Posted: 2/16/2005 7:08:14 PM EDT
| Got my first AR today. LE6920HB 1 of the 300 NIB. Won't be NIB for long though! I'm finally truely a legit arfcom member. =) |
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Here is some photos for you guys! Wife has the AR... don't mind the scary face... =P http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/zorblack/DSC00847.jpg I removed the # and serial # from the picture for protection. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/zorblack/DSC00846.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/zorblack/DSC00845.jpg |
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2k! I hope that included the Tikka. FYI, some of the stainless Tikka's have been recalled after several of them came apart when fired. Here are some graphic pics. forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/ubb.x?q=Y&a=tpc&s=518103&f=9411043&m=376109741&p=1 The Finnish hunting rifle manufacturer Sako has recalled nearly 3,000 of its guns with a potential defect that could cause it to break apart when fired. In October, Mark Almeida, a 45-year-old American living in University Place, Washington, suffered injuries to his hand when his new Sako 300 Winchester Short Mag Finnlight model rifle exploded while he was shooting at a firing range. "The target was 200 yards away when I pulled the trigger. The gun let out a powerful explosive sound that I had never heard before, and it broke up in my hands", he explains. He was rushed to hospital with four broken bones in his hand. He was in surgery for four hours. After the incident, Sako ordered a recall of its series of 2,700 weapons. Sako CEO Henry Paasikivi says that a total of six guns are known to have malfunctioned in the same way - one of them in Finland. In one case, a Swedish boy lost the tip of his thumb. The barrels would break up lengthwise into several fragments, and in some cases, other parts of the gun also broke. The problem was attributed to a weakness in the stainless steel used in the manufacture. Guns of the series in question were sold to several countries, from the United States to New Zealand, before the defect was noticed. All buyers have been notified, and most of the guns have been returned to the factory for repairs or replacement, except for a few in the United States. The faulty rifles were manufactured at the company's factory in Riihimäki last year. They include Sako and Tikka models. When the problems arose, Sako immediately discontinued production and deliveries of the models, and began to recall them from retailers, and contacted individual buyers. However, the company did not make any public statements at the time. "We did not consider that necessary, because we were able to reach all owners of the weapons in other ways", he said. "We have got all of the guns back, except in the United States, and 90 percent of the weapons we sold there have been located. All consumers have been contacted a long time ago." Paasikivi says that the weapons will be repaired, if necessary, and sent back to the owners. |
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Oh I'm so sick of hearing about the Sako blow up (its not your fault). I'm well aware of the Sako thing and the affected rifles mine is well out of that range. As far as the 2k... well they sold for 2495 from sawlesales.com and I've seen them all selling for 2k before expensies on equipment exchange gunbroker so 1.9k and then all the shipping fees + FFL to get to 2k sounded great to me at the time. Besides I can't build my own for my first I need something to judge and play with. |
Yep, I've seen people scream "holy shit it's a stainless Tikka" and dive for cover when one is spotted on the firing line. |
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They are all over various equipment exchanges for $1300 or so.... http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=7&f=21&t=252211 http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=7&f=21&t=240546 http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=7&f=21&t=253067 |
For 2K, you got a great deal. I sold at least one  for $2500 fast and easy, and that was when they were still readily available from SAW for $1695. Some people will argue that the HB model is cheaper to make than the standard model, however fact remains that the HB (with letter of authenticity from Colt) was a limited production rifle, and made specifically for the use of law enforcement. Due to the AWB Sunset, there was a window of opportunity of a few months where these were 'available' to eager civilians willing to pay big bucks, although against the desire of the manufacturer, Colt. As I'm sure you already know, Colt has NO desire of making these rifles available to the public again. Performance wise, the rifle is worth no more than it's non HB counterpart, however braggin-rights-wise, it's priceless. Shoot the hell out of that rifle, but carefully tuck away and save that letter of authenticty.
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Congrats on the new rifle! And my condolences on your AZ hometown welcome of the new rifle.  Just be glad you didn't buy a Ruger. Oh yeah, one of those fancy Tikka's blew up at Ben Avery a while back if I recall correctly. Be sure and get a good brake installed on that thing. It'll make the difference between a sweet shooting rifle, and a mule-kicking-safe-queen-bitch. Trust me. |
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I am not endorsing these guys, but this is the style brake on our Model 70. Their price seems ok though. Baker Brake in Las Vegas |
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Anyone care to enlighten me as to what the HB stands for and why it is worth $800+ more than the LE? If it is just a limited edition thing, I don't get it. Anyhow, I paid way too much for my first AR so I shouldn't be talking too much smack. I dropped $1000 on a post ban Bushmaster a few months before the ban set. Then I spent another $800 getting it how I really wanted. Congrats.
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