rifle weight and the sako
05-01-2005, 01:53 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 76
rifle weight and the sako
Looking at a sako hunter 75 in wood,.270. Already have a tikka t-3 hunter and a t3 ss/syn. Would love to get the sako but at almost 8 lbs w/o scope and shells seems kinda heavy, a pound + more than my tikkas. Any sako owners out there? is the extra weight/ cost worth it?
05-02-2005, 07:17 AM
#6
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,263
RE: rifle weight and the sako
I hunt with Sako rifles (older ones) and the weight is annoying. A couple of years ago I stopped carrying the '06 and switched to the .243 - I just got tired of lugging that long action around. I have friends who shoot Tikka's and when we're at the range they shoot about the same as my Sako's.
05-02-2005, 09:25 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Olive Branch MS USA
Posts: 1,032
RE: rifle weight and the sako
I've got two wood stocked 75's and I can honestly say the weight has never been an issue for me at all. In fact, with the .300 Wby 75, I'm particularly glad it's not a lightweight.
05-02-2005, 03:16 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Texas and Arkansas
Posts: 1,496
RE: rifle weight and the sako
I agree with you Solitary Man. Mine is a 300 WBY, one of the older L691 Sakos and I wouldn't want it any lighter. I'm fairly large so I don't think the weight affects me as much. Anyway, I like the feel of a solid rifle and not a plastic one when I'm shooting a stout cartridge. 
