Since I can't remember ever seeing a Sako pic thread I thought I would start one...

My first Sako. I had always heard about .5 inch rifles but had never owned one until I bought this one. Sako 75 in 300 RUM with 4.5x14x40. When it was new it would average in .3's with 180 grain partition. I hope my children give this gun to their children.
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After owning the 300 RUM I have been on the downhill slide ever since...grin.

Sako 75 270 WSM with Leupold 3.5x10x40
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Sako 75 270 winchester with Leupold vx-II 3x9x40.
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Sako 85 25-06 with Leupold 3.5x10x40 CDS
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Sako 85 finnlight in 270 win with Leupold 4.5x14x40 LR. I know the scope is to big and to high but its all I had laying around at the time.
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New addition. Sako 85 260 REM with Leupold 2x7x33.
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Sako Quad with Leupold 3x9x40.
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I am sure I am not the only one affected by this sickness. Please post your pics.

Dink

Nice. You are definitely a sick man.

75 6.5x55 w/ kahles 1.5-6x42 on ringmounts. Little hefty, but my best shooter.



next to 75 .30-06 w/ kahles 1.5-6x42 in conetrols.

heres some of mine

85finnlight 7mm 6X luepold


L579 243 2X7 redfield


85 finnlight 7X08 1X4 luepold


85 Bavarian 6.5X55 2X8 ziess

AV Classic 270




AV in a McMillan Classic 300WM



Searching for a L579 Varmint in a 22-250, someday I'll find the one.

L-61-R

A7 in .300 WSM in action.

Nice rifles everyone. I knew I was not the only one with the sickness...grin.

Dink

A little retro....

L579 in .243, 2x7 Leupold:

Rebored L579 carbine in .358, 2x7 Leupod:

Both made in the 60's and great shooters.

Sako 75 .300 Weatherby in McMillan

No pics of my Sako w/ a Douglas barrel in 7x57; it started out as a new, un-barrelled Sako action purchased in 1984.

Wish the actions only were still available from Beretta....

I like Sako's almost as much as I like Winchesters...

Colt Coltsman in .243 with a Minox ZA5 3-15x42. It has a Sako L579 action but has Colt markings. Its one of my favorite rifles.

Shrapnel you are as sick as I am...grin.

Any pics of old meat in the pot?

Dink

Here it is, We even made the cover of a book...

I don't have any Sako Centerfires, but I do have a couple of Quads.
Sako Quad Hunter in 22lr. with Browning 8-24X40 scope.


And a synthetic version in 22mag. with a Browning 2-7X32 scope.

222
300 Win, 220 Rocket
375 hh
222 mag
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300 Bee, 338 [img:center]http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff127/nkhoff/100_2093.jpg[/img]
223 [img:center]http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff127/nkhoff/100_2078.jpg[/img]
7 mag [img:center]http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff127/nkhoff/100_2040.jpg[/img]
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222 Mag 3 Vixens

I know you want to sell me that wood stocked 222 mag...grin.

Nice collection of rifles.

Dink

Which one?

There are three of them, two HB's and a sporter...and they all got wood stocks somewheres!

Not all of these are mine, but they reside here in the safe. njs1230 and I prolly have half and half. Needless to say we are both Sako fans.

Forgot his 264 and his 7 Roy; thought it was getting out of hand!

Sako 85 Grey Wolf 7mm08 with S&B 6x42



Poor man's Sako: Tikka M695 270 with Cerakote finish and McMillan Stock

HawkI I will take the sporter...grin. Send it to me so I can make sure it gets the attention it deserves. With three of them in the safe you are neglecting it. Let me know and I will pm you my address...

Dink

Hey guys,
can I play also?

Here are a few I have known
Best
GWB


Sako AV deluxe, 270 Win.


Custom Sako (Spare parts rifle),Richards Micro fit thumbhole stock, S-491 action, Shillen Barrel, Vais brake, 223-AI


Sako 75 Hunter, 9.3 x 62


Sako L579, 257 Bob.


Sako 75, Laminate Stainless Varmint w/set trigger, 260 Rem.


Sako 75 hunter, 7mm wsm

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Sako l61R Varmint, 7Mag.

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Sako AV, 375 H&H

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A few more.

Tough act to follow, you guys have some very nice collections!


85 in 300WSM when it was all new and shiny on a lope hunt.


Deer walk.


A7 300WSM dink slayer.

Did you aim for the spots Sam?

L579 in .243

I love the slim fore arm and open grip on those old Sakos.
I need to try some 80gr TTSX in mine this year and turn it loose on something wild!

Great topic and pics guys.

My first ever new rifle ordered in 1997 - Sako m75ss 300WM with Leupold Vari-X III 3.5-10x40 scope and the factory barrel fluted and telfon coated the flutes and polished the rest of the barrel by my gusmith. Shoots 180gr Accubond reloads under 0.4" groups with RL-22.



Then the rifle bug bit in 2005. Bought a few Tikka T3 270WSM's-the Sako m75 Greywolf wasnot out yet. In May of 2006, bought a Sako m75ss 243 and mounted a VX2 4-12x40 LRD scope. Used the excuse for a predator rifle that our yet born child (happened to be a boy born 1 month later) would need a rifle.


In 2007, a Sako m75 Greywolf 300WSM with a Leupold VX3 4.5-14x40 BC reticle.


In March 2008, a used mint Sako m75ss 22-250 (for my other newborn boy the month prior). Placed a eupold Vari-X III 6.5-20x40AO scope that was a safe queen for a long time.
I see I have no pics of this one. Oh well looks like my 300WM and 243. I prefer the grey stock with black rubber inlays.


In June 2008 I bought a new Sako m75 Greywolf 25-06, replaced the barrel and some other work. Built a 338-06 Ackley Improved. Has a Leupold VX3 3.5-10x40 scope with the new Sako Optilock Ringmounts.





In the future I want to buy a Sako m75ss or Greywolf 270WSM. If in the ss model I may replace the stock with a MacMillan I have already picked out (middle one).
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I also want to do another project rifle off a Sako m75 rifle...a 330 Dakota has me interested, maybe a 280AI.

BT53,
How does your custom 358 shoot? A friend of mine has a
rebarreled 579 in 358 that he had done back in the 90s
and it shoots ok, but not a tack driver. I still want to
buy it from him when and if he decides to get rid of it.

It's not a target rifle. It was designed to kill elk .... but it does group 225gr Sierra boat tails very well. The Nosler 225gr partition is my go-to hunting bullet, however and it'll usually stay in 1.5" or so @ 100. It's a great rifle to carry and use!

I imagine with a little work, your friends Sako could be made to shoot quite well. I fell in love with the darned things the first time I read an article by John Wooters.....

Sako DGR..

Diggin' the Sako pics fellas, and have been lusting after a grey laminate stainless for a while. Do you guys prefer the 75 or 85 and why? Thanks.

I like the 75's stock better than I do the 85's stock. The 75's in general will weigh more (sometimes alot more) than the same model 85.

Some of my 75's have taken some time to make the magic .5 (3 shots) group but all of my 85's have done it in less than three loads. Maybe I have just been lucky with the 85's.

The 85's also have different mag release and there is no way to accidently hit it and loose a mag. Saying that I have never lost one with a 75 though.

In my opinion it matters not really. If your looking for a lighter rifle go with the 85 if you don't mind a heavier rifle go with the 75.

Dink

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Been a while since I used my Photo bucket.
75V SH 7mmRM
85S Greywolf 338Fed
85S Finnlite 308Win

Nice one, RL!
Hope your PH was backing you up with a good double!!

It was still scary! Couple of times we were out of ammo and almost got overrun!!

My only Sako....not a collector or showpiece like a lot shown here, but with a good story nevertheless. Several years ago, I was asked to liquidate the firearms portion of a passed acquaintance�s estate. The items had been piled in the basement of an unoccupied (and unheated or cooled) house for close to 20 years. Included in the three (3) pickup loads of gun stuff of every type and description was an L-46 Sako barreled action. The barrel and stripped action were the only two parts still attached together, everything else was scattered around mixed in boxes with other parts.

Luckily, all metal parts except the bracket that screwed to the bottom of the action that held the magazine in place was found. The barrel and action had fingernail sized rust blisters is several places. The bbl was stamped 222 Rem but had been reamed to 223 Rem. A 222 mag as well as a 222 Rem Magnum mag were found in the boxes. No factory stock was found, but there was an unfinished after market stock roughly inletted for this action there.

I can only assumed the old gent planned to restock the bbled action and use the 222 RM magazine for 223 rounds. As I had zero luck finding the missing bracket or locating a new one, I just cleaned everything up, converted the stock to a single shot setup, and put the little jewel together. It would have taken much more time, dollars, and effort than I was interested in spending on it to bring it back to original condition, so I now have a very neat, attractive (from a distance), tack driver.

It shoots itty bitty groups with just about any 223 load with 55 grainers or smaller. Unfortunately, the really slow twist on the old L 46 bbls would not stabilize heavy or long bullets. I tried 53 gr TSXs but they would barely hit a 10" bulleye at 25 yds. So now I just stick with 55 gr Hornady SPs that routinely go under 0.5�. All in all, I am very tickled with my little reclamation project.

Seems to shoot 40gr vmax's fairly well....



And 45gr tsx's do not bad either....

Hmmmmm....maybe I should try some 45 gr TSXs. They seem to work fairly well on Kodiak's little BC deer. I suppose they'll work on a monster AL doe.....

KH, is yours a 223 Rem and do you know the rifling twist?

KodiakHntr,

I love how you're using a wood stocked and blued rifle in heavy snow!

Hells yeah!!

223AI to be exact.....Haven't measured the twist myself, but seeing as it won't do all that terribly well with the 53's, I'm guessing fairly slow.....

Suppose I should break down and actually measure it. Definately no quicker than 1 in 12 at any rate.

Don't get me wrong, it shot the 53's, but wouldn't go sub-moa with them....The 45's go way sub-moa....Same as the 40gr vmax.

Well, it is an awfully pretty rifle....And it shoots like it has eyes, so it seems a shame to not take it out when it wants to go....grin (It has tipped over an awful lot of coyotes in the last couple of winters....The only reason that one got a picture was because I was fair happy with the shot - 260+ yards, shot after I'd stood up and he busted me and started to run across the bowl....)

And to be honest, we don't get a lot of moisture in our snow up here......

Really, like the looks of this one!

They are better in a 7 Mag

Here's a couple pics of my new groundhog rig, a Sako AI .223 Lightweight Hunter, and an unfired Sako AV .270 Lightweight Hunter.





Scott

That's where they should all be, in a closet waiting on the garage sale.















...just kidding of course.