Sako quality - fact or fiction?

[Fire306]

Well, I've read through most of this thread now, so I'm chiming in. In my opinion, Sako Quality is fact.
Having been luck enough to grow up shooting many Sako's in my fathers collection, and now having my own collection of Sako's I love everyone of them.
The newest model one I have is a M85 in 260 Remington, and yes the stock is different than the older model ones, in my opinion it looks "thin" if that's the right term compared to the older models, but saying that, it is one of the nicest balanced and pointing of the bunch. I currently own 8 Sako's and working on closing the deal on another.
If I had the money, I would have a room full of them. Never owned one that wasn't an excellent shooter, and never had a single problem with any of them.

My father used to tell me, you could go out and buy a cheaper rifle, have the trigger re-worked or replaced, install a custom barrel, bed the action on an upgraded stock, and then have a rifle that is close to what you get from the factory in a Sako.
So why not start with quality.

My 2 cents

 

[west250]

Ooo, that's purdy! I'm a sucker for nice wood.

 

[rral22]

While I agree the older Sako's were better, this statement comes off a bit like saying a timex is just as good as a rolex because they both tell time.

So, what reason is there to buy a Rolex, if what you really need to do is to tell the time?

 

[shanesymyrozum]

I cant complain about accuracy, but I honestly didn't think the SAKO's I have encountered did anything special. They were both 85 Bavarians and one was a 30-06, the other a 300 mag and they were both under and inch capable, but I hate the ergonomics of them and the felt recoil, even in the 06 was magnified in my opinion (maybe due to stock design) The fit and finish were good, but I would expect nothing less from a 1700.00 rifle. If it was me, I would go Cooper or semi custom long before considering a Sako

I have had Cooper, a number of Sakos, as well as Kimber. All were good, but I have kept coming back to Sako.

Be forewarned. If you buy one, you are ruined for Browning, Rem, Win, Ruger etc...

 

[rhino62]

I think the Sako's are very good quality and it is sometimes possible to pick up used ones for a very good price. If you had checked Epps this last week end you would have seen two Sako Grizzly's for less than 1600 and a Sako Black Bear for less than 1300.

 

[Biker trash]

I just love all of mine ,my fav is the 22-250 then at toss up between my 270 and 7mm will have till death due us part

 

[owlowl]

If you had checked Epps this last week end you would have seen two Sako Grizzly's for less than 1600 and a Sako Black Bear for less than 1300.

Let's think about that for a minute. Epps' website site shows 3 recent Sako sold - 2 grizzlies and 1 black bear. All 3 were pre-owned in excellent condition. Grizzly model was only available for a year and black bear for 2-3 years tops.

Price on new a Black Bear is around $1900
Price on a new Grizzly is $3k

Question is - how come these $2k -$3k rifles are already been sold by original owners for such a low price? Would you buy a $3k rifle last year only to sell it now for $1600.

Why would that be, huh?

 

[Jabotinsky]

Sako manufacture a well made and accurate rifle. However there are a number of other respected manufactures I would look at including Sauer, Blaser, and Mauser. I also like CZ so would not discount them.

 

[owlowl]

Sako manufacture a well made and accurate rifle. However there are a number of other respected manufactures I would look at including Sauer, Blaser, and Mauser. I also like CZ so would not discount them.

Sauer, Blaser and Mauser are effectively same company. However Blaser has no offering in $3k at all, and Sauer Mauser are starting at $2k with only most recent "budget" offerings.

CZ on the other hand is half price of Sako's. Due all respect to CZ.

 

[bearkilr]

Sauer, Blaser and Mauser are effectively same company. However Blaser has no offering in $3k at all, and Sauer Mauser are starting at $2k with only most recent "budget" offerings.

CZ on the other hand is half price of Sako's. Due all respect to CZ.

Not entirely accurate. They have the same parent company as Blaser (German), which is Sig Sauer (Swiss), but are manufactured in different locations. It's the same as Beretta(Italian) owning Sako, Tikka,etc. (Finnish)

You can get into a Blaser R93 Pro for $3K.

 

[The Kurgan]

Well, I've read through most of this thread now, so I'm chiming in. In my opinion, Sako Quality is fact.
Having been luck enough to grow up shooting many Sako's in my fathers collection, and now having my own collection of Sako's I love everyone of them.
The newest model one I have is a M85 in 260 Remington, and yes the stock is different than the older model ones, in my opinion it looks "thin" if that's the right term compared to the older models, but saying that, it is one of the nicest balanced and pointing of the bunch. I currently own 8 Sako's and working on closing the deal on another.
If I had the money, I would have a room full of them. Never owned one that wasn't an excellent shooter, and never had a single problem with any of them.

My father used to tell me, you could go out and buy a cheaper rifle, have the trigger re-worked or replaced, install a custom barrel, bed the action on an upgraded stock, and then have a rifle that is close to what you get from the factory in a Sako.
So why not start with quality.

My 2 cents

Wow, very nice. I bet it's a real shooter! Well done.

 

[The Kurgan]

Let's think about that for a minute. Epps' website site shows 3 recent Sako sold - 2 grizzlies and 1 black bear. All 3 were pre-owned in excellent condition. Grizzly model was only available for a year and black bear for 2-3 years tops.

Price on new a Black Bear is around $1900
Price on a new Grizzly is $3k

Question is - how come these $2k -$3k rifles are already been sold by original owners for such a low price? Would you buy a $3k rifle last year only to sell it now for $1600.

Why would that be, huh?

Can we limit you to 1 negative response per thread?
Just because you had a bad experience doesn't mean you can paint all Sako's with the same brush!

 

[owlowl]

Not the case. Yes, Beretta owns Sako and Tikka. Sako and Tikka make they own barrels design and assemble rifles in Finland. Beretta has a say on marketing, models/features and manages distribution.

On the other hand all Blaser, Sauer, Mauser barrels are made in one place with the same process, same standard and specs. Same engineers work on Blaser Sauer Mauser rifles. Literally same team of people. For instance Mauser is the smallest entity out of 3 and is just basically sales. I'm not sure how it is now, but couple of years ago Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH had 5 or 7 employees total.

 

[Fire306]

Wow, very nice. I bet it's a real shooter! Well done.

Yes it is.

 

[bearkilr]

Not the case. Yes, Beretta owns Sako and Tikka. Sako and Tikka make they own barrels design and assemble rifles in Finland. Beretta has a say on marketing, models/features and manages distribution.

On the other hand all Blaser, Sauer, Mauser barrels are made in one place with the same process, same standard and specs. Same engineers work on Blaser Sauer Mauser rifles. Literally same team of people. For instance Mauser is the smallest entity out of 3 and is just basically sales. I'm not sure how it is now, but couple of years ago Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH had 5 or 7 employees total.

Well, they claim Blaser has 350 employees, so they must be doing something right.

And Sako's are a great rifle, I've never had a bad one. IMO, they're worth every penny. (once you get past the 85's funky mag release)

 

[rhino62]

Let's think about that for a minute. Epps' website site shows 3 recent Sako sold - 2 grizzlies and 1 black bear. All 3 were pre-owned in excellent condition. Grizzly model was only available for a year and black bear for 2-3 years tops.

Price on new a Black Bear is around $1900
Price on a new Grizzly is $3k

Question is - how come these $2k -$3k rifles are already been sold by original owners for such a low price? Would you buy a $3k rifle last year only to sell it now for $1600.

Why would that be, huh?

If you check Epps website on a regular basis you will find bargains on many other brands of rifles, scopes etc, also maybe they are estate sales, over stock etc!

 

[owlowl]

Blaser R8 - $5k a gun, just barrels for $1.5k - $2k. Everything else they sell even more expensive. Beats Savage on markup for sure

 

[bearkilr]

Blaser R8 - $5k a gun, just barrels for $1.5k - $2k. Everything else they sell even more expensive. Beats Savage on markup for sure

There's a sucker born every minute. Never paid more than than $900 for a new barrel. There's a lightly used R93 on the EE with Leupold for under $3K.

 

[Seafury]

I inherited a 1984 Sako AV 3006 Hunter from Stepdad a few years ago. One of the smoothest bolts I've ever functioned. I also have a TRG 42 and late 80's vintage a Tikka M695 in 300 Win. The Fins make nice rifles.

 

[Hoss83]

I recently purchased a sako 85 finnlight in 30-06 which is my first sako. I have owned a few Tikkas in the past but decided to "step-up" after having accuracy issues with my last tikka which was confirmed by stoeger canada and the were happy for me to upgrade so I ended up with the finnlight. I bought it bc of the weight and long moose hikes, however, I put in a pre-fit limb saver recoil pad and am yet to fire this set up with my leupold mark ar 3-9x40. I am somewhat concerned that the recoil may be a little much and I don't want to develop a flinch. Has anyone shot a similar set up and if so how was the recoil?... As far as fit/finish/quality it is by far the nicest and smoothest rifle I have ever owned