Sako Quad .22LR Review and Barrel Change

[clc0608]

Full Video Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nKPQl6rJEk

This is the product review of the Sako Quad below are the links to the Sako website and where I bought this product.

Sako Website - https://www.sako.fi/sakoquad.php

Where I Bought It - http://www.portsmouthguncentre.co.uk/

This the ammunition used in the video is a Remington Subsonic.

[pj2443]

Hi there,
Well made video and very interesting to me as I intend to get one myself probably the heavy barrel Varmint version. As I live in Fareham I would interested in knowing what Portsmouth Guns charged you for the rifle if that's not being too nosey.
Regards
pj2443

[clc0608]

Hi there,
Well made video and very interesting to me as I intend to get one myself probably the heavy barrel Varmint version. As I live in Fareham I would interested in knowing what Portsmouth Guns charged you for the rifle if that's not being too nosey.
Regards
pj2443

Thanks, I wanted the varmint myself but this came up first and to be honest I've never had any problems with the thinner barrel. Sure, it was £500 second hand, that included mounts and a slip.

[Rapidnick]

My advice to anyone wanting to buy a Sako Quad is-don't unless you really do intend to use different barrels. Even then think very hard before you do. I tested a Sako Quad in .22 LR and was underwhelmed with the build quality and the cartridge eject although this was probably because the rifle hadn't been used for some time. The point to make is that this rifle came out AFTER Sako discontinued the superb Finnfire and it is just not in the same class. The interchangeable barrel is just a gimmick in my view anyway.
The rifles you should look at for this sort of money (over £500 new) are the Anschutz, the Sako Finnfire-if you can find one at sensible money-and my personal choice the Weihrauch HW60J. All three are excellent rifles but to me the HW trigger is up there with the excellent Anschutz unit -which sets the standard by which triggers are judged- and certainly better than the Sako. The clincher is that the 60J comes at a usefully lower price. After extensive searching to treat myself to a 'lifetime rifle' I paid £450 for my 60J 'mint used' and am delighted with it. If an Anschutz had turned up first with a nice stock at the right price I would've bought that but not the Quad.

[artschool]

i have had a quad for years now. its a good rifle, the only downside is the extraction of unfired rounds.

i havent changed the barrel.

[Rapidnick]

i have had a quad for years now. its a good rifle, the only downside is the extraction of unfired rounds.

i havent changed the barrel.

I really don't want to take this thread off on a 'knocking tack' but surely any problems with the extraction of unfired rounds is fairly serious for a rifle at this price point? Clearly anything made by Sako is going to be pretty decent in most of what it does and certainly the Finnfire is superb. It is just the value for money aspect and the fact that I know Sako discontinued the Finnfire because it was too well built for the money they could get for it. After all the Quad is NOT a cheap rifle and -as your experience indicates-very few shooters actually use the barrel change facility a great deal if at all.

[zanes]

the only downside is the extraction of unfired rounds.

Sorry, what?

That sounds a pretty serious problem to me- and one that is obviously easily avoidable given that no other rimfires seem to suffer with it.

[tacfoley]

i have had a quad for years now. its a good rifle...i havent changed the barrel.

So what do you do with the other three?

tac