puffnstuff wrote:So, question is...
Say someone was going to buy you a rifle for up to $2,800 bucks and you can only have one rifle, not the difference back as cash or whatever.
Would you get a Sako? Or would you take something else?
It is easy to get off track, isn't it? If I had $2800 and couldn't get cash back, I wouldn't take a $1200 Tikka and lets assume you can't use the cash back for a scope. Gun only.
What else for around $2800?
Sauer 202. Nice gun, I have one and I like it and it shoots well, single stack mag, poo. It handles better than the Sako but doesn't group as well.
Steyr. Nice guns, don't have one, never shot one, single stack rotary mag, poo.
Bit more for a Plastic stocked Mauser M03. Great gun, I don't have one, have used one, switch barrel, double stack mag. My next rifle only in wood.
Over to the US. Cooper make some in that money. Don't have one, never shot one but reports say they are great.
Deluxe Montana. Base model much cheaper. Custom Mauser action, don't have one, have handled one. Very nice.
Just to name a few.....
So far, Sako looks pretty good in that bunch, stood the test of time, is it #1 in that lot. Decisions, decisions.....