Are there any Sako 85 Long range rifle owners here? Hoping to hear your thoughts, experience good or bad. I change rifles like I do underwear so looking going factory instead of custom this time, lol better resale value.
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Are there any Sako 85 Long range rifle owners here? Hoping to hear your thoughts, experience good or bad. I change rifles like I do underwear so looking going factory instead of custom this time, lol better resale value.
Just go Tikka T3 Varmint.
Second hand ones come up every day or two on Trademe, you could literally change caliber once a week.
Heaps of aftermarket bits which you can switch between rifles, due to Tikkas popularity you will never struggled to sell and if you buy second hand you will probably break even.
Even better is you can buy other peoples custom guns and benefit from their wasting of thousands of dollars.
Only issue with that is 10/22s are shit unless you spend lots on them, where as Tikkas out of the box are stupidly accurate and smooth and have good triggers, especially considering their price.
I didn't say Tikkas where better than Sakos, merely recommended them to the OP as a good value for money option as well as having lots of choice considering his quote
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I change rifles like I do underwear
Nice, accurate yeah, not very light
Very good resale compared to custom.
The brake is very average and mounting the scope a bit of a bitch @Toby shooting mine at Dundees
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Sako 85 300 win mag care of 7mmsaum
Ken Henderson carbon fibre stock
SSRNZ can
Handloads by 7mmsaum
= quite happy at last years Toby shoot
You cant get the Tikka in .338LM :D
When I get home tonight.
Grandad
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@shift14 (Uncle) had a hand in it as well.
Here’s a sako story for you. Just set up a mates carbon lite 7mm rm with a piccatiny rail on it that attaches to the dovetail. Scope was a Swarovski ds. Had to use a rail instead of optilocks because the scope takes 40mm rings. Torqued all the screws. Fine. Now the major flaw with sake is they are tapered. There is a locator screw at the rear to stop the rail going forward. But because it’s tapered nothing stops it from coming backwards. I know it is the opposite way to recoil but after about 20 rounds and one hunting trip. He came back to the range and on the 3rd shot the rail and scope hit him in the face. Fixed the prob by drilling and taping a screw through the rail into the receiver.
Anyway sako 85. I’ve shot 3 one shot well and that was with hand loads. I haven’t seen one shoot what they promise of 5 in Moa.more like 1.5-2” with factory ammo. All of them need to be properly bedded. That also is what my gunsmith has experienced too with customer complaints with sako 85. I personally think that $3-5000 is a lot of money for these rifles. The tikka t3 is a lot more accurate from what I’ve seen, although a completely shit rifle that shoots good.
That will stir you hunting and fishing promoted tikka lovers.
Never heard anyone complain of a 85 shooting 2" groups. Maybe you just can't shoot?
there's one on trade me 300win mag
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Haha, thought I’d get some shit. This is just the experiences of myself and the gunsmith with rifles brought to him. Ammo was mainly federal fusion and Hornady that the owners were using. Shot by the owner aswell. Seen plenty of out of the box Remington’s shoot like shit and some that shoot really well. All of them were new with only the first 20 rounds down them. Maybe they need some copper in the tube.
Everyone gets so defensive of their brands. Nothing wrong with the trg line, they are one really good design rifle. My shooting comp partner has a 22 and 42 and they are machines.
I’ve won and placed at a few Longrange comps shooting magnum and hitting 2 km targets so I’m quite capable of shooting thanks.
Retired bull rider so am a cowboy thanks gibbo.
:thumbsup: Ha ha good to see someone that can take a joke :D I don't own a sako anymore so not defending 'my' brand :) I'd way rather my Model 7's :wtfsmilie: :D
Seen a few of those shoot incredibly well for a light compact rifle. Felt a bit easier to shoot than the Kimber adrianik because it’s a pound and a half heavier. The Kimber was pretty fierce in 308 with no can, took. A little holding.
I should make a new thread. Show us one of your 20 Sakos shoot the 5 in 1moa with factory ammo consistently.
I’ve never sold an accurate hunting rifle yet. Still use the same one I started with.
Well was going to purchase a Sako longrange but ending up purchasing a Carbonlight in 7mm Rem Mag instead. As long as i can get it to shoot figure it will still be good for 1000yd deer.
I tried hard to ignore the one on Trademe but it followed me home.
I’d be interested to know what ammo you find that it likes. Replace the brake with a t2 terminator so you don’t blow dirt everywhere with the radial brake. It also reduces the recoil of that light rifle a lot more.
I shot my mates one in the weekend again when he came out and hit a gong at 570m no problem, free recoil with a slight bipod load.
On a side note I had chronographed some federal premium trophy ammo in a 300wm. 6 rounds sd of 5
@LJP
picked up a 338 Lapua from here quite a while back and only had oen play with it so far which wasn't super successful. The PMII I mounted jumped out of the optilock rings (i prob should have used loctite). The rings appear very marginal to me for the set up so I have ordered a 20MOA rail from Optics Trade to pair with a pair of nightforce rings. the rail is currently 3 months late shipping so the gun is sitting around collecting dust... Also I am just hoping the rail actually fits as it is a touch unclear if the Long Rage is actually an XL action or its own size action. Couldn't get any information clarifying this exactly
Will let you know how it goes as it is pretty hard to find a rail that isn't custom
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Still got it. Richard Near is great to deal with. Near Manufacturing - Rifle Scope Bases
Good piece of kit.
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Yeah for a Sako the NEAR rail is where it's at and normally only takes a week or two to arrive
Probably true, it’s an XL action, I think the longest he does is L for an 85, which equates to a V in a 75.
The beauty of it is it’s one piece and slides onto the dovetails like optilocks and has an integral recoil lug, rather than sitting on top and only being screwed on. O or 10 MOA.
$175 Canadian from memory
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