Pillar Bedding a Sako 85 - Range Report - WARNING 32 Photos!

[RangerPark]

Awesome work on the bedding! I also have a Sako 85 that I'm considering for a bedding job so seeing your step by step process is really helpful.

One question I have is about the floating recoil lug on these Sakos: some people say that removing the floating plate and installing a Tikka recoil lug into the base of the stock makes it easier to bed and stronger against because of the greater surface area contact than the small button from the plate; and the Sako 85 receiver still has the groove for a Tikka-style lug anyway (which they used in the past). Have you seen anyone do that yet? Or is there anything else you would improve about your process if you were bedding another Sako 85?

I'm not familiar with the method you're describing. The Sako recoil lug is a special one. I have also done a Tikka recently. Ended up burying the lug in Devcon same as the Sako.

I have to say, if I were to do it again, I would probably only pillar bed the stock and call it a day. Especially for plastic stocks like Tikka.

 

[SBear0]

Good to know. Thanks.