Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako

After having the it on order for about a month, my new Sako Grizzly in 9.3x62 showed up Tuesday. Gorgeous gun in every way. I was still thinking about what kind of scope to put on it and I've got a few old crappy ones of various sizes laying around with some mock up blocks I made a while back for determining ring height for different objective heights, etc.

Well I get the rifle in the vise with scope on top and decide to test the ejection because of what I've read previously about them and sure enough, live and empty cases both hit the turret every time. So I use my blocks to raise it up a little more, still hits.

Called and emailed EuroOptic.com today to see about returning it for another one. It sucks because it really its a beautiful rifle.

I love SAKO 85s but one can only wonder about their placement of their mechanical ejector in the center. Win 70, Ruger 77 and Mauser all have them in nealry same place slightly offcenter. They really messed up on that as it is a very common complaint that seems to run across mutiple caliber/case families.

If using a crosshair reticle, rotate the scope 90 counterclockwise and you'll soon figure out how to adjust reversed knobs.

I have two rifles rigged that way and leaves me a lot more room around that loading port.

Why scope manufacturers haven't moved that right side knob is beyond me.

sometimes the 'simple fix' is too complicated.....

I did try this and thought a little while about it. And while it did work I guess there's part of me that thinks that a rifle that costs this much should work correctly out of the box without having to do this.

I am with you on the advantages of having a left windage adjustment on a bolt gun and it should be standard on all scopes. There's one clear place a left handed shooter has an advantage over a righty.

Salvage,

Maybe touch on CRF and PF again,as that was FUNNY...the last time you did your best in that regard.................

Hitting the windage cap bothered me a little, but hitting the bottom of the scope and cartridges falling back in the action really bothered me. This happened 40% of the time. That's a no-go for me. I'll never buy another 85....

I have
Riihimaki
L461,
S491
L579
L61R
AI
AV
75
85

I've not had that problem.........








Best,

GWB

all mine work fine as well.This is a strange problem that seems to pop up from time to time,There has to be a fix.

Has anyone else tried this potential solution that LR Campos posted about replacing the extractor spring?

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/6439384/13

Is your 85 short or long action? The problem is more common on the LA's. I suspect the SA's are good to go. Mine was a LA...should have stayed true to my name!

Both 75 and 85 are short action





75 is 260 Rem.

85 is 308 Win

Best,

GWB

Yep, the problem on the 85's seems to be with the .30-06 length action.

Sako knows nothing about it. Beretta rather.......
The problem as I see it is the 3 lug design moves the extractor causing this issue.. I have had several guys ask me to fix it. Sorry cant fix a poor design..
Ill stick to the old Sakos....has anyone with a 2 front lug rifle ever had one fail?

Everyone knows how poor a shot I am. I killed all of these animals and a bunch more with the Sako 3 lug in a 300 WBY mag. Sometimes 2 magazines full just to get an animal wounded and never has the gun failed to function...














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The only way to Trump dragging steaks through the mud,would be a Hero Shot of a Rotten Humpie.

Congratulations?!?..............

How about this junker of a gun next to a salmon some loser dropped when he heard a rustle in the bushes...

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Everyone knows how poor a shot I am.


Is that a llama?

Put M1 dilas on the 75 and you will