And design a bolt with a cocking piece nose that can't suffer a crystaline fracture and stop making it in one piece with the shroud and firing pin! They should also design unbreakable trigger mechanisms.

Up till now I've allways taken the 'proven by military use etc' bit with a pinch of salt, no longer.

I'm probably just unlucky and I still love the rifle but is does help to illustrate what a fantastic piece of engineering a mauser is.

What a designer mind Paul Mauser must have had! The more you know about the '98, the more there is to appreciate and admire.

Well, that is the way Sako made them prior to the A-series.

There's no comparing the value of the pre-1972 Sako with the current models; the older ones sell for much less money and are much better rifles.

Sako started as a part of the finnish civilian defence under the finnish winterwar or the continuingwar.

Is is possible to get a stainless Mauser?

Mr.UREasy,
Truer words were never spoken!!

Hey'
One thing about forums,I learned that it is not what the best of who is the best or what product is the best,or what load is the best,or what bullet is the best,etc,etc,etc.IT'S WHAT WHAT WORKS FOR YOU THE BEST.That's why there are different makers,selling their products,to make every one happy.So each of us thinks,that we bought the best,or worked up the best,or had the best made for us.Ain't it lots of fun.If it wasn't this way,we wouldn't need forums,to tell how we reached the best that is possible.

1894,

What model & calibre? Just curious.

Also, was the damage immediately apparent, were you shooting at the time, cleaning it or whatever?

When it's a safety issue, I'm always interested to learn more.

best regards

Patrick

Is the new Sako CRF safari rifle really bad? How would it compare with a Mauser CRF if some other model is being discussed? Thanks for the expert opinions in advance.

Nebraska,I think charles daly offers them in s.s. They offer recivers and barreled actions too if you're going to "build" one. Not knocking ruger but,,,I get a chuckle every time I look at a m77. Happy Shooting!

I have always been a fan of the old L series Sako rifles, then along came the rotten bean counters and figured out how to make it a cheap piece of junk and raise the price ten fold....screw'em

I thought Sako's were the BMW's of rifles, the rifle you do not have to do anything to.

I had an L61 Sako in 30 06 and currently have a 75 stainless in 30 06 both are superb rifles, but the 75 is { the first of them } is probably the most accurate 30 06 or factory rifle I've ever seen come out of a box and has never let me down.
In reccent years I've had a brand new 7mm weatherby accumark and a Win M70 safari Eexpress in 375 H&H that were so badly put together both rifles were juncked by the dealer. I would prefer Sako's Mauser type extractor though.
Cheers Guesty.

I have had a couple of Sako's but soon got rid of them. Most unsatisfying for me, and I even tolerate Weatherby Mark V's and Remington 700's amongst all my Mauser clones.

Ditto the Mauser praise.

And ditto the Ruger comment, in a positive fashion, no irony or negativity implied at all. I get a chuckle every time I look at a Ruger M-77 Mark II stainless. A chuckle of joy. Replace the stock and the trigger (which really could never be mass produced to suit all users and liability constraints anyway) and you have perfection. If only it were made in sizes to include 375 H&H and 416 Rigby, instead of the barrel-recoil-plated "Magnum" model that has no recoil lug on the action ...

Mauser was a genius, for sure, but evolution is always there ( read Darwin is right ).

Mauser took the job of improving a bad and dangerous rifle: the Mod 88 "Kommissionsgewehr", a rifle designed by a commission. "Aussch�sse produzieren Ausschu�".

Then look at the different actions: 89, 91, 93, 94, ( or whichever way you want to name them: Turkish, Belgium, Spanish, Swede ... ). A genius plus the opportunity to correct mistakes.

Its no accident, its thorough engeneering and listening to customers ( and ignoring the bean counters!! )

Hermann