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TOBY458
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Sako 85 Brown Bear 500 Jeffrey
#275874 - 31/12/15 02:39 PM

Been thinking about getting one of these to play with. The website lists the weight at 9.5 lbs. If this is the case, would recoil be uncontrollable? This seems mighty light! But I was thinking this would be a relatively inexpensive way to get into a 500 Jeffrey. They are listed at $2500.00

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Postman
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Re: Sako 85 Brown Bear 500 Jeffrey [Re: TOBY458]
#275923 - 01/01/16 01:13 PM

I expect that Sako has a greedy dentist for a CEO. I currently own a Sako Kodiak in .375H&H, and the recoil is very tolerable, but none the less brisk as it tends to be in all the many Sakos I've owned. To be clear, I am rabidly in love with the Sako products, but the stock shape is not as effective in reducing felt recoil as it could be for my liking..... In a very serious caliber, I shudder to think what it would do to the fillings in my teeth..... just sayin'.........

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Re: Sako 85 Brown Bear 500 Jeffrey [Re: Postman]
#275926 - 01/01/16 05:46 PM

I thought is was more like 12 and a half

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crkennedy1
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Re: Sako 85 Brown Bear 500 Jeffrey [Re: TOBY458]
#275929 - 01/01/16 07:03 PM

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Been thinking about getting one of these to play with. The website lists the weight at 9.5 lbs. If this is the case, would recoil be uncontrollable? This seems mighty light! But I was thinking this would be a relatively inexpensive way to get into a 500 Jeffrey. They are listed at $2500.00

I had never heard of this rifle until you just mentioned It - what a handsome gun! Now you have me thinking about gettin one too! I have a Sako in 700mm and love it- such a smooth shooter!

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Re: Sako 85 Brown Bear 500 Jeffrey [Re: crkennedy1]
#275930 - 01/01/16 07:10 PM

Sorry, I meant 7mm mag... My bad

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500Boswell
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Re: Sako 85 Brown Bear 500 Jeffrey [Re: crkennedy1]
#275966 - 02/01/16 09:28 AM

I see them listed here in Aust for $4359.00 Aus dollars ,Laminated stock ,at 9 lbs not uncontrollable, but you will know it each time you pull the trigger

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TOBY458
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Re: Sako 85 Brown Bear 500 Jeffrey [Re: 500Boswell]
#275970 - 02/01/16 10:55 AM

Yes. They're listed at aprox. $2500 in the US. I too have a Sako Kodiak 375, and the 500 is only listed at 1.5lbs heavier in weight. Wish they made it in 458 Lott. But something about a 500 just seems a little more....

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Rell
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Re: Sako 85 Brown Bear 500 Jeffrey [Re: TOBY458]
#276022 - 03/01/16 12:03 PM

9.48lbs

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450-400, 9.3x74r and 7x65r.

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chuck375
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Re: Sako 85 Brown Bear 500 Jeffrey [Re: Rell]
#279964 - 28/03/16 02:02 PM

Good luck with that. My CZ 550 in 500 Jeffery weighs 12 lbs with a Leupold 1.5-5x scope and Talley QR rings, I wouldn't want it a bit lighter.

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