Re: Precision Mauser?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: atreeman</div><div class="ubbcode-body">While the Sako 75 is not a true 98- it was very close.
No, not even close. Extractor completely different, 3 lugs not 2, smaller lift radius, different recoil lug arrangement, 1 is parallel sided one is not, different bridge profiles (level bridge on Sako) etc etc
While the older sakos (L61R, M579 etc etc) share more features with the M98 they are still some distance from the original design. Did you mean these models or the S75?
wrt a precision Mauser one could do much worse than look at the Parker Hale rifles which haven't yet been mentioned. Models like the TX1200 served civilain target shooters well for many years while the M85 and C30A1 M87 etc were deployed in various military roles. I've seen several of these rifles which were capable of exceptional accuracy (certainly sub .5moa with issue RG and MEN ball) and although they are indisputably a development of the M98 they are in many respects close. </div></div>
You are 100% right, I own several, should have said, 72(aka 759). Back when I was able to buy new Sako actions in the white, there was an importer that brought in a number of the single shots, at the time many the 6PPC was coming on the scene and these were popular with a lot of guys build one for the new round. I wish I had bought a few and put them in my safe. One of the most accurate rifles I own is a SAKO, II, obermeyer barrel, jewel, McM A5 (308). An interesting historical note, SAKO built some 98's in the 1950's, they didn't actually built the actions, but did all the rest! I've never seen one, but it would be "cool" if you ever ran across one.