Originally Posted by GaryVA
However, I'm still of the opinion that if you are not crowding the port and the round is ejecting straight out the top, then the extractor must not have a proper grasp of the fired case as it is being overpowered by the ejector. I could see a number of things that could weaken its hold on the case. Otherwise, the case should pop up high enough to clear the lip of the port and be flipped toward the extractor at its position on the bolt face. Keep us posted.


I believe this to be the issue. The extractor doesn't have enough strength to pop the case out of the action before it hits the scope. I had 85's in short and long actions, short was perfect, long not so much. Try having the spring in the extractor changed, as I think a stiffer one will help this problem.

IMO its still a design flaw though, and Sako is not alone. Coopers also had 3 lug bolts with the blade ejector and had similar issues, but they were smart enough to switch current production to a plunger ejector design.