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The mini me copies of larger calibres, a .22 RF made similar to eg the .375 might make sense to the one gun hunter. Familiar in every way with the main rifle.

But for a guy having 10, 20, 50, 100 rifles ... no purpose a all. As he will not be familiar with any of them intimately.

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No purpose at all? I respectfully disagree.

I'm in the "20-50 rifles" ownership group and yet I have found .22LR rifles of approximately the same size, weight, mechanical function and with approx. the same sights as my actual hunting rifles to be useful. They don't have to be exact copies, just more or less similar in terms of mechanical function, size and sights. You can shoot .22s all year round at paper, tin cans and gophers, etc. and shoot them a lot.. for not much money. They helped me particularly with developing quick and accurate offhand snapshooting. I know some fellows prefer to practice off season with only their actual hunting rifles but that can become expensive and in some cases, particularly with lightweight carrying rifles, can also lead to the development of a flinch.

(That being said, all my rifles are more or less the same in that they are all bolt action rifles in various calibers between .22LR and .375 H&H.)

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As I said for the "100 rifle" owning man, the point of familiarity is already lost no matter what mini me's he has! Unless most are safe queens.

But it is a useful concept.

I have previously written teaching myself to shoot and reload a bolt action at the shoulder using a .22 RF and the actual centrefire bolt action. The point was not dropping the rifle between shots to work the bolt. 20 to 40 rounds through the .22, a few through the centrefire and fixed. Also easy to do again to reinforce.

I like both of your rifles, thanks for posting the photo.

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I sold piles of those AV Hunter carbines back in the early '90's.

It's not a bad idea to have a pin set in the guide rib to prevent breakage of the guide rib flange and subsequent lockup of the bolt caused by the guide rib slipping forward and preventing rotation of the bolt.

I've been told it is a serious problem with .416's and a maybe-problem w/ .375's. For myself, having two of the AV Finnbears, one in .3765 and the other merely 6.5x55, I had the work done anyway.

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As I said for the "100 rifle" owning man, the point of familiarity is already lost no matter what mini me's he has! Unless most are safe queens.

But it is a useful concept.

I have previously written teaching myself to shoot and reload a bolt action at the shoulder using a .22 RF and the actual centrefire bolt action. The point was not dropping the rifle between shots to work the bolt. 20 to 40 rounds through the .22, a few through the centrefire and fixed. Also easy to do again to reinforce.

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I would think that for the "100 rifle man" most of his rifles are necessarily "safe queens." I have no problem with this. I have met gun collectors who don't shoot, who don't even own any ammunition. When I was a young hunter I thought this was absurd, but I have learned to respect their reasons for owning guns, even though they are very different from mine.

re:"The point was not dropping the rifle between shots to work the bolt."

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To help with this I taught myself to never pick up brass after a game shot. I now always automatically and immediately crank another round into the chamber after my first shot, and the rifle does not leave my shoulder. The brass is ejected quick and far and I never look for it.

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Never seen Sako's like that!
Certainly along the Stutzen side of things.
I've heard of their peep sight, before though; fully adjustable - any chance of close up(s) of one of the peeps please?
Should certainly be great hunting rifles, Sako do make rather good gear

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There are numerous variations of the Sako receiver peep sight. Here are a few, including the one for untapered dovetails:






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