New DND Timberwolf

Steve David said:
No doubt in my mind at all that it will be an awsome rifle and the stock very funtionable, but man is that stock fugly!:puke:
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I like it!! the grip angle looks a tad off but dude :rockOn: PGW should send me one for a one year T&E


Jamie
 
Steve David said:
catwork,

Are you looking to adopt a new son!...................PLEASE!

Steve,

Does the DND rifle have the folding stock?
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Nope, current issue C-14's have fixed stocks. But they sure are beautiful...

-Rohann
 
Aw

Just had a talk to John at Wolverine, was thinking about getting the 338 lapua in Aw, but the wait is 6month, Not sure what to do, might just buy a Sako for now from shooting edge, they had one in 338 they wanted $2800. already got some ammo, but looking to get more..., More is alway better than Less!...

Gunboy
 
Blackcloud said:
GunBoy, for what the AW is worth, you can get a nice custom build. If you don't want to get one built, the AW is surely the better gun between the Sako and AW.
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This very topic is being discussed over on Snipers Hide right now. The consensus amongst people who actually own them is that there is almost parity between them. Both are excellent platforms.
 
Get the fixed stock model! You aren't going to be doing any para drops, so you don't need a folding stock. The fixed stock model looks better and chances are it is more stable as well.
 
2bad4u2 said:
This very topic is being discussed over on Snipers Hide right now. The consensus amongst people who actually own them is that there is almost parity between them. Both are excellent platforms.
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Interesting, I'm certainly no expert on either, however, I do have trigger time on both. Based on my experiences, the AW would be the hands down winner. Both are certainly tried and proven. Sako builds an excellent action, the AW is a tried and proven combat platform.

Eitherway the best advice would really be to try both, then decide. :D
 
X-man said:
Get the fixed stock model! You aren't going to be doing any para drops, so you don't need a folding stock. The fixed stock model looks better and chances are it is more stable as well.
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I'd agree, the fixed stock is an A5 and is a great platform. The folding stock does look cool though. Should be a nice beast either way.
 
the Sako is the far nicer of the two platforms being discussed currently. There is a reason AI hasn't been getting many new contracts, hell the Timberwolf apparently has taken some of they once had.
The Sako is just as much a "combat proven" rifle as the AI/AW, and Sako isn't constatly in danger of going tits up.
 
That good to heard Slavex, since there sales is down(AW) I might be able to get a good deal on one, I know the Sako are great, having own and still have it sako TRG22, I love it, still would be that last gun I sales, anyway I am looking for another in 338, but not sure if I should get another sako or try something different, anyway thank for the info!...

gunboy
 
Gents,

I own two AIs and love them. I am in the process of getting a third. AI is doing just fine and keeping busy with government contracts so don't worry about it. They are great rifles. That being said, so is the SAKO and the Timberwolf. To draw all kinds of conclusions based on he said, she said is a waste of time. Find which one serves you best and go for it. Spend more time shooting than typing. Watch the EE board, Sakos and AIs come up for sale and good prices. Get the best you can afford and start shooting. If I may add, if you are scrapping your pennies for a 338, you might find it difficult to feed it and scope it....a 308 might be more in line to reality.

The timberwolf is a great gun and will serve the CF well. For us civies, any of the discussed rifles will punch nice holes in paper and stop a couple of rapid gopher or deer as need. So get to the range! This whole thing is a ford vs chevy. If you drive a ford....good on ya. If you drive a chevy, that great, but it is silly to say that one is better than the other....they are all great rifles....

Cheers

Jeff
 
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Eitherway the best advice would really be to try both, then decide.
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Not a likely event to happen in this country, short of actually arranging a chance meeting between owners of each.

I'd #### my pants seeing either a Sako or AI on the shelf of my local gun shop, where all the fuss seems to be about the "new?" lever action to hit the rack on consignment. lol.
 
Look Like is another Sako I am getting!...
I already have 5 308, another one wouldn't help!...
"This whole thing is a ford vs chevy", Either SAKO or AI, NEITHER are Ford or Chevy, they are both Import like toyota and NISSAN, Sound like you been there and Done that, maybe you should bring one down to Lock&Load for a show and tell, if you don't mind that is! seeing one on Picture or Internet is not the same as having one closed up, if you have the times....


Gb
 
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GunBoy said:
Look Like is another Sako I am getting!...
I already have 5 308, another one wouldn't help!...
"This whole thing is a ford vs chevy", Either SAKO or AI, NEITHER are Ford or Chevy, they are both Import like toyota and NISSAN, Sound like you been there and Done that, maybe you should bring one down to Lock&Load for a show and tell, if you don't mind that is! seeing one on Picture or Internet is not the same as having one closed up, if you have the times....


Gb
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The next time I get some free time on the range I would be happy to let you handle one.....but that won't be for a while due to work committments...like I said, they are all good rifles...

Cheers

Jeff
 
Hmm...maybe they got their inspiration after seeing this?:

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It's hard to tell which one is the Savage. :p

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AI was doing well both times they went bankrupt. They were selling lots of rifles on a world wide basis but still managed to go bunkrupt twice and almost a third, it has been a very unstable company since the death of it's founder Malcohm Cooper. For the cost, service and all around genreal shooting, the Sako is hands down the way to go. I have read 3 head to head tests between the Sako and AI .338 rifles, and all three have the Sako the overall winner. Consider this as well, for the price of the AI rifle itself, you can buy the TRG as a complete package, the best rings money can buy, a top of the line scope, the rest of the kit, bi-pod, case and cleaning stuff and still have a rifle that will shoot as good as an AI maybe better! I am not taking anything away for AI, they are very good guns, their sales speak for that in itself, and I have shot several and love them, but there fiancial and business history is what would keep me away from shelling out that much money for one, they are just to unstable. It's very much confuses me how a company is pretty much always sold out of a product that they are selling a lot of, yet they go tits up. For quality, accuracy and just plain out of the box awsome, you would not go wrong with either, but for the money, the TRG is hands down the way to go. If you want to spend the money for an AI, the Timberwolf is the one to buy, it is the most accurate, it is awsome and it is Canadian, so we all know were it is made and who made it.
 
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in the end it really comes down to which gun fits you. I can't stand the AI style stock, but others love it. There are things I don't like about my TRG22, but I'll be buying another one anyhow.
 
Steve David said:
AI was doing well both times they went bankrupt. They were selling lots of rifles on a world wide basis but still managed to go bunkrupt twice and almost a third, it has been a very unstable company since the death of it's founder Malcohm Cooper. For the cost, service and all around genreal shooting, the Sako is hands down the way to go. I have read 3 head to head tests between the Sako and AI .338 rifles, and all three have the Sako the overall winner. Consider this as well, for the price of the AI rifle itself, you can buy the TRG as a complete package, the best rings money can buy, a top of the line scope, the rest of the kit, bi-pod, case and cleaning stuff and still have a rifle that will shoot as good as an AI maybe better! I am not taking anything away for AI, they are very good guns, their sales speak for that in itself, and I have shot several and love them, but there fiancial and business history is what would keep me away from shelling out that much money for one, they are just to unstable. It's very much confuses me how a company is pretty much always sold out of a product that they are selling a lot of, yet they go t**s up. For quality, accuracy and just plain out of the box awsome, you would not go wrong with either, but for the money, the TRG is hands down the way to go. If you want to spend the money for an AI, the Timberwolf is the one to buy, it is the most accurate, it is awsome and it is Canadian, so we all know were it is made and who made it.
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I don't know were you get this third time going bankrupt but maybe you have more info than I have on the company. They are doing fine given the large contracts they are filling right now. Do you not buy fords or Chevies? I would be more concerned about that than AI! I go back to my comments from before, if you can afford to feed a 338 and want to get a good shooter....ANY will do. I would gladly have any of the three in my safe with a decent scope. So I don't think it is hands down. Each has different features and options....you find the one that best suits your needs and go with it. Delivery for the Timberwolf and AI is an issue so in terms of availablity, so if you have to have it right away, then you will have to wait a bit or go with a SAKO. Again have a look what comes up on the EE, you can find good deals which will make the prospect of owning this type of rifle more affordable.

As a final point, I have fired all three rifles. They are great guns and as I said before, all good to go. All three fired a group into one ragged hole. Which is better? I don't think I could ever realize any definitive difference between them. Most on the board will never as well. I refuse to get into this one is better than that one because they each have pros and cons. In my mind, having dealt with and own a number of them, they all equal out in the end. If you are counting your pennies then your view point can be a little different. So for a newbie looking at a 338 Lapua platform, find the best deal you can on these rifles, they are seldom on the board, and get the best scope you can, and hit the range and enjoy. Unless you enjoy internet gun talk masterbation, you would be better off shooting! I get a little tired of the this gun is better than that gun, in this caliber of firearm (no pun intended), they are all first class and will serve you well. I think a dedicated shooter will perform with any of them. Like I said, I shot one ragged group with each, I can live with any of them.....but if one is better than another for you then buy it and go shooting. It is a ford vs chevy discussion...or nissan vs toyota vs Canadian build ford.....so you make a call. As I said, it is down to personal choice....but they are all good to go...

Cheers

Jeff
 
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