yeah, ive never heard anything negative about sako. i've actually been leaning toward sako, because i have a tikka at the moment and am shocked at how awsome it performs, and if this is only the baby brother of sako, how the sako must perform.

And although I am all for america, I for somereason gravititate towards the foreign guns too. looking at autoloading shotguns, i ended up going with the franchi. (italian) All the Remington/browning/winchester new autoloaders are all more expensive, but with worse reviews. My franchi has performed flawlessly.

Same with the tikka, Said to be the best value gun out there, guaranteeing the 1 inch at 100 or beyond out of the box, yet is a hundred or 2 cheaper than the rugers, a bolts, etc.

from my persepective, the foreign guns do have a quality about them that a lot of american guns seem to be lacking.

but again, this is not a foreign vs. domestic debate, but rather sako 85 vs. kimber.