But like the factory records themselves, such information cannot be comprehensive and Sako rifles which don't fit that information are constantly turning up. Information found in old catalogs, advertisements, and charts assembled after-the-fact is both interesting and helpful. That there are a tiny number of omissions or errors in the hand-kept records doesn't change what they are - the only real records on pre-1972 Sako rifles which exist. They are clearly the most accurate source of information available about the production and distribution of pre-1972 Sako rifles. The limited records in the Club's possession represent everything Sako had recorded up to the time the records were given to Mims Reed as microfiched copies.
And there are factory mistakes at the production level, also, like two rifles of the same model and caliber produced years apart but bearing the same serial number. In addition to omissions, there have occasionally been found errors in records, such as the inspection record indicating a chambering of one caliber and the shipping record indicating a different caliber for that same serial number. This is not the only omission that has been found in the voluminous Sako archives, and certainly won't be the last. All it means is that the records, which were kept manually in longhand, recorded nothing regarding a rifle bearing that serial number. The non-existence of a record (other than a blank by the serial number) doesn't represent any kind of "claim" at all about the production or disposition of a rifle bearing that number. The low-number rifle you have simply isn't recorded in the company records. Just my two cents!Ĭlick to expand.The Sako factory records make no such "claim". The purpose of our forum is to share knowledge & enjoy our passion, not to prove one person is right & the other wrong. The negative & snide remarks are uncalled for & pointless. Arguing over this seems fruitless & petty to me. As Stonecreek implied, rifles falling outside of the "Chart" parameters are expected & common. Nothing is set in stone & the statement at the bottom of each page of the "chart" saying "Please note that these old manufacturing dates are only indicative" is an admission by the author of that.
While it does offer a guide to when changes & modifications to the various models occurred, it has been demonstrated many times to be only "approximations" of when things occurred & the serial numbers have been shown to be unreliable.
When I discovered the "Chart", years ago, it was not from the Sako site. Whether it's Sako data or data complied by others that Sako put on their site as a helpful reference has never been determine. I don't think it has ever been established who complied the "Chart" referred to. Remember middle eastern religions have all the fun. I just happen to have in my grubby little fingers a Sako that the collectors clubs records (new testament) claims to have never left (Heaven) the factory. do we ignore the existence of this gun and live by (faith) based Sako (scripture) data. The gun of your subject is proof that Sako's data on its web site, sometimes don't jive. the office staff may or may not be on top of every step of the production process.
Any one that has worked in a factory will know that production records are kept by the office staff. I'm writing to open up the door of human reason (religion) and then there is reality. I'm not writing to defend the kid from Texas. and then scan it and click post, and there it is.
I 100% agree with your statement on Sako web site data, yes the highest serial number is listed as 90954.Īnd data (scripture) is very easy to produce.