Hunting Ammunition from Sako

By Tom Beckstrand

I don’t know exactly how Sako became so proficient at building bolt-action rifles, but it has been at it a good long while, so it makes sense that it has learned a few tricks along the way. The company has been in business since 1921 but actually started making rifles back in 1919 for the Finnish Civil Guard.

What many don’t know is that in 1928, Sako also started making ammunition. The M27 rifle (a heavily modified Mosin-Nagant) fielded by the Finnish military needed ammo, so the company produced it. The advent of World War II increased Finland’s need dramatically, and Sako played a big role in meeting that demand. It produced 275 million rounds between 1939 and 1944.

Sako has been making modern ammunition since 1996 (and even built a new ammo factory), but not much of that ammo wound up here in the States. Fortunately for us, the company is now broadening its ammunition product line and increasing its export to America significantly.

Prior to its recently renewed focus on the American market, Sako updated its already excellent ammo offering in 2013. It took a look at the brass commonly used in cartridge-case …Read the Rest

Source:: Guns and Ammo