Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Sako 75 and 85 - over-rated??

Been on the Chuck hawks web site reading a review on the sako 85.
Whilst he does praise it in some regards, in others he is a bit critical of the "so called" control round feed and the magazine box arrangement.


Any cause for alarm??

Cheers
Gus

I take everything I read on the net, with a grain of salt. the sako's i have owned have functioned flawlessly, and been verry good shooters. To each his own.

I think he is right - its not a proper CRF action - to begin with, I suspect it can be double stroked like any other pushfeed action - also it has a tiny pushfeed type extractor.

I am not sure how it could ever be compared to an M98 CRF action or one of its derivatives.

Whilst they may function well I doubt it could be called a true CRF action.

First mistake is paying attention to anything Chuck Hawks writes..

What's the difference between the 75 and 85? What changes were made?

check out what chuck has to say about tikka's he even claims most rifles will not meet the accuracy guarantee. those of us who own tikkas know how much bull that is.

I struggle often with figuring out who actually likes what he writes...

I've said it before, and I wish it weren't so...my Tikka is the most accurate gun I own, shadowing even the customs i have had. Don't know why, but that gun loves to shoot.

I think chucky is full of poop.

I have owned, shot and hunted a bunch of Sako's and have never had on jam, mis-feed or not a feed a cartridge from the mag.

I have always wanted a custom/semi-custom rifle built and have bought several Remington 700's for just the action. What keeps me from building one is the fear that it will not out shoot my Sako's.

Dink

My Tikka would be one of the last guns to go, if i had to get rid of them. I really wonder how many of them he (chuck) actually shot. Petzal had a much more positive opinion of the Tikkas.

I had a M75 Sako in 25-06 which had been re-barreled. I got rid of it because it didn't perform to my satisfaction. (Note: It had been re-barreled before I bought it.)

At a later date I bought a M85 Finnlight in 06. Love it. If I were to complain about anything it would be the lack of a 24" barrel.

Jim

Dink,
A custom would be hard pressed to out shoot the Sako. My custom 7-08 is exactly how I wanted it. It shoots lights out. But my 308 Sako is right there with it accuracy wise. Than again, a Sako cost just about as much as a custom.

Still trying to figure out why anyone wants a CRF???

I read his article prior to buying my 85 Finnlight. He's dead wrong, and I would consider his advice on the same level as asking the teenager at the big C's gun counter what he would recommend. I've never been more impressed with a rifle.

The only thing I have against them is they don't make it in .223.

I am intrigued by these rifles; but keep wondering if they are really worth the money asked.

The only thing that puzzles me about Sako is this...for that price, why an injected plastic stock?

No.

I wouldn't put any stock in what he says either.

It's like trying to figure out why anyone would want to date a beautiful woman vs. an old sea hag. If the answer isn't immediately obvious to you then stick with what you know.