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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: kodiak 907 on November 03, 2017, 07:34:40 PM

Title: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: kodiak 907 on November 03, 2017, 07:34:40 PM: New Sako A7 roughtech, 30-06 Springfield. Vortex 4-12.

It’s a tack driver :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: Colville on November 03, 2017, 07:41:40 PM: Sooo, a tikka. ;)
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: kodiak 907 on November 03, 2017, 07:44:46 PM: Quote from: Colville on November 03, 2017, 07:41:40 PM
Sooo, a tikka. ;)

Negative on that. Except for the barrel. 👍🏼
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: Wetwoodshunter on November 03, 2017, 08:40:06 PM: Nice rifle. I really like the way they fit me.
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: Biggerhammer on November 03, 2017, 09:38:46 PM: Quote from: Colville on November 03, 2017, 07:41:40 PM
Sooo, a tikka. ;)

Sooooooo what a Tikka wants to be.👍
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: hambone on November 03, 2017, 09:43:20 PM: Bought one myself just before season opened bought a 270 my self great gun congrats
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 03, 2017, 09:48:28 PM: Good looking boom stick. Kodiak, so you like the Vortex 4x12? Just got one for the wifeys Browning AB3 .243.
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: N7XW on November 14, 2017, 09:53:55 AM: Beauty :tup:
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: tlbradford on November 14, 2017, 10:42:18 AM: Quote from: Colville on November 03, 2017, 07:41:40 PM
Sooo, a tikka. ;)

Do a side by side in a store one day and you will see the difference. QC, fit, and finish for Sako is top of the line for a production rifle.
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: Biggerhammer on November 14, 2017, 08:24:35 PM: Quote from: tlbradford on November 14, 2017, 10:42:18 AM
Quote from: Colville on November 03, 2017, 07:41:40 PM
Sooo, a tikka. ;)

Do a side by side in a store one day and you will see the difference. QC, fit, and finish for Sako is top of the line for a production rifle.

Yep! 👍
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: kodiak 907 on November 15, 2017, 10:09:13 AM: Quote from: WapitiTalk1 on November 03, 2017, 09:48:28 PM
Good looking boom stick. Kodiak, so you like the Vortex 4x12? Just got one for the wifeys Browning AB3 .243.

I like it. 300-400 yards is about the max for that scope. It’ll do fine on the west side.👍🏼
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: kodiak 907 on November 15, 2017, 10:13:10 AM: Quote from: tlbradford on November 14, 2017, 10:42:18 AM
Quote from: Colville on November 03, 2017, 07:41:40 PM
Sooo, a tikka. ;)

Do a side by side in a store one day and you will see the difference. QC, fit, and finish for Sako is top of the line for a production rifle.

I looked at a lot of tikkas. I didn’t like the design of the receiver or the factory beretta made stock. The sako is IMO quite a bit nicer. But they carry a nice price tag also. I can see another sako purchase in the near future 👍🏼
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: headshot5 on November 16, 2017, 10:55:45 AM: Good looking rifle. 8)
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: pd on November 16, 2017, 12:03:08 PM: I have the same one. The Roughtech stock is better than previous, and your Vortex is much better than my low end scope, but otherwise the same. Watch the magazine, make sure it "catches" when inserted. $80 is a lot to replace one, don't ask me further....

Very nice gun. I wasn't sold on the fluted barrel for a hunting rifle, but they sure are pretty.
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: hogslayer on November 25, 2017, 08:22:25 AM: I owned the same rifle in a 7MM Mag. Tikka shot more accurate and was a lot cheaper. Let me know if you break your stock or want a 7mm mag barrel for that rifle. I have both sitting in the shed!
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: Colville on November 25, 2017, 08:50:53 AM: Im not real interested in paying twice for the accuracy i have in my tikka. If its going to be plastic and stainless, i'll buy 2 tikkas instead of the sako, and shoot just as accurate. Wood guns, they offer aome art.
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: kodiak 907 on November 25, 2017, 05:49:13 PM: Quote from: hogslayer on November 25, 2017, 08:22:25 AM
I owned the same rifle in a 7MM Mag. Tikka shot more accurate and was a lot cheaper. Let me know if you break your stock or want a 7mm mag barrel for that rifle. I have both sitting in the shed!

The beretta made stocks routinely get sent in for the tikkas. Swivel stud snaps when a bipod is attached.

The Tikka is in fact a budget line for sako.

To each his own.
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: JakeLand on November 25, 2017, 07:13:47 PM: As some know I'm a Tikka fan I own 2 and they both have been flawless and very accurate! With that said I picked up a Sako A-7 and it's shoots as expected BUT I do think it will get a new B/C stock
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: kodiak 907 on November 25, 2017, 07:17:42 PM: Did you go with the factory beretta stock or the upgraded roughtech? Quite a big difference.
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: JakeLand on November 25, 2017, 07:51:12 PM: Quote from: kodiak 907 on November 25, 2017, 07:17:42 PM
Did you go with the factory beretta stock or the upgraded roughtech? Quite a big difference.
factory one YA I should have listened to you :bash: ordered a B/C about 10 minutes ago. I should have just got the roughtech stock
Title: Re: New rifle, sako A7!
Post by: kodiak 907 on November 25, 2017, 09:00:56 PM: Well at least you can get a BC in a color/pattern that you like.