken mesaurements off of the limited run of 416 CRF Safari rifles from a few years ago, and was going to reverse engineer one. Too much work, with the potential for a lot of heartache.

Kinda like 38C vs. 44DD, dont'cha think?
I know which one I prefer...