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Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako Fotis #9116593 08/21/14
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas G geedubya Campfire Outfitter
geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas	Originally Posted by Fotis Put M1 dilas on the 75 and you will why would I want to that?? My shots with these two rifles will be 200 yds. and under. Just hold on fur. Best, GWB A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

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Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako geedubya #9116615 08/21/14
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,260 Cheyenne, Wy Fotis Campfire Ranger
Fotis Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,260 Cheyenne, Wy	Sir: I am not saying you should. I am saying if you were to you would have the same issue. I did on my 75 300 rum and on my Sako M995 30-378. Both LR rigs so m-1's were warranted in my opinion. Both ejected fired brass back into the magazine https://thehandloadinglog.wordpress.com μολὼν λαβέ "Weatherby was too long so I nicknamed it "Bee""

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako Fotis #9116619 08/21/14
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas G geedubya Campfire Outfitter
geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas	10/4 Gotcha! GWB A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako bh444 #9116898 08/21/14
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,757 SW Virginia V VaHillbilly Campfire Outfitter
VaHillbilly Campfire Outfitter V Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,757 SW Virginia	This is a very common issue with Sako 85's especially with the 30-06 length actions, I have had several in every action length and many suffered from this issue, I like My scopes mounted low and I'm sure that had some bearing on My problems with Sako 85's but My thoughts were that a rifle in this price range should function properly, I don't think that's asking for a lot here...............Notice how high the Sako Opti-lock mounting systems tend to be, I think European hunters mostly use scopes with huge objectives (night hunting) and these high ejecting rifles are not an issue in their case, just My 2 cents here it's only a guess...........Good luck................Hb

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako shrapnel #9116941 08/21/14
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,116 Sherwood, OR Killertraylor Campfire Tracker
Killertraylor Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,116 Sherwood, OR	Originally Posted by shrapnel How about this junker of a gun next to a salmon some loser dropped when he heard a rustle in the bushes... Lol. Steelhead. Pretty gun!

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Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako joelkdouglas #9116990 08/21/14
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,765 West of the Blue Ridge Pappy348 Campfire Ranger
Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,765 West of the Blue Ridge	Originally Posted by joelkdouglas [quote=shrapnel] Everyone knows how poor a shot I am. Is that a llama? Looks like something that got hit by a snowplow. What fresh Hell is this?

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako local_favorite #9117351 08/22/14
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900 B BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana
BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900	Originally Posted by local_favorite After having the it on order for about a month, my new Sako Grizzly in 9.3x62 showed up Tuesday. Gorgeous gun in every way. I was still thinking about what kind of scope to put on it and I've got a few old crappy ones of various sizes laying around with some mock up blocks I made a while back for determining ring height for different objective heights, etc. Well I get the rifle in the vise with scope on top and decide to test the ejection because of what I've read previously about them and sure enough, live and empty cases both hit the turret every time. So I use my blocks to raise it up a little more, still hits. Called and emailed EuroOptic.com today to see about returning it for another one. It sucks because it really its a beautiful rifle. Geezus.... The 280 Remington is overbore. The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako BobinNH #9117408 08/22/14
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas G geedubya Campfire Outfitter
geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas	Guess I've been lucky in my choices of those nasty Sako rifles..... never had an issue with mine, other than that the actions were slicker than owl schitt and they were boringly accurate. Best, GWB A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako geedubya #9117486 08/22/14
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 3,200 gods counrty R rickmenefee Campfire Tracker
rickmenefee Campfire Tracker R Joined: May 2010 Posts: 3,200 gods counrty	Originally Posted by geedubya Guess I've been lucky in my choices of those nasty Sako rifles..... never had an issue with mine, other than that the actions were slicker than owl schitt and they were boringly accurate. Best, GWB pass me one of the sorry bastids

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako geedubya #9117504 08/22/14
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900 B BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana
BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900	geedubya: I like the old ones... The 280 Remington is overbore. The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.

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Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako geedubya #9117555 08/22/14
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 172 Eastern NC L local_favorite OP Campfire Member
OP local_favorite Campfire Member L Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 172 Eastern NC	Originally Posted by geedubya Guess I've been lucky in my choices of those nasty Sako rifles..... never had an issue with mine, other than that the actions were slicker than owl schitt and they were boringly accurate. Best, GWB The key lies in those bolt handles you've got laying there. No long action 85's. I wish like hell mine would have ran fine. I really do love it in every other way. I just can't accept empties tagging the scope and falling back into the action. That's a non-negotiable.

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako local_favorite #9117633 08/22/14
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,546 Bozeman, MT shrapnel Campfire Ranger
shrapnel Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,546 Bozeman, MT	This long action works every time...

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako shrapnel #9117765 08/22/14
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 6,314 Western Kentucky S shortactionsmoker Campfire Tracker
shortactionsmoker Campfire Tracker S Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 6,314 Western Kentucky	Is that a recent production 85? I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako shortactionsmoker #9117776 08/22/14
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 172 Eastern NC L local_favorite OP Campfire Member
OP local_favorite Campfire Member L Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 172 Eastern NC	Originally Posted by shortactionsmoker Is that a recent production 85? I think we can tell from the hinged floorplate among other things it is not.

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako local_favorite #9117779 08/22/14
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 172 Eastern NC L local_favorite OP Campfire Member
OP local_favorite Campfire Member L Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 172 Eastern NC	BTW, gun is now on its way back to EuroOptic. We'll see what happens when they get it on Tuesday.

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako local_favorite #9117781 08/22/14
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,546 Bozeman, MT shrapnel Campfire Ranger
shrapnel Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,546 Bozeman, MT	It is the 3 lug bolt with the ejector in the bottom of the bolt...

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako shrapnel #9117819 08/22/14
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 17,527 Colorado D dogcatcher223 Campfire Ranger
dogcatcher223 Campfire Ranger D Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 17,527 Colorado	shrapnel, the ejection problems are isolated to the long action 85's only.

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako shrapnel #9117830 08/22/14
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,467 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,467 Paradise,Alaska	Originally Posted by shrapnel How about this junker of a gun next to a salmon some loser dropped when he heard a rustle in the bushes... Congratulations,on ALMOST "knowing" what kind of fish that is...due your "experience","knowledge" and "results"?!? Laughing!............... Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako shrapnel #9117831 08/22/14
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,467 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,467 Paradise,Alaska	As an aside,you may want to get those Coke bottles recalibrated(soon). Hint..................

Re: Guess I drew short straw on a new Sako geedubya #9117841 08/22/14
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 14,465 Northern Arizona S SU35 Campfire Outfitter
SU35 Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 14,465 Northern Arizona	GWB, Try empty fired brass for your "You Tube" not a loaded cartridge with a bullet seated. Also, I have experienced empty brass hitting a Minox scope with my Sako. The Minox windage adjustment cover stuck out to far. I changed to a Leupold, no problems from then on out.

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