Thread: Sako S20 rifle (New)

Originally Posted by superdiver

anyone bought one yet?

I had a play with one yesterday......Prior to that I had convinced myself I would buy one....Now its like "Nah, I don't want one."

Originally Posted by Kudu

I had a play with one yesterday......Prior to that I had convinced myself I would buy one....Now its like "Nah, I don't want one."

Go on mate give us the goss...

Originally Posted by superdiver

Go on mate give us the goss...

For me it was the weight. I had read that they were not light, but I thought that it couldn't be to bad. But when i had it in my hands without a mag full of ammo and scope and rings I thought that it was a bit much to carry around. The version I had was a 24" barrel model and not the 20" as you can get it in. So it was just a bit long and heavy for me. I would do a 50/50 mix of tops and bush hunting, and it didn't really fit that bill. But who knows the 20" version might be a different kettle of fish.......

It did fit nice, and with the adjustable cheek piece it was easy to adjust to have it feel just right. One thing though that bugged me after 2 minutes that i knew would probably bug me more over time was the magazine. Its sits proud...and its around the magazine area that i usually carry my rifle, so it just didn't fit the way i carried a rifle. plus, the magazine was rattly. It was easy to put in and out and had a nice solid click when inserted properly. however when fully inserted there was a lot of slop side to side and front to back.

Still, at $2999 it was still a very nice gun. The action was nice and smooth, as you would expect. The stock had a great fit and the ejection port was nice, so no shells flicking up and hitting your scope. If I had a farm and that was where I was mostly going to use it, where I could carry it on a quad to a look out and shoot from I would definitely grab one.