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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 .
For example, factory and aftermarket receivers using the Remington 700 footprint are produced with various types of action threads, all with a 26.99 mm (1 + 1 ⁄ 16 in) diameter, but with a pitch of either a 1.588 mm (16 TPI, Remington standard), 1.411 mm (18 TPI) or 1.270 mm (20 TPI, Savage standard).
During the development, the designers used the Finnish SAKO L61R "Finnbear" as the basis of the design. In 1967, Howa introduced the Howa Golden Bear large-caliber rifle at the US Open rifle exhibition in Chicago, USA. At the time, it was the only large caliber hunting rifle available domestically in Japan.
The Tikka T3 is a series of bolt-action rifles manufactured by Sako under their Tikka brand in Riihimäki, Finland since 2003. [1] The series is available in a wide variety of different sight, calibre and stock configurations as well as several barrel lengths. The rifle series was developed by Sako product development team led by Kari Kuparinen ...
Bases come in various variantes to fit either Sako tapered dovetail rail (available for three different types of action lengths), Tikka straight dovetail (11 mm or 17 mm), Weaver or Picatinny. Sako tapered dovetail rail (used on SAKO models Sako 75, Sako 85, L461, L579, S491, M591, L61R, L691, M995 and TRG-S)
In 1987 the Tikkakoski factory was run down, all its machinery was destroyed, and production of Tikka rifles was transferred to Sako factory at Riihimäki. [5]: 158–159 The last Tikka M55 and M65 were assembled in 1989. [1] In 1990 the Tikka M65 was superseded by the Tikka M658 rifle of the Tikka M88 series. [1]
.243 Win, 6.5x55 mm, .270 Win, 7x64 mm, .308 Win, .30-06, 9.3x62 mm Lakelander and Varberger can refer to several rifles based on the design of Lars Andersson from Sweden. [ 1 ] These rifles include the Finnish-produced TAP-375 , the Swedish-produced Varberger 757 , 717 , 711 and 777 , [ 2 ] and the Norwegian-produced Kongsberg Lakelander 389 ...
Sako A7 is a bolt-action rifle made by Sako since 2008, and is meant to fill the gap between premium models such as Sako 85 and the cheaper Tikka T3 model made by the same company. [2] Sako A7 has some technical similarities with both Sako 85 and Tikka T3, but also have some of its own unique design features.