i don`t hear of many sako users,which do you have in what caliber?mine is a forrester i believe,AV action std in 30-06 rebarreled to 06AI.currently wearing a pentax lightseeker 30mm 6-20.my primary deer getter,but i`ve had some get away from me because of the hi mag and heft.excuses!my bbl is 26".not a rig for tight cover on movers(sometimes)and have been looking to lighten it up a bit w/o sacrificing too much scope.that is why i wanted to see about putting the 1.5-6x42 SR on it.stays on 6 anyway.that won`t happen.didn`t see your post till i had entered mine.my mts are burris i see now. as a std mine came blunt.no crown!bought new in 84/85