Sako A7 - first look

What is the recoil lug system of the A7 ? The Tikka has a cutout in the action that beds into a lug fixed to the stock. Is it the same for the A7 ?
 
Check out the link Popcan posted...all the info comparing A7 to Tikkas and 85s that you could ever want.......
 
Check out the link Popcan posted...all the info comparing A7 to Tikkas and 85s that you could ever want.......

Thanks, good info....except for the info on the recoil lug arrangement ? So, again....

What is the recoil lug system of the A7 ? The Tikka has a cutout in the action that beds into a lug fixed to the stock. Is it the same for the A7 ?
 
Its a limited number they are putting on sale for Saturday. I think their regular price is around 680 or so, the blued regular price is 599....

This is a in house sale, to bring people in.... they are limited to 30-06 and a limited number of rifles. They are not shipping these ones.
 
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Which local BC shop is selling T3's for $599??? I was just in the market for a T3 Hunter stainless and I called all the local shops and everyone was saying they couldn't keep the T3's on the shelf.

I just bought a T3 Stainless Hunter from Epps, 749.00 only 30-06. I thought is was a hell of a deal

I just bought a SS/Syn Tikka in .270 Win for $739 two weeks ago. Glad to hear I god a deal!

I agree that stock is running low though, called just about every place in Canada on my list & I found only two. One in Edmonton was the new price - $950!:eek:

Just so happened that my local shop was the only other place that had one. Took a little dickering, but I got him down to $739 from $829.

Apparently, these are rare as hen's teeth these days!

TFC
 
So, there's a bit of a price gap right now between the T3 and A7, but the gap is starting to close as new stock enters the market.

By next year, it won't hurt quite as much to upgrade to the Sako! ;)
 
I just bought a SS/Syn Tikka in .270 Win for $739 two weeks ago. Glad to hear I god a deal!

I agree that stock is running low though, called just about every place in Canada on my list & I found only two. One in Edmonton was the new price - $950!:eek:

Just so happened that my local shop was the only other place that had one. Took a little dickering, but I got him down to $739 from $829.

Apparently, these are rare as hen's teeth these days!

TFC

I just got the T3 Hunter Stainless too! What a beautiful rifle eh? I had to search around for 2 months to find one in Canada.
 
I just bought a SS/Syn Tikka in .270 Win for $739 two weeks ago. Glad to hear I god a deal!

I agree that stock is running low though, called just about every place in Canada on my list & I found only two. One in Edmonton was the new price - $950!:eek:

Just so happened that my local shop was the only other place that had one. Took a little dickering, but I got him down to $739 from $829.

Apparently, these are rare as hen's teeth these days!

TFC

Two weeks ago, I picked up my T3 Stainless in 308 for $669 (back ordered in January 2008. The current list price is $895.

They jacked up the Borwning and Sako prices the same.

:D
 
Back in 2006 a friend in an Ontario gun shop where I deal offered me a new T3 Lite Stainless 9.3x62 for under $500, I went for it and with dies and a bag of Norma brass, tax in ended up just a whisker under $600.
To this day that was the best deal I've ever made on a hunting rifle.
With a 2x7 Leupold in Optilock mounts it is a 7lb tackdriver with every bullet weight tried. Even after replacing the "concrete" rubber pad with a Kick-eze recoil can still rattle a 63 yr. old's dentures.
I do wish the receiver top was a bit more open but I can live with it.

All in all if I were half as happy with some of my more expensive hunting rifles I'd never complain. :)
 
Still some new Sako SS 75 in 25-06 for $1200.00 at Lebaron. Just pick-up one for my own Christmas present.:dancingbanana:

Sometimes the stores will have other calibers at the same price, they're just not listed in the catalogue. The last time I was in the Ottawa store, they had a whole bunch of old-stock Win 70's out back, that weren't listed in the catalogue/web-site at all.
 
Sakos are made of flimsy parts with stocks no one likes? Sakos have lovely stocks and do not seem flimsy to me. Light in a tikka doesnt necessarilry mean flimsy. I like the plastic clip on a Tikka and the guns seem to last through hard usage and are accurate for the price.
Isn't it amazing how many Tikka Lites and Sakos are going out the door, considering they are just made of flimsy plastic parts and has a stock that no-one likes? ;)
 
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