Sako 75 vs Sako 85 ?

[Die Judicii]

I've looked at various blurbs on both of these and can't see any huge difference.

Have I missed an important point ??????????

Also, who prefers which and why ?

[bobnob]

The 75 is superseded of course, the 85 a current model. So with a 75 you have to be happy with whatever is available secondhand whether it matches your exact wants or not.

85 is a controlled round feed, from memory the 75 might be a push feed. Important to some people, not me.

Some owners of 85 long actions complain that ejected cases go up and hit the scope when you open the bolt. I've not shot one so cannot verify. Lots of stuff on the web about it.

[Die Judicii]

Thanks mate,
All of which you state makes good sense.
A very interesting point you mention regarding ejected cases from the 85 models.
Has anyone else experienced this ?

I find the overview chart/s that come up when googling the 75 and 85 are difficult to comprehend from a Sako newcomers perspective.
For instance they indicate that " . " is standard, and " + " is optional,,,,, but then show a heap of other symbols which I have yet to find
an explanation of their significance.
Admittedly I am only looking via internet at the moment.
I prefer that first up as you can gain quite a lot of info sometimes,, that helps prevent info overload from overly keen salesmen.

Thanks again, and I'm looking forward to any other bits of info from other members.

[MR. WINCHESTER]

Manufacturer's websites do not reveal a great deal, regarding the 'nuances' that a prospective owner is more often concerned with ....

I suggest you trawl the internet forums and consider feedback from previous and current owners.

[bobnob]

Thanks mate,
All of which you state makes good sense.
A very interesting point you mention regarding ejected cases from the 85 models.
Has anyone else experienced this ?

I find the overview chart/s that come up when googling the 75 and 85 are difficult to comprehend from a Sako newcomers perspective.
For instance they indicate that " . " is standard, and " + " is optional,,,,, but then show a heap of other symbols which I have yet to find
an explanation of their significance.
Admittedly I am only looking via internet at the moment.
I prefer that first up as you can gain quite a lot of info sometimes,, that helps prevent info overload from overly keen salesmen.

Thanks again, and I'm looking forward to any other bits of info from other members.

Yes their web site is a little hard to read.

Rest assured that any Sako you buy will be optimised for the cartridge it is chambered for.

You won't go wrong with a 75. A few mates have them and they're good rifles.

[Die Judicii]

Tend to agree with you all,
From what I've seen, read, and heard so far, I got a special sorta liking for the 75 Hunter Blued.

[Rifle realist]

I don't have any experience with Sako 75's ,I have 2 85's a short action in .260 rem and a long action in .338 win mag. They both function as advertised, I have not had any problems with ejecting spent cases from the long action even rapid fire on a big mob of donkeys. The 85's are not a true controlled round feed they only control the round for the last part of the chambering , don't find this to be problem as most of my prievious rifles have been model 700's, the Sako's are much smoother in the action.