I agree. These blow-out prices on Sako Stainless guns is hard to beat if you like the calibers. I hope there's one left for me. Even if I have to pay a higher price later, this will be my next gun. Maybe .300 WSM?

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"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants to see us all happy" (Benjamin Franklin).....same goes for Sakos.........

Great price,
And you could rebarrel it to 375 H&H or 416 Rem Mag. All set for anything.

My son has been looking for a Tikka T3 stainless lite in 300 WSM for a couple weeks here in Michigan with no results! If any of you guys know of a local gun shop with one in stock, I'd appreciate a PM. THANKS

Ditto what Duckster said, except mine is a .270 Winchester and a Finnlight. I've decided that I should've held out and bought Sako's when I was buying other less expensive but more popular rifles. I've never heard anything bad about the Tikka's however and there is the appeal of saving hundreds of dollars, I do feel the Tikka is bit on the homely side though.
Jeff

Thanks To All,

This is why I love A.R.! I think I am going with the Sako 75, mostly because I like being able to load from the top of the magazine, and the number of s.s. parts they carry. Thanks again to all that responded!

BOWHUNR

I had an unpleasant experience with my .338 Win stainless/synthetic Tikka during my 2001 elk season and posted the following on the old Shooters board several years ago.



��. my rifle was covered entirely with a thin film of ice and repeatedly developed ice sickles on the trigger guard and sling posts. In other words, it was totally wet and nasty North Idaho hunting.



I learned many years ago to lubricate my trigger groups very judiciously and consequently they are damn near dry. So in advance, excessive lubrication did not play a role in my problem. In any event, my glove hand thawed the ice in the tang area of the rifle as I climbed around and water traveled into the action, where it froze-up the safety tighter than a bull�s ass. By yarding up and down on the bolt handle, I was able to break it free after a few anxious moments. This occurred a half a dozen times during the days that I hunted in the freezing rain.



Unlike my stainless Classic Winchesters, not all the parts in the Tikka trigger group are stainless. The Tikka�s trigger group has moly steel and chromed parts that are encased in an aluminum shroud. This design allows moisture to be trapped and the molly steel parts will pick up some rust in the aforementioned weather conditions in short order.� CP.

The Stainless Sako 75's are all stainless internally and if you buy optilock mounts they are made of the same steel as the rifles. Another reason why the 75's cost more and are worth it........DJ