Sako 90 mounting options

[Uplander]

Just looking for recommendations for mounting options on a Sako 90 stainless hunter. The hunter versiins don’t have the integral picatinny bases and have a 17mm dove tail for optilock bases. I know they require the Tikka bases rather than the tapered Sako Optilock bases but does anyone know if the Tikka bases have changed in recent years? The reason I ask is that I have some Tikka bases however the recoil lug/pin is too long. Tikka’s have a hole on top of the rail to seat the lug into and that’s deeper than the cut outs on top of the receiver on the Sako. Either Tikka bases must now have a shorter pin am I missing something?
Thanks

 

[Steff]

Here is a screenshot from a Sako video. There does indeed seem to be a newer version.



And here is the link to the vid: Sako video

 

[Uplander]

Thank you Steff, looks like the bases have a more rounded appearance to each side. Perhaps needs publicising more widely.
Apologies for all the typos above. They don’t make phones for those of us with outdoor hands.

 

[Cogswell & Harrison]

If you're not completely into the Optiloc method Sportsmatch do Tikka and now also Sako 90 specific ring sets. Not everyone's mug of Ty-Phoo I know but I've found them to be perfectly up to the job.

 

[scotch_egg]

Tier one do a Tikka 17mm dovetail ring mount that looks half decent.

 

[Uplander]

Thank you C&H. Optilocks aren’t my favourite. Any mounts that come with separate bases and rings aren’t really.

Thanks Scotch egg. Tier are good mounts. Rusan do also but are they compatible with the old tikka bases or the new style. That’s my dilemma.

 

[Uplander]

Attached a photo to show the issue. I could file or remove the pin but the mounts have never been used and I’m not one for make do jobs.

 

[Uplander]

Spoken with GMK and they advised to just move the pin afterall.