Took a look at a new Sako A7 and I have some thoughts about it. Let me get to the chase and say that the only thing I like about it is the price.

Heres what you get for the price.

[ul][*]a 75 action with a Tikka bolt shroud[*]Magazine has the 85 magazine lockout feature[*]Magazine is plastic except for metal feed lips[*]Comes in 2 action lengths[*]Don't have to use Sako Rings or bases or any dovetail Sako configuration[*]Comes with a really Eurotrash stock that looks like same material as a T3.[/ul]

Obviously Sako doesn't think much of the Tikka polymer magazine since they deemed metal feed lips to be installed and the same goes for the magazine retention system. Magazine BTWreally looks cheap. I don't know what is going on at Beretta but it sure seems to me that they are making more changes to Sako rifles in the last 7 years then in the previous 40 years.