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I called about a Forbes 20b and was told a couple months, so I pulled the trigger and ordered one. I'm not driving 300 miles to a Sportsman's Warehouse for a Tikka and at $900 at Cabelas, it isn't that much cheaper than a Forbes.

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You'll be happy with the Forbes. I have a 24B in 30-06 and also a 6.5x55 85 Finnlight.

Maybe I missed it, but no one has mentioned that the Forbes is a pound lighter than the Finnlight given the same action size/class.

Other differences: The Forbes is not yet available in all stainless, the stock is nicer on the Forbes (however I like the Finnlight stock even if it is not a composite), the Finnlight has a nicer finish. Both have been very accurate out of the box.

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Shady...........If I had your money I would just get me a NULA for every day of the month!

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JoeBob, as happy as I am with my Superlites, I doubt I would have pulled the trigger on them at $900 either. But, based on how they've shot so far, I doubt I would take that for them now. Good luck with the Forbes and let us know how it shoots...so far the reports look real good.

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I have a Finnlight in 6.5x55 that I bought for quite a deal some years ago. It shoots well, but I'm partial to blue and wood over this gun. In my opinion the synthetic stocks were nothing more than to sell us shooters something that cost less to make. I think they're all ugly.

Have plenty of other pretty guns to pick from though, so no worries.

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Had a 75 Finnlight in 30-06 and 85 Finnlights in 25-06 & 300 WSM, I liked the guns but my cheaper Tikka's were more accurate. The 300 WSM and Tikka superlight 30-06 went down the road when I got my Forbes 30-06. With its 24 inch barrel it is 100+ faster then my Tikka superlight with the same loads. It may not as fast as the Finnlight 300 was but pushing 168 T-TSX at 2920 is more than enough for my shots under 500 yards.

Hope to buy used Forbes 25-06 if I don't find one by May I will be paying full price for one.



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I think you did the right thing in getting the Forbes. Had you bought the Sako 85 Finnlight, you might have been looking at a design flawed rifle. Unless you are OK with setting the scope much higher, than should be necessary you might have experienced ejector problems, especially with the 30-06 family of rounds. I had a really bad experience with an 85 Finnlite, and Beretta gave me a refund on the .270 Finnlight I had. Since Sako/Beretta placed the fixed ejector in the 6 o'clock position, many guys have a beef with 85 Sako's. If they had left the fixed ejector at the 9 o'clock position, there would not have been ejection problems. That said, I will continue to look for older classic Sako's, but no 75 or 85's for me. I realize that some have had nothing but good things to say about their Sako 85's and I am happy for them. I just do not trust later model Sako's to function properly. About 2 years ago, this was discussed at length on this web site. Good luck with your Forbes.

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I have/had a pile of Sako 75/85 in both finnlights and standards. I have never had a ejection problem using low ring mounts or low optilocks.

The only problem I ever had with a Sako is the 75 I bought from a member here that would only go off sometimes.

I have doubts if a Forbes will run with Sako 85 finnlight accuracy wise. But I may have to find out.

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