One showed up locally and its a nice looking rifle. Brown laminate with cheekpiece, fluted stainless barrel and a price tag at $1675. In .204 Ruger, it looks like it would send a lot of varmints to the obituary column.
Anyone with thoughts either way?

Never owned a Sako that didn't shoot one ragged hole. Can't see the 85 Varmint being any different. I have the Tikka Stainless Varmint in .204 Ruger and it's the cat's jammies.