Sako rifles - any good ?
05-03-2008, 12:31 PM
#21
Spike
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RE: Sako rifles - any good ?
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Scott Newman, a bear guide in Petersburg AK, was horribly mauled a few years ago when his Sako jammed on him as he was tracking a client's wounded bear. I saw his scars and the defective bolt last fall. Ask him what he thinks of Sakos.
(There. That ought to stir things up a bit!)
Scott Newman, a bear guide in Petersburg AK, was horribly mauled a few years ago when his Sako jammed on him as he was tracking a client's wounded bear. I saw his scars and the defective bolt last fall. Ask him what he thinks of Sakos.
(There. That ought to stir things up a bit!)
Kinda stupid and naive to trash a gun manufacturer because of a jamming issue that could have been related to a multitude of possibilities, anything from a dirty action to a faulty reload. I guess you can't afford a Sako!
05-03-2008, 01:54 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Sako rifles - any good ?
Scott Newman, a bear guide in Petersburg AK, was horribly mauled a few years ago when his Sako jammed on him as he was tracking a client's wounded bear. I saw his scars and the defective bolt last fall. Ask him what he thinks of Sakos.
05-11-2008, 11:26 AM
#23
Spike
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RE: Sako rifles - any good ?
The idea of a Sako being prone to jamming makes me laugh. If they are not thesmoothest action available on any rifle, I don't know what is. They make my Weatherby Mark V feel like a cheap import by comparison.
02-12-2009, 08:20 PM
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RE: Sako rifles - any good ?
I use a modified L691...very modified...I shoot playing cards at 800 meters with .270 Weatherby. I'm old enough that I don't walk well; but, I sit well enough with 19 lbs. of a very well/precision made weapon to put elk on the table. Never...never has failed me in cold, snowy, freezing weather at 11,500'. I have absolutely no complaints...being a SEAL...you take care of your weapon and it will go home with you. They aren't made to be clubs!!!
02-13-2009, 11:15 AM
#25
Giant Nontypical
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RE: Sako rifles - any good ?
Well, I did order that Sako A7 Synthetic Stainless model in 7MM.
I've been waiting for about four months now for it to arrive (I know - Thanks O-bomb-a).
I have not shot one yet but, I have handled one and it sure fits me well and the bolt is like butter (I understand that it willbein by the end of this month........excited !!!
I've been waiting for about four months now for it to arrive (I know - Thanks O-bomb-a).
I have not shot one yet but, I have handled one and it sure fits me well and the bolt is like butter (I understand that it willbein by the end of this month........excited !!!
