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There are also special ring mounts in the market with circularly shaped ring inserts made to provide stress free mounting without lapping, with Burris Signature Rings and Sako Optilock Rings as two well-known examples. Burris Signature was introduced in 1995. [16] A patent was applied for in 1994, and was granted in 1995. [17]
Sako Limited (natively Sako Oy) [1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Tavastia Proper in southern Finland. It also has owned the Tikka brand of bolt-action rifles since 1983, and is now owned by the Italian firearm holding company Beretta Holding .
The 7×33mm Sako cartridge was created in Finland in 1942 as a small game cartridge for animals such as the Capercaillie and Black Grouse. It is based on a 9×19mm Parabellum case that has been lengthened and necked down to accept a 7.21 mm (0.284 in) bullet. [ 1 ]
Between 1988 and 1990, the SAKO company developed the M90 prototype, which was a substantially upgraded variant of the RK 62. Changes to the original design included the fire control and safety selector, whose lever was transferred to the left side of the receiver housing, the cocking handle cut-out in the bolt carrier assembly was covered with ...
The Sako 75 was named after the 75 year anniversary of Sako in 1996, when the first Sako 75 was made. [5] The Model 75 was externally very similar to earlier Sako models, but its construction was different, having 3 symmetrical locking lugs, [6] a manual ejector, and a detachable magazine. Hitherto, only one Sako rifle, the L46, had a ...
Sako also manufactures a specific scope mount for 1 in (25.4 mm), 30 mm, 34 mm and 36 mm scopes, with three different saddle height options, [6] or standard Picatinny rings may be used. Sako guarantees a sub 0.3 mrad (1 MOA) accuracy for the rifle when using Sako factory ammunition. [6]
The Valmet Sniper M86 was used as a basis for the Sako TRG sniper rifle line. Even though the TRG-21 obtained its origins from the successful Sako TR-6 target rifle and 1984–1986 development work for the hardly produced Valmet Sniper M86 rifle by the former Finnish state firearms company Valmet which merged with Sako, the 4.7 kg (10 lb 6 oz) TRG-21 was designed as a result of a thorough ...
In addition to its military usage, approximately 440 M/28–30 rifles were manufactured by SAKO for use in the 1937 World Shooting Championships in Helsinki. M/28–30 model, serial number 60974, was also used by Simo Häyhä, a well-known Finnish sniper. M/28–30 was used as Civil Guards competition rifle before World War II, as was the case ...