removable box magazine or hinged floor plate
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: MB.
Posts: 2,984
RE: removable box magazine or hinged floor plate
ORIGINAL: doubleA
I have a couple of M75's and I can say from experince that the one chambered in 375 H&H has dropped it's magazine from recoil alone.
I have a couple of M75's and I can say from experince that the one chambered in 375 H&H has dropped it's magazine from recoil alone.
#23
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2003
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RE: removable box magazine or hinged floor plate
Trailer, even with my problems with the 375, I love the set up that Sako uses, it's very sleek, ann at a glance it looks like a regular floorplate. As BugsnBows stated, it's probably happened to others also and that led them (Sako) to to come out withthe updated design used in the M85's.
I love my Sako's and just ordered a TRG 22 in 308 Win. ( these use a completely different magazine design)
I love my Sako's and just ordered a TRG 22 in 308 Win. ( these use a completely different magazine design)
#25
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: removable box magazine or hinged floor plate
I have a couple of M75's and I can say from experince that the one chambered in 375 H&H has dropped it's magazine from recoil alone.
#28
RE: removable box magazine or hinged floor plate
I prefet a DM myself.
I owned a Tikka for a good part of 5 years, and never had a single issue with its mag.
I've owned a Browning A-Bolt for 13 years, and its never let me down yet.
I have a few bolt guns with blind box magazines, I hate them. My fingers don't like jamming shells in them, and unloading them is a chore.
I own a few bolt guns with floor plates, and still don't like to load them, but unloading is real easy.
When shopping for a firearm, I want a DM First, and a hinged floorplate second.
I owned a Tikka for a good part of 5 years, and never had a single issue with its mag.
I've owned a Browning A-Bolt for 13 years, and its never let me down yet.
I have a few bolt guns with blind box magazines, I hate them. My fingers don't like jamming shells in them, and unloading them is a chore.
I own a few bolt guns with floor plates, and still don't like to load them, but unloading is real easy.
When shopping for a firearm, I want a DM First, and a hinged floorplate second.
#29
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: West Michigan
Posts: 305
RE: removable box magazine or hinged floor plate
For a bolt gun and hunting I prefer a hinged floor plate. A magazine is fin as long as it’s well thought out and made well. The Sako 85’s is made harder to remove than the 75. They must have seen a need for the design change. The Steyr Mannlicher design needs to have both sides pinched to remove. While this reduces the chance of it falling out accidentally the still can be changed quickly. They are also flush with the stock and are clearly marked with the caliber on the bottom. Like other magazines they can be taken out and forgotten or lost and add a little more complexity to the gun.
You know I was discussing the 85 vs 75 the other day with one of NC's biggest beretta dealers and he told me that the only improvement he saw between the 2 was the stock.
Their synthetic stock is a step backwards as far as I’m concerned.
You know I was discussing the 85 vs 75 the other day with one of NC's biggest beretta dealers and he told me that the only improvement he saw between the 2 was the stock.
Their synthetic stock is a step backwards as far as I’m concerned.