![]() ![]() I have chosen to retire this rifle and keep it for my son when he turns 18. It has been on countless adventures and taken moose, whitetail deer, and red stag and wild boar in Poland, where my parents are from. This rifle was given to me by my father for my eighteenth birthday. Just wondering about the quality and accuracy of the older model. I have a recent manufactured Sako and am very pleased with the rifle. Would appreciate any knowledge that can be shared about this model. I noticed that you are missing rifles in the Blast From the Past segment so I figured I would send you one of mine. Based on the serial number, it was manufactured between 19. They were so good, in fact, that Sako is now part of the Beretta group, apparently a case of “if you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em.” The AV designation refers to the action length, “V” in this case meaning the number “five.” The V models replaced the AIIIs sometime in the mid-80s, as I understand it. Sako began making excellent, accurate rifles for the civilian market in the 1940s. Sako began in Helsinki back in 1919 as “Suojeluskuntain Yliesikunnan Asepaja” or “Civil Guard Supreme Staff Gun Works.” The company made military guns and ammunition, including their own version of the Mosin-Nagant-said to be a much better rifle than the Russian Mosins.
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