A friend brought over his latest acquisition last evening that has me drooling. It was a Sako Kodiak 375 H&H built on the Model 85 action. I have the Sako 75 Stainless Hunter in .375, but this gun left me drooling. Anyone have any experience with the Kodiak?

I have seen pictures only. There are some good color pictures on Gunsamerica.

I know what you mean about drooling.

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are they really crf??How ya doin Scott?

Hey Steve. I'm doing great.

No, they aren't really CRF. In fact I don't know why they claim to be.

Hope that Cooper is still doing the job for you.


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I own a new Sako Model 85 Stainless Synthetic in 375H&H.

Explain to me why a bolt action rifle in which the bolt holds the cartridge while feeding it into the chamber - is not a "controlled feed" action.

Mine seems to be damn controlled while feeding - whether it is right-side up, right side-right, right-side left - even upside-down.

And every other angle in between - including barrel up and barrel down.

As a matter of fact - I can't seem to make mine NOT feed smoothly and flawlessly.

I guess mine must be a one-off.

I must be lucky.

They are CRF, w/o the claw that most associate with CRF.

I don't have a 375H&H to try it on, and maybe they act different.

My Sako 85 "kind-of" (loosely) controls the cartridge out of the magazine, unless I stop and reverse the motion (never touching the ejector of course) at which time it becomes pure pushfeed, with no more control of the cartridge than a Remington 700. Winchester called this design CRPF (controlled round pushfeed) to differentiate it from the real thing.

Not CRF in my book, or Paul Mauser's either I suspect.

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Kinda quiet . . .