375s was to have the anti-bind rail on the bolt slam forward under recoil and wedge itself into the bolt lug recess in the action. Properly glass bedding the action will prevent cracking or keep it from getting worse.Īnother problem I encountered on one of my. Look for a lengthwise crack behind from behind the magazine box to the rear of the tang. The minimal contact area on the round bolt left the action free to rise up above the bolt, stressing the action and cracking the stock. The cross bolt has a flat milled on to it to give better contact with the recoil lug but in each case the flat was turned away from the recoil lug, leaving the bottom corner of the lug supported by a round portion of the bolt. The recoil lugs, in the examples I saw, were supported only by the cross bolt through the stock. I have seen stocks split on four of them, two. And please do it quickly.I think my window of opportunity is short!Ĭlick to expand.I quite like AVs but only after some preventive maintenance. Those of you with more knowledge than I, please enlighten me with your thoughts on the Sako AV in. Given the first two sentences on of this post, I cant be confident on either the rifle itself or the rifle in this caliber. 375 H&H for what I think is a good price. 300 WM I carried on my first trip would be sufficient for the above other than the buffalo, but am becoming somewhat stuck with the. The three animals I am certain to hunt at some point in the future are sable, eland, and buffalo. I am sure future hunts will include some larger animals though. First trip was what I would consider a pretty standard plains game hunt with nothing larger than Kudu being taken. There is no doubt I will return, the question is only when and how many times. That being said, I am a gun lover and am officially hooked after my first trip to Africa this past summer. Second, I have zero experience with the caliber. First I'll say that I have zero experience with Sako rifles but havent heard anything but good.

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