Sako Carbonlight introduction, compared against the Kimber Adirondack

Ardent said:
Figured that wouldn't go unnoticed. ;) It's a wonderful little rifle but looking at the money to basically turn it into a smoother Adirondack I realised I already have an Adirondack that does everything I'm after. I'd still rate it higher than the Kimber, however the Kimber is in my equipment locker already and is sighted in with the scope and load I like. And with the titanium M98 wrapping up both the worker and well past Sako ends of the ultralight spectrum are covered nicely for me. This said guns this price have a much smaller pool of buyers and I'll be happy if t stays around a good while as it's likely to. And I have a habit of buying things just to try em, never could get to know a rifle at the counter. :)
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Not seeing it on the EE. Sold or are you flip-flopping? :)
 
Superbrad said:
Hope that Roberts is shooting good for you.......
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ForealBoreal said:
How much to copy a set of the leupold mounts in titanium or titanium do you figure?
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Probably a lot. I design and build custom machinery for a living. I do 99.9% of my machine building at a precision CNC shop in Butnaby. I'd draw it up and they'd fab it. My hourly rate is pretty high, and so is theirs, especially for one-offs!
 
I put an EDGE on my finnlight 10 years ago. Weight for the bare rifle with mag is 5 lb 12oz. I use the Leupold rings on all my Sakos, except the .338 which has the Sako ringmounts as that one is a brute anyway...
 
Good write up!

The one problem I have with the Sako 85s is indeed the tapered base mounting. It is very true that, while the rear base has one position because of the recoil pin, positioning of the forward base/ring definitely can cause side to side movement of the scope...which then has to be adjusted out via windage, which in turn pulls the integral erector tube out of alignment with the scope, thus affecting parallax and quality of sight through the glass. Which then begs the question: Where exactly is the right place to mount the forward base/ring to avoid the afore mentioned? Watch the following video from Burris to get an explanation of the implications of this regarding the erector tube...


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I've read that any kind of a chip or even a good scratch on a carbon fiber stock can lead to a potentially catastrophic failure, and indeed this apparently is true of anything built exclusively with carbon fiber technology. Anyone else familiar with this aspect as it applies to rifles???
 
double gun said:
f:P: sako mounts not only tell you where to mount the front ring, but also come with the spherical bushings which eliminate out of alignment stress in case you want to adjust the base to gain more windage.
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While the spherical bushings do eliminate stress from misalignment (which is why I'm a big fan of Burris Signature rings), the Optilocks don't come in optional offsets like Burris. That said, a lot of modern scopes don't provide much length between the front and rear bells, so ideally positioning the front ring as per Sako's instructions (assuming anyone actually reads the instructions...it's a guy thing, eh?) can become problematic. Hence, sometimes the only available option for mounting a scope properly on an 85 are (pricey) Optilocks of the separate base and rings variety, usually specific to caliber/length of action...and even then, only relative to the scope being mounted. Speaking from experience.
 
double gun said:
Sako has been using the the tapered dovetails since at least 1946 thru multiple series of rifles. If there was a problem, surely they would have changed it by now no?
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Absolutely, and if there was a problem with Rem 700 trigger it was sure would fixed years ago since 1962 ))
 
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