SAKO 75-85 300WM WITH HEAVY BARREL?

[winmag]

Hi

First, sorry for my english.

I write from Catalunya (Spain), and I want to ask if anyone knows if the SAKO 75 or 85 was manufactured in 300WM with heavy barrel.

I ask this, because I can buy a SAKO 300WM with HB (the owner says that the rifle is the model 85, but I think for the pictures is the model 75)

I have not found information about a SAKO 75 or 85 300 WM with heavy barrel in any place, I only found the model 308W 75 or 85 with heavy barrel (VARMINT) but not in 300WM

I don't know, maybe they have changed the barrel, because I am very surprised that I can't find information about a SAKO 75 or 85 300 WM with heavy barrel

THANKS

 

[sakoman]

Yes they did come from the factory like that! I am very envious of your rifle. From what i can gather they were only produced in limited numbers.

 

[winmag]

thank you very much for the reply

Is the SAKO 75 as I think, no? Not the 85?

 

[paulsonconstruction]

Looks like a 75 from the pics. Should have a Roman numeral 5 ( V ) stamped on the action in that caliber denoting action size. My guess is it was probably made during the time when "Beanfield" rifles were being marketed. Several manufacturers made them in calibers like 25-06, 270, & the 7mm & 300 magnum rounds. They were marketed to deer hunters in areas where deer would gather in vast agricultural fields after the harvest & ranges were 400 yards, 500 yards & even farther. Usually the hunter would be in a blind or hide on the edge of the field with a solid shooting platform of some kind. It is still being done that way in areas were lack of cover makes stalking an impossibility. I always thought they were marketed to the American market. Interesting to see one show up in Spain. The "Beanfield" era was short lived making these rifles rather uncommon.

 

[stonecreek]

Welcome, winmag! No need to apologize for your English as we are pleased to have Sako enthusiasts here regardless of what their native language might be and always encourage you to write as best you are able (you should hear my pitiful attempts at Spanish when called for. Que lastima!)

I agree that the rifle appears to be a Model 75 (which I would personally prefer to an 85). Its weight would make it burdensome to carry when stalking, but if hunting from a hide as Paulson suggests, it would make a fine long-range shooter.

 

[winmag]

Huge thanks guys,

I am impressed by the knowledge of SAKO rifles that you have.

reading what you have told me, I try to buy the rifle, and if at the end I'll take, I explain the shootings at a great distance, as is the reason why I want to buy it (300m and much more.....)

I don't mind the weight of the gun, because I'm still young and I'm in good physical shape...jejeje...

 

[Mc Haggis]

Hi WinMag,
I have have exactly the same Rifle. Mine shoots very well regardless of the short 22" Barrel. Buy it! You cant go wrong with a 75.

 

[d500lnn]

It's a 75 and it's beautiful!