boldo 42
AH veteran
Ok folks , this has been a while coming and is still not complete but hopefully will sate you for a while. Sako 85 Brown Bear in 500 jeffery weighing in at 9.5 lbs she is light , but it's quick pointing. Starting from the front , we have a hooded front sight with a BIG WHITE BEAD , i have swung this outside in twilight and can see it quite plainly ( makes the front sight on my Win Safari look miniscule ).
Working down the 22" barrel , we find a barrel band for sling attachment and an island rear sight with 1 standing blade with a wide cut V , i find this very easy to line up.
The action is smoooooth , with a 3 lug bolt , pushfeed with a typical sako extractor ( i have only put 20 rnds through it so far but it has not failed to extract the rebated case. The magazine has a hinged floorplate and holds 3 rounds in a staggered pattern , so far it feeds flawlessly as long as you work the bolt like you mean it , if you try to be gentle the rnd catches on the feed ramp , all my rnds are norma cases with 570grn Woodleigh sn. This will be tried with different projectiles and i will report back. Ejection is no issue with the 6 o'clock blade , except it whacks the case into the LH reciever wall on it's way out , putting a large flat in the mouth of the case , this is only an annoyance for handloaders and only if you really flick them out .
The laminated stock is a dark nutmeg that i find quite attractive , it is also fitted with crossbolts and 3" of bedding from the front of the receiver forward , i have not had it apart so i cannot report on recoil lugs. The stock has been relieved around the tang to aleviate splitting and is topped off with a pad that could do to be a bit thicker on this calibre , it's not like a ruger red but it could have been better. Load data is still ongoing so i'm afraid this will have to do for now. I like it.... a lot , definatly going to have fun with this.
Hope this doesn't put to many to sleep.
Working down the 22" barrel , we find a barrel band for sling attachment and an island rear sight with 1 standing blade with a wide cut V , i find this very easy to line up.
The action is smoooooth , with a 3 lug bolt , pushfeed with a typical sako extractor ( i have only put 20 rnds through it so far but it has not failed to extract the rebated case. The magazine has a hinged floorplate and holds 3 rounds in a staggered pattern , so far it feeds flawlessly as long as you work the bolt like you mean it , if you try to be gentle the rnd catches on the feed ramp , all my rnds are norma cases with 570grn Woodleigh sn. This will be tried with different projectiles and i will report back. Ejection is no issue with the 6 o'clock blade , except it whacks the case into the LH reciever wall on it's way out , putting a large flat in the mouth of the case , this is only an annoyance for handloaders and only if you really flick them out .
The laminated stock is a dark nutmeg that i find quite attractive , it is also fitted with crossbolts and 3" of bedding from the front of the receiver forward , i have not had it apart so i cannot report on recoil lugs. The stock has been relieved around the tang to aleviate splitting and is topped off with a pad that could do to be a bit thicker on this calibre , it's not like a ruger red but it could have been better. Load data is still ongoing so i'm afraid this will have to do for now. I like it.... a lot , definatly going to have fun with this.
Hope this doesn't put to many to sleep.
