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wasn't there a Sako Assocation back in the '90s? i knew a gunsmith(RIP) that collected Sako's. the wood was beautiful.

awesome pics!

I have an 85 Black Bear .30-06 and it ejects at 1:00-1:30 o'clock (not straight up as some have claimed.)



If you have a scope with a big windage knob, it's going to hit. Even a short traditional cap will get dinged at the end using medium Optilock rings. But mine never kicked the shell back into the port. It's been perfectly functional.

I did switch out the medium Optilock clamp-on rings for Optilocks with bases. High rings cures the issue completely. But it puts the scope pretty high up. It's still comfortable for me. It would work very well in a climbing tree-stand where I find a higher mounted scope easier to use.

I've experimented with several scopes on this gun and I'm not really pleased with any of them.




It currently wears a Leupold VX-3HD. But I bought this gun for handiness and I think I'm going to delete the scope altogether and get another Aimpoint Micro H-2 or T-2 and a base and use that. The T-2s work well on my slug guns. I think it would be abouyt perfect on this gun, especially in the thick central Virginia woods I would use it in.

Currently have (6) Sako's ; this is my M75 Hunter Stainless. Could not ask for a more dependable rifle. All my other's are older