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Update…. Only 9 days after ordering, the rail has arrived from Richard Near in Canada. I haven’t had to pay any custom charges and including postage the rail only cost £130.00. The rail is fantastic quality and I can’t wait for my new rifle to be ready in a week or so to be able to try it out.
If anyone has any hesitations about ordering from Near MFG like I did, please have a talk to Richard Near first, he is a wealth of knowledge and a really genuine chap to deal with. I did suggest he finds a uk distributor for his products as I think he would sell a lot of rails and mounts over here.
If anyone has any hesitations about ordering from Near MFG like I did, please have a talk to Richard Near first, he is a wealth of knowledge and a really genuine chap to deal with. I did suggest he finds a uk distributor for his products as I think he would sell a lot of rails and mounts over here.
It appears to be a trend for items coming through from Canada to not be charged VAT currently.
Update.... all now fitted and I have to say it’s a brilliant bit of engineering, fitted as per the instructions and I can’t see it ever coming off unintentionally, but the screw underneath is nice security if anything did move in the future.
Its hard to see in the photo but the rail fits absolutely flush with the ejection port front and back and the security screw has about 1/2mm clearance from the rifle so there is not pressure on the screw itself.
Sorry to resurrect this old thread but how did this rail work out Matt? I'm considering the same solution but just trying to get my head around using a rail with nothing other than friction holding it in place. Any issues at all?
Really happy with it, no issues at all, it does take some force to hammer (with a block) the rail into the Sako dovetails and from then on every shot only tries to tighten it more.
There is a set screw that goes underneath the rail to lock against the back of the Sako tapered dovetail to prevent the rail falling off if it was ever subject to a very strong force in the wrong direction although to be honest the force required would probably mean the rail falling off would be the least of the problems.
The fit and finish of the rail is excellent and would not hesitate to buy more if I ever get another 85 or 75 - light years ahead of the contessa rails I used to use.
Speak to Near if you are concerned he has so much information about them and data from testing they have done - they are proper engineers and wouldn’t manor a product unless it was the best it could be. I was more worried about sending money to a company in Canada that id never used - my rail turned up in just a few days from ordering and I didn’t have any custom charges to deal with either.
HonestJohn
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If it takes that much force to get in, how do the dovetails look after removal if reselling? Just curious if you’ve had it off since fitting
To be honest I’ve never taken it back off but I couldn’t see it marking the action any more than the Sako Optilocks would as it’s precision machined and fits the dovetails perfectly - not just catching on a leading edge.
When I say it takes a lot of force to put on, the rail slides on by hand with about 2-3mm to go. You then need to tap it on the last bit to make it flush with a hammer and bit of wood. The near rail doesn’t just slide on by hand and sit there which is what people’s worry is. The earlier versions didn’t even have the safety screw underneath and it’s my understanding that they only added the screw to put people’s mind at ease that the rail couldn’t slide back and fall off - not that it was actually needed. It would have to take a fairly strong impact at the front to knock the rail back free from the tapered dovetails.
Obviously as the gun fires, the recoil only tries to tighten the rail on.
Ive bought off him as you described and have had no problem
Best sako rails available in my opinion
Best sako rails available in my opinion
Just took delivery of one today, ordered a week back on Sunday directly from Richard Near on the recommendation of @scotch_egg for which I am very grateful. Really fast delivery and it is way superior to the Contessa and Britannia offerings. I asked for the cutaway option, they come with 10 MOA. Worked out about £140ish delivered.
That's really helpful, thanks. I'm not even going to bother with the safety screw, be very surprised if this ever moves a fraction of a mil, it is so well engineered.
It compliments the 85 perfectly. I genuinely believe the 85 has the best features for a foxing and stalking rifle.
Think I’ll be looking for a donor 85 xs
Think I’ll be looking for a donor 85 xs
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the prowler
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My near mfg piccatiny rail landed today. Can't wait to try it on the sako85
Rutland lad
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