Sako 75. Keep, sell, rebuild.

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neil the plumber

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Thoughts, advice and past experiance appreciated.
Sako 75 in 308. Heavy barrel in laminate. Very very accurate but way too heavy to be a stalker so it only gets used on long range days.
Would a rebuild barrel and stock reduce the weight by much or would I be better selling as is and buying a new one. Taking into account costs of things and waiting times on licensing and rebuilding.
Cheers Neil
 
What length barrel ?
I have a very similiar dilemma, I’m tempted to sell and let someone who wants a long range bench rifle use it for what it is and buy what I want as seems a shame to chop it about
 
If you use it for long-range days, why not get a variation for sporter-weight .308 as well? If that's not an what you want to do, I'd say on econonomic grounds probably best to flog it as is, and get something ready-made instead.
 
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The 75 was the last Sako action I can say good things about. If you can get another 75 with a sporter weight barrel, fine. Otherwise a rebuild would be worth it in my opinion.
 
Personally I would get something with a sporter weight barrel, the cost of a re barrel and then buying a suitable stock is not going to be cheap. A friend had a Sako 85 Varmint with a laminated stock which also was way too heavy for stalking. He ended up buying a Sako 85 synthetic with sporter weight barrel.
 
As others have said, I am not certain many companies are making better quality rifles in recent times than old and sakos most recent offerings confirm that. They seem to go for good money now mainly because of this, I’d be hesitant to part with it. I would (and have) rebuild it into a semi custom, it’s a great base action, and will no doubt make a real ‘shooter’ to your own spec. That’s the joy of the process, your choice as to weight, length etc for intended application.
 
If you want a lighter weight set up that remind accurate at distance I’d suggest a Rebarrel with lighter tube and change the stock to a KKC hunter
 
It'll cost more to rebarrel it than to buy a nice clean wood and blued 75 Hunter with a sporter weight barrel. And more still if you change the stock as well.
Keep it as a range rifle and get a variation for a second .308 for stalking.
 
I have 75’s in varmint, sporter and Finnlight versions. I won’t be selling them anytime soon so my advice would be buy another one. There are lots up for sale ATM as people abandon their tickets or are worried about 243 copper and the 100gn Scottish issue. Lots of these are real cabinet queens and really reasonable
 
Keep it and shoot it out, if you can! Then rebarrel in 6.5cm for LR, and find something lighter for the armed ramble
 
As others have said the 75 action is great. I have had a few. If you find the rifle heavy look at options of lightening it- scope could reduce 200 -300grams, moderator another few hundred by switching to a DPT or simular.
For a rebarrel factor in up to 900, or more once painted to cover the stainless steel. if using a lighter profile barrel then likely to leave a large barrel channel so you may then feel the need to switch stocks.
I went down this route, sako 75, rebarrel to 6.5 creedmoor in a mcmillan carbon fibre stock and a dpt mod. If I didn’t like the action so much I could have bought another few rifles, scope and mod for what it cost to do.
If you like your current rifle maybe look at a Mauser m18, a used swaro/s&b 8x56 and a mod- Cost is about the same as a rebarrel with a premium barrel and gives you the option of 2 rifles, range and stalking in 308 or another calibre.
 
For the cost of a rebarrel you could get a variation and another 75. A lot of deer rifles are safe queens. Have it checked over before parting with your money and there's every chance you could find one with less than a couple of hundred rounds down it.
 
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