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Prior to that, they were owned by a company that made underwater steel cables and then by cell phone manufacturing giant Nokia. In fact, it wasnвЂ™t until 2000 that SAKO was owned by a company whose primary business was manufacturing firearms, when they were purchased by their current owners, Beretta Holdings Group. To avoid being nationalized by Russia as part of reparations for being on the losing side in that war, SAKO was acquired by the Finnish Red Cross and made hospital bed posts, small alcohol lamps, and вЂњother necessary medical equipment,вЂќ which exempted them from Russian control. Their problems with the Soviets led Finland to ally with Germany in World War II. That and Sisu, which we will elaborate on in a bit. The staggering losses to Russia and the relatively light losses to the Finns (323,000 Soviets to only 70,000 Finns) is partly credited to the excellent quality of their rifles and the hunting tradition of their people, coupled with their knowledge of the woods and ability to ski into position, strike, and ski away. He was so successful as a sniper with this rifle that the Russians put a price on his head. To this day, he is still considered the deadliest sniper in history.Дuring the 100-day long Winter War, the top sniper in the world, Simo HГ¤yhГ¤, also called вЂњThe White DeathвЂќ used a SAKO produced variant of the Mosin Nagant to kill between 505 and 542 Russian soldiers. He was so successful that the Russians placed a bounty on his head. Simo HГ¤yhГ¤, also called вЂњThe White DeathвЂќ used a SAKO produced variant of the Mosin Nagant to kill between 505 and 542 Russian soldiers during the Winter War between November 1939 and March 1940.

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During World War II the SAKO factories began full scale production of cartridges, producing 275 million between 19, in a small brick building that still stands in the courtyard of the RiihimГ¤ki factory complex and is now used as a conference and show room for all of their products.Д¬heck out the SAKO rifles available at Sportsman's Warehouse! The company that would bear the name SAKO Oy was officially founded in 1921 and has been in continuous operation as a rifle company since then. The company itself was started in 1919, refurbishing old Prussian rifles given to the White Army during the 1918 Finnish Civil War. The history of the company is as fascinating as the history of the country itself, and one could argue that if it were not for the events surrounding the creation of Finland, there would be no SAKO, and possibly without SAKO, there would be no Finland. Located in the industrial city of RiihimГ¤ki, 45 miles to the North of the capital Helsinki, the company still operates in the factory they have occupied since 1927.

SAKO is an acronym for Suojeluskuntain Ase- ja Konepaja OsakeyhtiГ¶, which translates to Firearms and Machine workshop of the Civil Guard. It has been in continous operation since 1927 and features state of the art manufacturing as well as caves where they moved operations to avoid allied bombing during World War II. The marriage of old and new world technology is evident at SAKO in their RiihimГ¤ki factory. I recently had the opportunity and privilege to be a guest of this company and tour their facilities, and I have to say I was very impressed. Close to the Arctic Circle in the beautiful and friendly country of Finland, lies a company obsessed with perfection.

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