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They're beautiful guns I think. The 7mmag I have is the finest rifle I own, but, seldom shoot it. Too nice to scab up. I take it elk hunting, but ,seldom get it out of the case. Have shot three animals with it, all one shot kills. Doubt it has 200rnds thru it. Beautiful wood. One major thing I really like on Sakos, is the dovetailed bases milled into the actions. Best system I know of. Seems like I saw Ruger doing that on something, but, never seen one yet. Is that correct?
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There is one drawback to the Sako tapered dovetail base. If you drop your Sako onto its kick pad onto a hard surface accidently , the scope can slide right off and smack the ocular lense against the ground. It happened to me once and I made a lightning grab at the gun and ended up with the scope in my right hand and the gun in the left just as it hit the concrete floor. I have never had a problem in the field. |
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Don't sound like the screws were tight enough if it came off.
Never had that happen on either of my guns since 73. make sure the contact surfaces are clean and dry, then torque them down to specs, or plenty if you can't find out how much is enough.
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It can happen even if the screws are tight with the older two piece mounts. They have basicly a thumb wheel to tighten them not a machine screw or allen head. They are difficult to get tight and if you overtighten them you can bend them at the base.
If a gun is dropped hard on ist's butt on a concrete floor they can move. There may have been some rubbish in the dovetail at the time . It is possible. However I have heard of it happening to a guy who dropped his rifle onto rocks while climbing around after goats and the butt hit the rocks hard and the scope came off and cracked the ocular lens. The gun was not badly damaged at all , just the scope slid off. The newer Sako optilock mounts can grip tighter than the old mounts. The scope only has to move a fraction backwards to be free on a taper mount. Recoil goes the other way pushing it on harder. You never see a taper mount on a Miltary rifle that I can recall. I am not nocking the Sako taper dovetail , I love them for quick scope changes and holding zero. Last edited by J. Valentine; 03-28-2008 at 05:04 AM. |
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