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Originally posted by trepur:
Get a Sako match trigger, very nice and adjusts to a very light pull (check one out on a 6mmPPC Sako).

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Or a Madco trigger for the Sako, from Australia. Heard they are very good but a bit fiddly to install.

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Originally posted by trepur:
Get a Sako match trigger, very nice and adjusts to a very light pull (check one out on a 6mmPPC Sako).

These are indeed very nice triggers. But I have never seen them offered for sale as an after-market item. You find them on various Sakos with L46, L461 and A1 actions (e.g. in .222 Rem, .22 PPC or 6mm PPC). But they are rare enough for the rifles on which they are mounted to demand premium prices. If I could buy one of these triggers, I'd do so in a heartbeat.

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Originally posted by redrover:
This model trigger will not fit the Sako75, even if it was available as an after-market item. The general layout, the operation of the bolt lock, and the method of attachment to the receiver are all quite different.

As best I recall, when the Model 75 first came out, a set trigger, able to be adjusted down to a very low let-off weight, was an option available in practically all countries except the USA. (presumably Sako was not willing to run the risk of being sued for umpteen million dollars if some wally had an unintentional discharge) Maybe these are still obtainable, if one could get around the import issue, somehow.

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Originally posted by trepur:
mho have a look at saubier.com. Search for maddco in the postings. There is a bit of real experience there with regard to the maddco trigger for the Sako (but that was an AI Sako being refered to not a 75 - don't know if a Maddco is made for a 75).

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The Maddco trigger came from Australia along with a McMillan stock for my Sako 17 Mach IV.
To put the whole episode into context I was trying to make my Sako a bit more refined in terms accuracy enhancement and was trying to get it set up really slick and first class into the bargain. I had visions of the stock inletting and finish being sweet and the whole exercise being a relatively simple method to achieve my desired result.

I say all that just so you know why I don't have the rifle, stock or trigger any more, it is not like there was a real issue with any part, the whole thing just did not work out as I hoped and was going to end up costing more money and not proivide me with what I wanted.

In a nutshell the stock inletting and finish was such that I would have been doing a lot of work to it to get it really first rate and that was work I just didn't have the enthusiasm to do. As such the trigger and stock went back.

Now to your question already !!

The Maddco trigger is a 3 lever deisgn and does not have any facility to use a safety at all. A stock set up for the factory Sako trigger will have a gap where the safety used to go.

I did fit the trigger up and gave it a try but never did shoot the rifle with it. The trigger is quite hand made looking and not a really classy looking piece of gear when compared to say a Jewell or something of that nature. That said it did do what it was supposed to do and provided a crisp and light pull weight.

I had a chance to look at a Jewell recently and the Maddco Sako trigger isn't quite in that league in my opinion. It was light and crisp when set up properly but it did not have that lovely sharp feel of the Jewell, rather it was just slightly mushy feeling to me. I guess if you set it up at say 6-8 ounces instead of as absolutely light as it would go (in the 20 ounce range) it may very well be a very nice trigger indeed.

I guess they do offer the only trigger that will adjust down to ounces for the Sako and if I happened to have a rifle that I really loved that was crying out for a better trigger I would use one.

They take a little fiddling to set up properly since there is a very small area on the trigger fixing screws that will allow the trigger to function at all. It is all to do with the angle that the upper lever on the trigger is presented to the cocking piece on the bolt. You need to twiddle the mounting/pivot screws to get the angle right so that the cocking piece doesn't just over ride the trigger or not actually load the trigger levers and function normally. It is not hard just fiddly and takes a little working out just what effect things are having to get it set up properly.

I can put you in touch with the gunsmith in Australia if you like, he highly likely has the trigger in stock still.

Bryce

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Originally posted by mho:
The fact this trigger won't work with a safety probably rules it out for me. I have to have a safety on my rifles, to get them through the safety inspection required here in Switzerland (actually Canton Zurich).

- mike

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Originally posted by HP Shooter:
Mike, does that rule apply to target rifles as well?