Dwight Christen
Active Member
Hello to all the Sako experts in this forum. I am attempting to mount a new scope and to repair a failing safety on my Dad's old Sako 222. I think it was manufactured around 1950, and has a serial number of 8914 on both the barrell and the bolt. It is marked "SAKO Riihimaki N: o8914" and with the funny stamp right behind the serial number. The bolt number was hand engraved "8914".
The pictures show some details, and I need to disassemble the safety and would like an expert to give me some directions. As seen in the pictures, there is a plate on one side (where the red button pops out when the safety is engaged), and on the other side is the safety lever button. Currently it is sticking and almost impossible to engage. There is a very small pin holding this lever button in place. Do I tap out this roll pin in order to slide the shaft out through the other side?
Any advice would be highly appreciated.
Also, the scope that you see in the picture is original. Does anyone know if Sako ever sold these rifles with scopes already attached, or does this old scope appear to be something added by the dealer back in the early 1950s?
Thanks to all.
Dwight
Virginia, USA