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THEY are the ones that need to be doing the writing and the calling. billt

Any new gun I've ever bought I've never sent in the Warrnty card, how would they do the calling other than the tell the stores that got the small number of affected rifles?

There are a couple of things about the Sako M75 kaboom that interested me.

I have a friend in San Diego who bought one of the rifles from the serial number range that was blowing up. He called Sako's US distribution arm with his serial number, but I thought it took them too long to tell him his rifle was OK. Watching the handling of the situation by Beretta/Sako, overall I was underwhelmed.

On the technical side I was wondering if a Mauser style C-ring in the action design would have kept the action from peeling open at the front like a stainless-steel banana. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

jim

I always wanted a lefty Sako in SS, but in 7mm-08 or 308, hard to find if I rememebr right they made a batch about 8 years ago, I didn't get one.

well I end up with the poor mans sako, a tikka whitetail hunter lefty 7mm-08, nice gun for the money

Not trying to pick a fight, but I wonder why someone didn't mention the exploding barrels sooner? I was suprised it took this long to surface. It did happen, for what ever reason. I had a Sako 75 stainless in 300 RUM. It shot ok--just to heavy for me. I decided to just add a little more to the sako price & build off of a sucks action & add a Lilja barrel. JMHO

So far the only floorplate model 75's I've seen were on the Ultra-Mags. I'm sure they might be available in other calibers but they may not import many if any of them.
Hopefully the bolt lock will disappear. I have it on a couple of my model 75's. I've never so much as turned one on once to even see how it works and for me it's just a little extra weight on the shroud. Maybe for some it's a usefull feature, but who?.......DJ

I have two 75s. One purchased 3 mos. ago, and one I received as a replacement for a recalled gun. Neither one came with the lock.

By the way, I was contacted immediately by Baretta and my dealer about the recall on my gun, and It was replaced very quickly.

When any American manufacturer has a recall on guns or ammunition, (no "warranty card" on ammo), and there is something wrong, you read about it in most every gun rag on the market. The NRA will provide space FREE to manufacturers for this purpose in their Rifleman, or Hunter Magazines. SAKO DID NOT NOTIFY ANYONE until this became a MAJOR issue, and several guns blew up, causing serious injury to at least 2 people. This is totally inexcuseable, and unnecessary! There were 3,000 rifles affected with this bad barrel steel. No "small number"! billt

This must be the week for Sako bashing, last week was the Browning A-Bolt. Seems we can't go a week without bashing some manufactors rifle. For all the Sako fans, give it a week and it will pass.

Look, Any manufacturer can produce a bad product. It happens in the auto industry all the time. It's the manufacturers responsibility to recall the product in question, and make it right. Sako did not do this. They didn't want all the "bad press" that can go with a recall. Remember the Firestone Tire debacle? It has nothing to do with "bashing" Sako, or anyone else for that matter. This is a plain and simple case where a manufacturer, in this case Sako, put bad press, and profits that might be effected by such bad press, in front of consumer safety. People were seriously hurt in the process. They made a bad call. I wouldn't buy a Sako at any price because of it. Several others feel much the same. That isn't "bashing". It's called telling it like it is. billt

Read post by ADK hunter.

Have you made a survey of the 3000 or so people that had these rifles to see when they were contacted?

Where are the numbers? numbers don't lie.

lefty

They did not contact my friend in San Diego, he called their "Hot Line". After a couple of weeks they called him back.

I don't need to find out more to know they were too slow. The lack of ads in the gukn magazines is telling too.

jim

I'm not so sure that the number 3000 is correct. I had a Finnlite within the serial number range that has been given in a couple places. I called Berretta about all 6 of my Model 75's including my Finnlite that was in the recall # range and they gave me an answer after holding for maybe 2 minutes.
Even though my Finnlite was within the range it was not recalled. I have fired several hundred rounds through it and it is an extremely accurate finely made firearm. Yes a few had problems and the rifles were replaced.
I've also had several vehicles with recalls on them and they were all handled exactly the way Sako handled theirs, through the warranty registration. Although Sako did have a number I could call and got immediate service. The automobile recalls have never been as efficiently handled.
Most of the Sako bashers (note I said "most" not "all") are people with little or no direct experience with Sako rifles and are regurgitating their partially informed 2nd hand opinions. Most (again not all) of the people who own Sako rifles are exceptionally pleased with them. So who do you listen too? The people who don't and for whatever reason wouldn't own one, or the people with actual personal experience..............DJ

How about the president of Sako. Read it and weep.

http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/article/1101978285825

I'll post it again for you. Read it and weep. billt

http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/article/1101978285825

"Even though my Finnlite was within the range it was not recalled."

Applying strict common sense to this whole situation, I would NOT fire that gun!! Simply put, is it worth the risk?? Remember, not all of these guns let go with the first box of ammo run thru them. It is extremely difficult to predict when metal fatigue will occur in good steel, all but impossible to predict in bad steel. Is it worth the chance of losing a finger? An eye? Or your life? billt

I have a floorplate on my sako in .270 Where do i find out if my rifle is affected by the recall? Its is not a stainless model, does that matter?

Jo Mama,

You can try here, http://www.berettausa.com/index.cfm However, nowhere on Beretta's website do they have ANY Information pertaining to this incident. (They do tell you where you can buy their clothes if and when your ever shopping in Paris). Most likely your safe if your weapon is not Stainless. I would contact them by phone, or E-Mail, with your rifles Model #, Serial #, date of purchase, as well as who you purchased it from. They should respond. The news release said they STILL have about 10% of the effected rifles sold here in the states, that have NOT been located. That means close to 300 of these hand granades are still floating around out there in gun land. If there ever was a case of "buyer beware", this has got to be it! billt

Thanks, I check the link and my gun is a few years old so I'm in the clear.

Here is another piece of fact I've wondered about. It was reported in this article, and several others, that the rifle in question was chambered in .300 WSM. Many have gone on to conclude that one reason for this happening was the Short Mag. chambering left too thin of a chamber wall in the "Finnlite Model". Take a good look at the bottom picture of the 3 pieces of barrel displayed in the photograph. That IS NOT a .300 WSM Short Mag. chamber. That chamber is a full length .300 Winchester Magnum. That puts to bed that theory. billt