Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Those sonsofbitches at Sako....

Hard to beat the 75

That’s funny right there.

I have two 85’s, 308 Winchester & 300 WSM. They are both one ragged hole accurate. They both feed very well, never an issue after about 550 rounds thru the WSM & 50 or so thru the 308. Both extract as a rifle should, fast or slow, aggressive or not. All facets are what I would expect from commercial $1500 rifles. Not disappointed at all.

IMO the 75 what one wants ... 85's screwed up on a 75 was..

I have an 85 in 6.5 Swede and an A7S in 279 Winchester, both rifles shoot lights out! Now if they could only overcome the sticky stocks on both rifles so I’m not hunting with fly paper in my hand I would be impressed!

Is the ejector still at 6:00 on the bolt? If yes, hard pass.

That's comedy gold right there.

Here's another laugh for you, I would much rather own a new Winchester Model 70 than a Sako 85 and yes even a Model 700 would be in my safe before a Sako 85 but that being said I will most likely purchase a Sako 90 Peak ASAP 😁😁.....Hb

If I could wave a magic wand, that 90 PEAK in 1:7 223 with a 2.5" mag box and 20"-22" threaded bbl would be hard to pass.

A 22" 1:7/8 22 Creed in the PEAK would have my undivided attention as well.

I like the idea of the set trigger going beyond just the varmint rifles.

My son and I both have S20's in 6.5 PRC, topped with Arken EPL4 6-24x50. Stupid accurate with Norma Target and Bondstrike factory stuff. My buddy liked it so much he bought the identical setup right down to the ammo. We went to the range this morning......bore sight at 25yds was 4" low. Round #2 about 2.5 low at 100. Adjusted scope, next 3 went under .5" at 9 o'clock on the bull. One click right, next 4 went under .5" center bull.

Adjusted 1 mil elevation with the Arken and went to 300 line, next 3 were 1" high, dead center, in a tidy 1" cluster. How you can beat this without spending big $$$$ I don't know.

I bought an 85 years ago. I'm glad the store manager was a friend and took it back. The ejection angle on mine was way too steep.i couldn't get some cases to even clear the scope tube and none cleared a windage turret.

I sometimes wish gun company employees were gun guys that actually went out and shot. Many custom actions eject too high as well. I just dumped my brand new nosler 21 at a big loss mostly over the ejection angle. I knew better than to trust m16 extractor on a bolt gun again.

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nope repositioned for scope clearance and double extractor plungers

Not a good solution, but higher ringmounts might solve the issue.

No- A BETTER ENGINEERED RIFLE would solve the issue.

It's amazing to me that shooters still consider Sako at all when buying a new rifle, given the way they ignored MANY customers that had ejection issues with the 85.

Why would a company introduce a 1:14" .22-250 in 2023?

Probably because not everyone wants to shoot the absolute heaviest for caliber bullets that they can in their rifle.

I posted on your last Sako thread (a month and a half or so ago) that Sako was releasing a model 90/95 and a model 100. They were supposed to be released right after the NRA convention. I guess they were a month late.

Having spent a fair number of years in medical capital equipment sales I’m familiar with unexpected issues. The problem, outside of catastrophic failure, is generally not as damaging to your reputation as how you handle it. Beretta/Sako/et al customer dis-service and those elites directing are liars. They not only refuse to accept responsibility for design fault and product failure, they refuse to recognize its existence.

The 85M action for ‘06 length cases is the primary if not only culprit. I won’t repeat the specifics that have been described but will affirm total failure in ejection dependability. The design is miserable. Every time an 85M successfully ejects a spent case it almost didn’t. I would not buy dollar bills from these people for a quarter apiece. But I did promise them as much advertisement as I could possibly give for no charge.