Sako 75 III stock retrofitted for a Sako 75 sm

[Auditor]

Hi,

can you retrofit a wood stock from a Sako 75 III (.308) to a Sako 75 SM (300 wsm) action? I’m guessing that the clips would be different. But would the action screws align? (Was thinking of using my dremmel on a wood stock)

any other issues that could come up?

thx

JP

 

[P04R]

Speaking from what I know from Sako 85, but I believe was the same for 75. The SM action length is the same as III-size, so the action screws would line up, but the action width is the same as on V-action, so you'll have to widen the inlet quite bit. Same for the magazine well and bottom metal inlet. I'm not 100% sure is there is enough wood to do this. The 75 stocks are quite meaty IIRC, so maybe. It's a lot of wood to remove. You'll have to be quite the wizard with the dremel to get anything other than unsightly mess out of this. I'd recommend chisels and files. Even more so I'd recommend finding a SM stock if you value your time at all.

At the beginning when they didn't have the dedicated SM action yet Sako chambered 300 WSM in the V action and just put a spacer in the overly long magazine, which completely negates any advantage the 300 WSM might offer over 300 Win Mag. Just stupid, but somebody bought them! Now you have to pay extra attention when looking for spare mags to get the right one.

 

[paulsonconstruction]

What P04R said & I would add, when Dremel tools come into contact with firearms it generally doesn't end well.

 

[Auditor]

Thank you.