For someone who's been around guns for over 65 years I should know the answer to this. But I don't. Help me out, please.

Is the rifle brand Sako pronounced "Say-Coe" or "Sack-o"?

I always thought it was pronounced with the long "A" but recently heard some knowledgeable folks pronounce the first syllable "sack."

Which is it?

I have always used the long "R" - as in Sarr-ko

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I always thought it was pronounced with the long "A" but recently heard some knowledgeable folks pronounce the first syllable "sack."

Me too. I believe that the knowledgeable folks are correct.
Same problem with Rapala. I've always said "Ra Palla", but I guess that it's really "Rapp a la"
But, as long as I say both of them my way among friends, then I'm ok, as they all say them same way as me.

What about VihtaVuori and Swarovski?!!

and there is no Leo in Leupold pronounced Loo Pold.

Y'all make me giggle like a little girl.

Yes gents, those are awesome 2 dollar questions and the answers to which I have no knowledge (other than how I've pronounced them for all these decades.

Leo - check (wrong but that's what I say)
long "a" - check (wrong but that's what I say)
Swarovski - check (no one corrects me)
Vihta Vuori - I haven't a clue. (no one else knows either) LOL

Zeke

Some of the hunting and gun shows on TV have had factory people on and they pronounced it Sock-O

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Originally posted by Race Bannon:
Some of the hunting and gun shows on TV have had factory people on and they pronounced it Sock-O

My favorite rifle is a custom Sako 7-08 that I’ve hunted with for 20 years. It was “Say-ko” for many of those. I’ve since learned it is “sock-o” from the guys at Beretta Gallery (Beretta owns Sako). However, it’s still hard to keep that in my feeble mind.

sAyko, + the pre-Garcia ones are gems. I understand that they are putting out a quality product again. Garcia really hurt the company that they bought out but eventually the word got out. They were making a fortune on a name + selling an inferior product. I'm glad to hear that they are now doing well in quality mfg.

Funny you should mention this. There was an article in either Guns or American Handgunner (can't remember) a few months ago with a whole table on companies and terms and the way they're supposed to be pronounced. Was a good bit of tongue-in-cheek.

For the record, it's supposed to be pronounced "SOCK-o", but for some reason saying it that way sounds really pretentious to me, like you have to have a Nordic accent. I've been saying "SAY-ko" and will continue to do so.

I've called it Say-co my whole life, but the correct pronunciation is Sock-o.

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Originally posted by NormanConquest:
sAyko, + the pre-Garcia ones are gems. I understand that they are putting out a quality product again. Garcia really hurt the company that they bought out but eventually the word got out. They were making a fortune on a name + selling an inferior product. I'm glad to hear that they are now doing well in quality mfg.

If I'm not mistaken, Garcia was only the importer to the USA, they didn't own the company. Stoeger was another importer of Sako rifles after that. They've always been. arguably, the finest production rifles ever made.

I have enough problems with my native language, English. I can really butcher foreign words.

Dave

According to the gun rag writers the Sako brand rifles is pronounced Sock-o. Is this correct? I don't know but now you know as much as I do....., that sounds awful!LOL

Correct. And it does sound awful. Just like 'Rapp pa la' does!

Then there's the folks who pronounce Hornady "HornaDay" instead of "Hornadee."

SAKO = sah ko

Hoppes = hop eez

Lapua = la poowa

Of course where you live influences your pronunciations. I always felt that the folks that lived somewhere had the best claim on pronunciation, I.E New Orleans, Nawalins, etc. Being from the south I pronounce the word route the way it's spelled while northerners say root. I say potato, she says potata, I say tomato, she says tomata, let's call the whole thing off.

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Originally posted by Dulltool17:
Then there's the folks who pronounce Hornady "HornaDay" instead of "Hornadee."

Yeah...but those guys are goobers.....

I have only heard them called "Say-Coe" in Australia.

Based on gun forums I would say there is a much higher percenatge of shooters in Australia have Sakos than in America. This would make sense just based on relative cost to other rifle brands. In Australia the costs associated with importing rifles by the import agents applies to all rifle brands.

When I bought my Say-Coe 375 H&H many years ago, I thought it was the smoothest action I ever held. Still do, and I will continue to pronounce it Say-Coe; right, wrong, or indifferent.

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Originally posted by Kensco:
When I bought my Say-Coe 375 H&H many years ago, I thought it was the smoothest action I ever held. Still do, and I will continue to pronounce it Say-Coe; right, wrong, or indifferent.

I've owned a bunch of Sock-O's

You must be from Texas.

i am super confused now.

With us, it's the people who pronounce carbine as "carbeen". I can shake my head and laugh that off, but I demand a shoot-on-sight order for those people who mispronounce the word turbine like it was something wrapped around a swami snake-charmers head. It's tur-BINE, not tur-BUN!