if you like the feel of the original stock but not the squishy fore-end, i’d vote for getting Trekkin to copy the stock in laminated bamboo or some other material.
Fair enough but if you need some help with it. I am not that far away from him and may be able to get a bit of special attention (deer hunting kickback).
I quite like the thumbhole stocks for hunting. I just find it makes them a little easier to handle as in carry gives a few more options and when cleaning it provide a good place to hold on to when working the cleaning rods.
Thanks guys for the help , much appreciated but I believe it’s Sako’s problem even though they just brush you off, they sprook how good this stock is yet the truth is it’s a piece of shit the way things are at the moment it can stay in the gun safe if I have to replace the stock it’ll be worth more than a precision rifle yet the quality is far from it maybe I’ll just stop spending on it now and trade it in like I told the Berretta people.
Gwion , it’s not a real comfortable stock by any means it needs a cheek pad because it’s like holding a board against your face and thin and low but all fixable but why when the front is soft. I believe once you start hacking into a rifle it’s not new any more this rifle hasn’t had 60 rounds through it as yet and yet i’m going to have to spend between $500 and $1500 to make it shootable and comfortable. This is money I don’t have sitting in the draw . if I did all this work it would be a well over a $3000 rifle , I bought a Sako thinking spend some money and it will last me a long time but how wrong I was. but thanks for the help but the way I feel about Berretta at present I could run a drop saw through the rifle and post it back to them. Thanks fellas but I don’t know at present what i’ll do but trading out of it still sounds like a good way of going depends on how much I loose on doing so. Cheers
I don’t get why they can’t swap out the stock for a timber one… ?
I know that it doesn’t fix the stock issue but for a replacement stock there is a possibility but with all solutions it costs money.
You can buy a GRS laminated stock blank and have the inlet done by your friendly gun smith or forum member if you don’t want to tackle it yourself.
I had a quick look for a price and The Barn has them for $815 to $990 depending on choice of style;
https://www.thebarn.net.au/categories/GRS/5443?utm_source=grsriflestocks&utm_medium=traffic
Not sure what it would cost for the inlet to be done.
Here are a list of part numbers that I got from GRS to make it easier.
They do a stock for the Sako A7 but it is a short action only.
Here is a link to their website if you want to have a look.
Me to Gwion but apparently the set up is a one off type for that model I did ask this question of them but the answer is the actions are different I even asked about the TRG stock but no again ,I compared it with mymod 85 sako and it was extremely different then there was the it’s not our fault or we haven’t had this problem with others , which is a load of crap have a look around some forums and you will see especially in the USA .
Thanks 1Fatman for that although my point is $2200 for the rifle new , $815 to $990 for stock then maybe $200 to $350 to fit it, then freight to and from gunsmith . Mate it sounds just easier to bail out and start again , I’ve just have to decide what i’m going to do and soon before I loose too much on it . cheers and thanks
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What model is it, exactly?
G’day Gwion it’s an A7 Roughtech Range 7MM Rem Mag 26’’ barrel. I’ve been told the standard A7 stock won’t fit it as the tang area is different . it has no solid or removable tang ,the tang is moulded into the stock and protrudes up into a groove in the forward section of the action at the bottom.
Weird… sounds pretty silly to have a rifle model that can’t be put into a different stock!
…or does it 
Lock them in and keep them coming.
It is if the only stock available is shit!
Yes Gwion my thoughts exactly .I would be happy with just a standard sako stock solid timber or laminated wouldn’t matter . But after what I’ve been told, like that rifle is a one off, it would be costly for me to buy a stock and find out it wouldn’t fit . You would think sako being sako they would keep all the rifle stocks interchangeable so people could choose the type they preferred. I have never liked the synthetic stocks and this one proves me right so fa,r but I bought the rifle anyway even though they said it only comes with that stock not timber . I think the Roughtech Pro also only comes in a synthetic stock. I’ve been thinking long and hard and talked it over with the mrs and I wouldn’t mind keeping the rifle now rather than build one like I mentioned on another post as it does shoot well and I’ve worked up 2 excellent loads for it , the only problem will be the cost of finding a stock and having it fitted even if it had to be a chassis. do you know if a chassis would be easier than having a timber stock made and would it be easier to fit? I know it may be pricier but I was told it was easier to adapt to a rifle . There is also a bloke in NZ that makes carbon fibre stocks but they’re real light and i’d like to keep the weight up with the rifle as I like heavy rifles . I can’t walk around like I used to so most of my shooting is done from a vehicle.
Can’t answer your question about chassis as I have no experience with them and the way you describe the rifle construction sounds iffy as I believe most chassis are made for particular actions.
I’d be happy to stabilise the fore end for you as it is rather a quick job, even if fiddly. I couldn’t bed it because I just don’t have the time to do it well for you.
I really suggest getting onto Trekkin. He can copy any stock you like and copy your in letting for that rifle. He quoted me some very reasonable prices but I never got around to following the project up. Worth the conversation, at least!
Yeah mate might check him out .
Cheers
@anon19591382 The chassis route would be much harder if there is not something already existing. At least with wood it is easily workable. If there is this rear tang built into the back of the stock that is not so bad either. You could either remove the tang from the original and then glue it into the wood stock or build a new one and glue that into the stock.
Gluing may sound a little dodgy at first but nearly all the wooden target rifles have an Aluminum block glued into the stock under the action. The block serves as a way to perfectly bed the action and also has the recoil mechanism built in. Some just use a small hole and pin type arrangement for the recoil lug and some use a traditional type recoil lug. Some have the action glued directly into the stock. The perfect bedding job, but not very practical in my thinking.
Thanks for that sungazer
The problem with the A7’s is that they are a hybrid between a Sako and a Tikka, and basically the bastard child. Most likely specced by the marketing department not product engineers and they are built to a price, not a standard.
Whereabouts are you located?
I have a good mate in S.E Qld that is a stock maker, can do pretty much any style you want in any grade of timber, to fit any action. My last stock that he made was in XX walnut, custom shaped and sized, in-letted for a commercial '98 Mauser action, fitted and bedded, (I just did the finish sanding starting with 400grit ), all up cost $550. He recently did a really nice one for another mate for a 1215 Martini .22, very nice timber, pretty much finished,( just needed oiling or whatever ), cost was $350 from memory. Of course, standard grade timber lowers the cost.
If something like that would suit, let me know and I’ll P.M you with his contact details.
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I have an A7 and it shot well straight out of the box. Being an entry level Sako, it appears to be a Tikka with a Sako stamp on it. Nevertheless it is a nice bit of kit.
Whilst it is a great rifle, I have a CZ557 out performs it accuracy wise. In saying that I have a Ruger American Ranch which shoots equally as well yet was 1/3 the price.
After owning one now for a few years, I am not sure that I would spend the extra dollars on a new Sako when plenty of others seem to perform equally.
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Lots of pics of the t3, a7 & 85 side by side for comparison… enjoy.