Thread: NZ Police Sako 222

Originally Posted by no1_49er

A longish question for the historians on the forum.

Way back in 1993, NZ Police disposed of their Sako 222Rem bolt action rifles, which were subsequently released to the NZ market through numerous dealers around the country.
They seem to have been supplied with both the L461 and A1 variants of the "Vixen". There may have been others.

I'm trying to gather some information on those rifles; specifically:-
what was their designated purpose,
who was the original supplier to NZ Police,
what was the quantity supplied,
what type of "iron" sight was fitted - rear of barrel blade, or receiver mounted aperture (or either-model dependant),
were any of them supplied with a telescopic sight,
if so, what make and type.

Many thanks to anybody who has the knowledge.

49er

The purpose of the rifles was just general Police isse and they replaced the No4 .303 rifles. The original supplier would have been Allan G Mitchell Ltd who were the Sako agents. Quantity I do not know but sufficient to supply every police station in NZ, with multiple rifes in the bigger stations. The sights were the barrel -mounted tangent ramp rear sight and square blade ramp-mounted front sight with a detachable hood. The AOS may have had some with telescopic sights but I have no specific info on them.