I happen to have the Sako 85 finnlight stainless in .300 win mag
it is a very good rifle and it does not kick anything near the Safari BAR II .338 I had before...I did go from 250 grain bullets to 210 grain and that made a subtle difference with the BAR..
that said I installed a limbsaver pad and the difference is amazing..(I did install a limbsaver on the .338 and it too made a huge difference over the factory Browning "tire tread"!!)
limbsaver does not list a part specifically for the 85 synthetic stock but the T3 part number does in fact fit perfectly the height of the butt end of the stock and is just shy of the width of the butt end of the stock. I made up the difference with "right stuff" adhesive/gasket from loctite/permatex and used a padded clamp to squeeze in the butt end to flush. It would be hard to visually see this slight "imperfection"
to further mitigate the recoil you can freely choose your scope with no worry of weight...I have a Nikon Tactical scope and it is a beast at almost 25 oz...
if it helps I have found the Federal Trophy Copper round in 180 grain to be the most consistent and accurate out of 5 rounds tried while sighting/practicing..
as for performance? Cow moose, 256 yards, 1" entry hole straight through rib, heart was completely obliterated, lungs looked like someone took a spade bit to them and 3" exit hole straight through second rib....no shrapnel at all...moose leaned in to an arc with 2 steps and dropped...humane, instant and clean...definition of a good bullet
Last edited by newagespeed; 09-07-2013 at 05:46 PM.
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