sako A2
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I bought a Sako AII in .308 about five years ago. It is a lovely thing.
However, it wasn't young even then, and the previous owner was not much into cleaning the barrel; as I found when the groups ceased to exist after a couple of years.
Lesson 1: should have had it borescoped by a competent person before purchase.
As I say, a lovely thing. So off to Sako for a rebarrel. Reasonable price but 18months taken to do it. Also barrel not the same profile as the old one, hence it missed the forend pressure-points by a narrow enough fraction to cause consitency problems. At least it is honestly stamped 'Sako' at the chamber-end, though
Lesson 2: perhaps better to get a competent local person to do it.
Anyhow, hearing them to be of good report, off to Rhino Rifles in Northwich. A week later, threaded, free-floated, bedded, and trigger cleaned and adjusted. A sterling performance!
It did good work with GECO 170gr at the hinds a week or two ago, and continues to be my proper (i.e. blue and brown) stalking rifle. No intention of getting rid of it.
The above is actually meant to be a recommendation: It should be read as a cautionary tale rather than a series of disasters!
As to price, I've no idea. I guess it depends on condition, but guntrader might give a clue.
However, it wasn't young even then, and the previous owner was not much into cleaning the barrel; as I found when the groups ceased to exist after a couple of years.
Lesson 1: should have had it borescoped by a competent person before purchase.
As I say, a lovely thing. So off to Sako for a rebarrel. Reasonable price but 18months taken to do it. Also barrel not the same profile as the old one, hence it missed the forend pressure-points by a narrow enough fraction to cause consitency problems. At least it is honestly stamped 'Sako' at the chamber-end, though
Lesson 2: perhaps better to get a competent local person to do it.
Anyhow, hearing them to be of good report, off to Rhino Rifles in Northwich. A week later, threaded, free-floated, bedded, and trigger cleaned and adjusted. A sterling performance!
It did good work with GECO 170gr at the hinds a week or two ago, and continues to be my proper (i.e. blue and brown) stalking rifle. No intention of getting rid of it.
The above is actually meant to be a recommendation: It should be read as a cautionary tale rather than a series of disasters!
As to price, I've no idea. I guess it depends on condition, but guntrader might give a clue.
Chris S said:
Classic action, nice lightweight stalking rifle.
Slender stock, I prefer the floor plate design to a magazine as well.
Price is what you will pay. and depends on condition £3-500?
there is a rough looking one for £300 on GT others go for more.
18 months for a rebarrel, You must have a lot of patience.
222cwd
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We have five off these for more than twenty years and have never had any problems, we have shot two barrels out stalking and had them rebarreled but would never swap them for anything and they are still out every week. ours may be bumped and bashed, and going silver on the barrels but they aren t many rifles that have shot 6 thousand plus deer between them
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Yes I can vouch for that, when we were stalking together the other week remember I thought you had had it re-barreled with a stainless one. 
jack said:
18 months? Just had a Sako Forester rebarreled by Rhino Rifles with a Pac-Nor barrel and had it back in my paws in a matter of a few weeks..would have been even quicker if i had been able to pick it up.
The older Sakos are the best. I used to collect L579s of the Bofors steel era.
My current one is from 1968.
cant find much info about the a2 on the net does it go by another name?also can anyone tell me if it has a cheak piece on the stock?
ive found one in 243 has a few bumps and scraps but its srewcut and its £400 and at the end of the day its a sako so i thought that was an ok price.
Gave up on trying to find a cheap gun in 6.5x55 they dont exist.so its easier to change calibre
ive found one in 243 has a few bumps and scraps but its srewcut and its £400 and at the end of the day its a sako so i thought that was an ok price.
Gave up on trying to find a cheap gun in 6.5x55 they dont exist.so its easier to change calibre
Chris S said:
They were first made in 1957 and called the L579. In the mid 80's they renamed them as A2 (action 2) Essentially the same gun with minor changes.
The manual is on the sako web site.
If you want to familiarise yourself look on http://sakocollectors.lefora.com/headlines/
Look in the photos section for comparisons with yours.
Simple to measure. Make a mark on your cleaning rod with a pen. Push very slowly into the barrel and watch the mark rotate one full turn. Take it out and measure the length of the cleaning rod that went into the barrel. If it goes in ten inches when the rod has rotated once, then you have a 1 in 10 barrel.
Bought mine in 1984 put approx. 1000 shots a year through it still shoots to P.O.A.
Had the action glass bedded and the barrel fully floated, made a big difference, in all the time I have had it the only thing that has gone wrong one of the screws holding the action to the stock broke, local gunshop said they would have to order screw from Sako, so sent it to I.F.Thomson who said they would make one, did the glass bedding and barrel floating at the same time all for £80 though that was about 15 years ago.
Is the correct name for the A11 a hunter I thought it was a forester traded in my old forester against it when I bought it looked the same, apart from better wood than my old one, and slightly different shape to the bolt, had to grind a bit off the bolt on the old one to fit a bigger scope, didnt want to fit high mounts as comb was to low, didnt need to do anything
to the A11 as bolt had more of a curve and comb a bit higher.
Had the action glass bedded and the barrel fully floated, made a big difference, in all the time I have had it the only thing that has gone wrong one of the screws holding the action to the stock broke, local gunshop said they would have to order screw from Sako, so sent it to I.F.Thomson who said they would make one, did the glass bedding and barrel floating at the same time all for £80 though that was about 15 years ago.
Is the correct name for the A11 a hunter I thought it was a forester traded in my old forester against it when I bought it looked the same, apart from better wood than my old one, and slightly different shape to the bolt, had to grind a bit off the bolt on the old one to fit a bigger scope, didnt want to fit high mounts as comb was to low, didnt need to do anything
to the A11 as bolt had more of a curve and comb a bit higher.
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