Sako Quad

[arcpest 6]

Hi does anyone have a Sako Quad?

if so what calibre what model and how do you like it?

i have a 10/22 but i want a bolt action .22LR not sure which

one to go for i may get another Sako Finfire Varmint or a Sako Quad

so any info on the Sako Quad would be apreciated

Thanks

 

arcpest

[Guest JohnGalway]

Hi Arcpest,

 

I have a Sako Quad in .22lr synthetic stock. I love mine it's lightweight, and accurate

 

I have two issues with it, which I believe to be common to all synthetic Quads at least. First is simple, the stock is too short, but butt spacers are available so that can be fixed easily. Second is a bit more complicated. Alternatively fired case's and unfired bullets are failed to be ejected when you life and pull the bolt back. My .22lr started out not always ejecting fired cases. Now it 100% always ejects them but it has trouble ejecting unfired live bullets. This, as far as I can see, is because the soft head of the bullet (I'm using Eley subsonics) gets ever so slightly wedged in the start of the barrel and it's just stuck enough to fail to be pulled out as it should.

 

That in no way puts me off liking this rifle a lot. I carry with me a small allen key which will pry out the live round should I need to, or alternatively I can just fire it into a safe backstop.

 

I've also shot two other synthetic stocked .17HMR barreled Quads. Lovely accurate rifles, again stock is slightly too short but again spacers are available.

 

I'm very happy I bought mine

[arcpest 6]

Hi Arcpest,

 

I have a Sako Quad in .22lr synthetic stock. I love mine it's lightweight, and accurate

 

I have two issues with it, which I believe to be common to all synthetic Quads at least. First is simple, the stock is too short, but butt spacers are available so that can be fixed easily. Second is a bit more complicated. Alternatively fired case's and unfired bullets are failed to be ejected when you life and pull the bolt back. My .22lr started out not always ejecting fired cases. Now it 100% always ejects them but it has trouble ejecting unfired live bullets. This, as far as I can see, is because the soft head of the bullet (I'm using Eley subsonics) gets ever so slightly wedged in the start of the barrel and it's just stuck enough to fail to be pulled out as it should.

 

That in no way puts me off liking this rifle a lot. I carry with me a small allen key which will pry out the live round should I need to, or alternatively I can just fire it into a safe backstop.

 

I've also shot two other synthetic stocked .17HMR barreled Quads. Lovely accurate rifles, again stock is slightly too short but again spacers are available.

 

I'm very happy I bought mine

 

 

Thanks for that i will try one in the shop and see what i think

nothing you have described would put me off if i like the feel

of the rifle

Thanks

 

arcpest

[fastrac10 0]

Hi does anyone have a Sako Quad?

if so what calibre what model and how do you like it?

i have a 10/22 but i want a bolt action .22LR not sure which

one to go for i may get another Sako Finfire Varmint or a Sako Quad

so any info on the Sako Quad would be apreciated

Thanks

 

arcpest

 

I have a Sako Quad .17HMR synthetic stock. In my view a real top quality rifle. It's very accurate and great to use. I've heard of the problem of not ejecting live rounds. I've never had a problem with mine, some people have had barrels changed under warranty. Hope this is useful.

[arcpest 6]

Hi does anyone have a Sako Quad?

if so what calibre what model and how do you like it?

i have a 10/22 but i want a bolt action .22LR not sure which

one to go for i may get another Sako Finfire Varmint or a Sako Quad

so any info on the Sako Quad would be apreciated

Thanks

 

arcpest

 

I have a Sako Quad .17HMR synthetic stock. In my view a real top quality rifle. It's very accurate and great to use. I've heard of the problem of not ejecting live rounds. I've never had a problem with mine, some people have had barrels changed under warranty. Hope this is useful.

 

 

 

Thanks for that chap

 

arcpest

[Guest JohnGalway]

I have a Sako Quad .17HMR synthetic stock. In my view a real top quality rifle. It's very accurate and great to use. I've heard of the problem of not ejecting live rounds. I've never had a problem with mine, some people have had barrels changed under warranty. Hope this is useful.

 

The problem only affects .22lr AFAIK, and that's just with certain rounds

[provarmint 25]

Hi Arcpest,

 

I have a Sako Quad in .22lr synthetic stock. I love mine it's lightweight, and accurate

 

I have two issues with it, which I believe to be common to all synthetic Quads at least. First is simple, the stock is too short, but butt spacers are available so that can be fixed easily. Second is a bit more complicated. Alternatively fired case's and unfired bullets are failed to be ejected when you life and pull the bolt back. My .22lr started out not always ejecting fired cases. Now it 100% always ejects them but it has trouble ejecting unfired live bullets. This, as far as I can see, is because the soft head of the bullet (I'm using Eley subsonics) gets ever so slightly wedged in the start of the barrel and it's just stuck enough to fail to be pulled out as it should.

 

That in no way puts me off liking this rifle a lot. I carry with me a small allen key which will pry out the live round should I need to, or alternatively I can just fire it into a safe backstop.

 

I've also shot two other synthetic stocked .17HMR barreled Quads. Lovely accurate rifles, again stock is slightly too short but again spacers are available.

 

I'm very happy I bought mine

I had a similar problem using CCI subs in my finnfire varmint,after emailing the manufacturer they said it is down to the finnfire having a tight tolerance match chamber,low freebore.Excessive wax lube on the bullet (winchester subs) also causes problems,hard to extract fired cases due to build up of lube and lead when cycling. Keep your Sako clean.

[Guest JohnGalway]

I had a similar problem using CCI subs in my finnfire varmint,after emailing the manufacturer they said it is down to the finnfire having a tight tolerance match chamber,low freebore.Excessive wax lube on the bullet (winchester subs) also causes problems,hard to extract fired cases due to build up of lube and lead when cycling. Keep your Sako clean.

 

More toys to purchase to keep it properly clean so