Thread: Solving a Sako design fault

A few years ago when I owned a Sako 85 Finnlight I discovered a limitation (perhaps not a design fault). Went on a very wet trip to Hauroko over 3 days everything was just soaked. Went home had rifle cleaned & dried out. Next trip bolt wouldn’t work properly, played around for a long time and eventually gave in. Took it to a clever mate and in no time he worked out how to take the bolt apart. Turns out that the stainless steel rifle and bolt had a non-stainless spring inside which had rusted up! Swapped it out for a stainless spring and still purring along with no issues 6-7 years later.