Thread: To Sako or not to Sako

Can also top load the a7 I think


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There's a nice Sako A7 300 WSM on Trademe, $1100 minus scope, I was eyeing it up and still watching it but I got wind of a nice Tikka 223 possibly coming up for grabs and hopefully I've got 1st dibs...seller still undecided if she (yes, she) is gonna keep it or flog it off.

Originally Posted by Twodiffs

There's a nice Sako A7 300 WSM on Trademe, $1100 minus scope, I was eyeing it up and still watching it but I got wind of a nice Tikka 223 possibly coming up for grabs and hopefully I've got 1st dibs...seller still undecided if she (yes, she) is gonna keep it or flog it off.

Is the Tikka a T3 or earlier?

Originally Posted by Tahr

One day people will look back and say that the Sako A7 was a nice fit between a "real" Sako and a Tikka. People deride them but they are pretty damned good. Especially in a carbon stock. Different sized actions is a plus over the Tikka.

Some of us are real snobs, A7 isn’t a proper Sako

pity a certain chain of gun stores prices are way over priced - they do have some damn nice stuff- a number of deluxe Sako,s

Originally Posted by EmpireSafaris

Some of us are real snobs, A7 isn’t a proper Sako

For you especially James, I did say a fit between Sako and Tikka.

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

pity a certain chain of gun stores prices are way over priced - they do have some damn nice stuff- a number of deluxe Sako,s

Yes, they are dreaming. 5k for a Sako in 375H&H

Buy a T3x, put it in a good carbon stock like a Glacier or Kroseg, add a BixnAndy trigger, some real alloy bottom metal and a metal magazine from Waters. Now you have a rifle which in my opinion is a better option compared to an off the shelf Sako, Pretty sure you will have also saved a fair amount of coin.

Originally Posted by buzzmann

Tikka are top seller in Nz for a reason they are light and accurate but to me they are soulless, in sako I prefer the 85 over 75 and really like the carbonlights


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especially in .223

Originally Posted by EmpireSafaris

Is the Tikka a T3 or earlier?

T3x evidently.

Originally Posted by zeropak

Buy a T3x, put it in a good carbon stock like a Glacier or Kroseg, add a BixnAndy trigger, some real alloy bottom metal and a metal magazine from Waters. Now you have a rifle which in my opinion is a better option compared to an off the shelf Sako, Pretty sure you will have also saved a fair amount of coin.

Or you could just put in a $20 (or whatever they cost) trigger spring

I have had McMillan, Hi-Tech, and Manners carbon stocks and the standard Tikka stock is perfectly functional as is the plastic mag unless you are running short of mag length in a 223 ...

Originally Posted by Shamus_

Or you could just put in a $20 (or whatever they cost) trigger spring

I have had McMillan, Hi-Tech, and Manners carbon stocks and the standard Tikka stock is perfectly functional as is the plastic mag unless you are running short of mag length in a 223 ...

Honestly I did try the replacement trigger spring and it is an improvement over the factory edition. But the BixnAndy Dakota takes it to the next level. No trigger collapse under the finger when the sear releases like the factory tikka with the light spring. And Oh so much crisper.