bearkilr
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Why Are Sako Rifles so expensive?
- Thread starter dgradinaru
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You don't seem to be good at assessing probabilities.
I don't smoke and I don't afford $800 for a gun, let alone an extra $800 for nicer one. I do have more than a dozen guns of various sorts. I enjoy owning all of them because they all work well in their intended roles and have been good value at the prices I paid.
pisces-guy
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No worries, soon Ruger will ship stainless-synthetic Ruger American rifles to Canada and Sako will be out of business...1/4 the price and equally accurate!
... I'll root for Ruger and have seen a 243 Ruger bolt (model?) shoot very well in competition; I really like the look of the No.1's and the little .22 target pistol can be a wonderful value! The .44 auto carbine is also an impressive and handy deer rifle for most of Ontario. But Ruger doesnt seem to get the love and as a result I've never actually been driven to purchase one - fwiw (and not really logical but an example of how emotion can drive taste)
pisces-guy
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I was being a bit facetious in my post, I mean if you have tons of extra cash and you want a work of art for a rifle, then why not buy a Sako?
For the average working man with a family, however, a Ruger American in stainless will stand up to the elements, function reliably, and shoot
to MOA accuracy with decent ammunition. What else do you need to get a deer or moose?
I've got a compact stainless American in 7mm-08 ordered for my ten year old son's first rifle...we're hoping it'll arrive by Christmas.
I was spoiled too, my dad got me a new 1981 Ruger M77 tang safety bolt action in .270 for my first rifle with a 3-9X32 scope, but he himself got a nice bull moose every year from 1955 until we moved down south in 1976, with an old unsporterized .303 Lee Enfield. Bet he would've loved to have had any sort of Ruger rifle!
For the average working man with a family, however, a Ruger American in stainless will stand up to the elements, function reliably, and shoot
to MOA accuracy with decent ammunition. What else do you need to get a deer or moose?
I've got a compact stainless American in 7mm-08 ordered for my ten year old son's first rifle...we're hoping it'll arrive by Christmas. I was spoiled too, my dad got me a new 1981 Ruger M77 tang safety bolt action in .270 for my first rifle with a 3-9X32 scope, but he himself got a nice bull moose every year from 1955 until we moved down south in 1976, with an old unsporterized .303 Lee Enfield. Bet he would've loved to have had any sort of Ruger rifle!
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I am a lucky man and got a sako hunter in 6.5x55 for my birthday from the wife. just holding the gun you know its worth it. Now I am far from a sharp shooter but I can always group under 3 inches @300yrd (5shot) with it, about a full inch less then my then I can group with my win. m70 in 270. and I was about 4.5 to 5 inches with my mouser in a 6.5x55 .
pisces-guy
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Yes, Sako rifles are well built and accurate. However, you don't need to spend that sort of money to hunt successfully, that's all advertising industry BS. My dad shot a nice bull moose every year with an unaltered full stock WW2 Lee Enfield .303, from 1955 to 1976, when we lived in Kitimat, B.C.. He limited his shots to 150 yards and got closer if he was further away then that. I've shot a deer or two every year since 1982 with a tang safety '81 Ruger M77 .270...and always put the bullet where I wanted it. The first ten years I even had a Tasco 3-9X32 scope on it...lol...the deer still went down! My elk and moose rifle now is a '56 Husqvarna 30.06 that was given to me...I glass bedded it into a Boyd's stock and it shoots .3 moa...you can't get much better than that! The new breed of rifles like the Ruger American and others shoot moa or better with the ammo they like best, and they're a few hundred to buy...leaving you plenty of money for a Bushnell Elite scope or similar. It's a far better plan to get one of these inexpensive but perfectly capable rifles and put a top quality scope on it, then to spend your whole budget on a Sako and put a mediocre scope on top. By the end of the year we should see the new stainless synthetic Ruger Americans in Canada, so you'll be able to buy an inexpensive sub-moa rifle with a decent trigger and stainless steel rust resistance for four hundred and change. Put a Bushnell Elite 3-9 or 4-12X40 scope on it with the excellent Rainguard coating and you can hunt as well as anyone come rain or shine.
there is more to hunting than just a rifle that can do the job unless you are only hunting from a utilitarian standpoint and not considering the incresed enjoyment factor of doing it with quality firearms. Hunting also requires more skill than the rifle, people with cheap firearms cand be poor quality hunters just like some are with high priced ones.
1/2 as good at 1/4 the price?
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It was a question.
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nomad 68
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One could buy a tikka t3 and get Sako accuracy.Then one wouldn't worry himself sick over the possibility of scratching a $2000 rifle.I would love to own a sako bavarian full stock carbine but i'd be that guy who is scared to take it out for fear of marking it up.Sako makes a beautiful rifle.Worth the sticker price? purely a matter of opinion i guess.
Sako rifles are as expensive as they are because of the price elasticity of demand ... enough are sold at the current prices that Sako (Beretta) sees no reason to reduce the price. If you want them to reduce the price - dont buy one. Its as complicated as that.
Sako and by definition Tikka are at the cutting edge of manufacturing technology, I honestly doubt anyone could spend less building a rifle but the money was invested over many years to ensure that quality is always top notch. The cheap version is a Tikka, you get a single action length and the magazine has the adaptor block, its the same rifle but with Sako you obviously get the choice of better finish options.
As for cost well I worked out it cost Beretta about £100 to produce a standard T3 in the box at the despatch. They sell it for at least twice with shipping costs to its various importers who obviously want 100% as a mark up. Then sell them on to the dealers who cant charge as much mark up. They do try but here in the UK it goes from costing Beretta about £100 to produce to the dealer paying about £900 including VAT (sales tax). So the dealer sells it for about £1200
I like Tikka and Sako but I shoot my CZ rifles a whole lot more! CZs aren't the cheap option they used to be.
