Gary, your mechanical description above makes sense. Having never owned a Sako, or shouldered one, I can look at this unemotionally. It strikes me that the intrinsic engineering fundamentals of the Sako 85 design lead to some potential faults, which must be remedied as you describe. If all is in spec, the rifle runs like a raped ape. If out of spec, it appears that Beretta won't fix the problem, but a knowledgeable gunsmith can.
