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AV question

Sako Collectors Club Discussion Forum

wombat

Well-Known Member
Hello Members,
Did the AV with the “fishbone” checkering s/n 570xxx have the palm swell and the Sako No. 4 trigger?
Just looking at one now.
Thanks - Jay
 
Did the AV with the “fishbone” checkering s/n 570xxx have the palm swell and the Sako No. 4 trigger?

No palm swell, but it probably had the #4 trigger.

The #4 trigger is usually associated with having a single stock crossbolt under the front receiver ring. The later "Tikka" trigger is usually associated with having a second crossbolt just in front of the trigger guard. These features are not necessarily always consistent, so the only way to know for certain is to remove the action from the stock to look at it (but if you've compared enough of them you might be able to tell from the appearance of the finger lever itself which is probably a little different one from the other).

What is fish bone checkering ?
For a brief period right before Sako switched to the "Hunter" style stock (the one with the palm swell) for the late A-series they used the traditional Finnbear-style stock on the A-V, but modified the checkering on the forearm of the standard grade to use no cross checkering, so the triangles look a little like "fishbone". I tend to call them "herringbone".

Here is an example:
IMG_9703 (1280x310).jpg
 
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