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Got this from Alex. No luck with the black bear coming to th US. Beretta sucks.




Hi Spence,
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Nice to hear from you but sorry to tell you that this gun can not be had in the US.� Beretta does not import it and does not make special orders on non imported guns.

Alex Roy
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Got a relative that's in the service in Europe? Have them buy one thru the Rod & Gun club and bring it into the US on an ATF Form 6 when they rotate back stateside. From there transfer it according to your local, state and/or federal laws.

Not surprised. I was doubtful since it wasn't in the new catalogue. Although... the logic of naming rifles "black bear" and "brown bear" and skipping the North American market entirely... escapes me.

Ok the value of my semi-customer 9.3x62 sako 85 is gonna hold for a bit longer.

Keep in mind the 9.3x62 Sako 85 has been available for ever outside the us anyway.

But - not with the short barrel, the barrel sights, the fluting, the safari band, etc.

Correct BC

but mine's got a Lilja barrel that makes cloverleafs.

and it's in a McMillan edge Sako hunter pattern, with a 23" barrel. Balances like a dream, weights 8lbs with a scope and doesn't kick hardly with 250 TSX.

I couldn't be happier - I'm not changing a thing.

So your right - I don't want all that other junk.

If you ever go to college and study "Marketing" you will learn that there is a particular type of person you cannot identify with.

JW

One of those types would be people who make unwise assumptions about individuals they do not know. If you ever become an adult and study "manners" you might grasp the concept.

Thanks Kentucky I was not even going to respond. I guess I am an idiot with bad manners, my wife would agree with that. I must have wasted Uncle Sam's money getting my Nuclear and Mechanical Engineering degrees. Spence

Spence - Thanks. I deleted my last response because I misread the sequence. Responded initially because Aussie's juvenile comment was posted in response to my post. His remark is a contender for one of the all-time dumbest things posted here.

Re. Carter, he remains a great embarrassment to all of us old ex-squids. And I'll forgive your former service in Marine Infantry. No one is perfect.

pretty sure you ll can import one from Canada.

Anyone know abourt how much it costs to import a gun from Canada?? Thanks SPence

I handled a 9.3x66 version of this rifle at the pre-SHOT range day. Actually, I tried to buy it from the guy in charge of Sako's vendor shoot operation on the spot when we were tearing down for the day. He said it was the only one like it and he couldn't sell it to me, but the gun would be imported before the end of 2011.

We'll see...

It is much better in person, btw.

I shot the 9.3x66 version at SHOT and absolutely loved it.

I wrote Beretta USA and the stocking US dealer to get the ball rolling. This has worked and I received a very positive written response. We are currently working on a special order to import a number of the Black Bear 9.3x62s. I will find out if this goes through shortly. I am only interested in one out of this bunch to purchase for myself, so there should be rifles available. I'll make sure you guys get the heads up if you'd like a shot at one.

Later

I bet that the Ruger 77 African http://www.ruger.com/products/m77HawkeyeAfrican/models.html

and the CZ 550 Kevlar/Carbine http://www.ruger.com/products/m77HawkeyeAfrican/models.html

will be here before the Bretta SAKO does...

Fluted barrels look gross. I'd be grumpy if one of the only options for a 9.3 had a fluted barrel.

nice looking rifle, I shoot an M85 in 9.3x66. It replaces a 35Whelen and 375HH I have and had. Does everything the others do in a light low recoil package. Wonder if they will do this rifle in 9.3x66/370Sako mag?

From what I gather, they intend to import the 9.3x66 due to this chambering with Federal.