Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Finland's Next Service Rifle (Mostly): Sako ARG S 40" video.

  1. I briefly served as a Finnish conscript in Taistelukoulu, a training centre for officers, in the eighties. A major had us conscripts test all manner of assault rifles and relate our experiences. I immediately took to the AR pattern. We even had a rare 7.62x39 version of the M16. The thinking was that the Soviet cartridge was better suited for Finland's heavily forested environment, where a twig would supposedly send a 5.56 tumbling.
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  2.  @kutter_ttl6786  Ian is way ahead of you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xovdRJYg_-o
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  3.  @mitamajr  The 7.62 is inherently more stable in flight that the 5.56. I've experienced myself how the soft-nosed .308 splatters when it hits a twig on elk hunts (that's moose hunt for the New Worlders), but that's not exactly applicable to combat.
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  4. 6.8 is also under consideration by the Finnish military.
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  5. @ Read again: "If money was no issue,..." Our Special jaegers use the SCAR. You should talk to one if you get the chance. No upvoting your own comments, please.
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  6. But Finland has used the AK pattern Valmet RK 62 from 1965 onwards. The Swedish Ak 5 takes after the Kalashnikov, too.
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  7.  @hullutsuhna  Interestingly, our major alluded to something like that. The AR-10 we had was Dutch-made. There was an instruction booklet in Dutch, too. The AR-10, while in 7.62x51mm, was more pleasant to shoot than my cousin's AK pattern Valmet Petra/Hunter (and later, mine), which says much about the superior AR design.
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  8. It would be weird if they didn't. Lawsuits after every tender is like death and taxes.
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  9. @Frille512 Let's just say good enough for government work. If money was no issue, the FDF would equip everyone with the FN SCAR.
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  10. @Frille512 Precious you.
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  11. @Frille512 For all I care you can create fifteen accounts and thumb up your comments as many times.
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  12. Not really. The RK 62, which has served us very well, doesn't have a chrome-lined barrel. There's a persistent belief in the FDF that chrome-lined barrels are less accurate. We use quality ammo and clean our rifles diligently. Woe betide the Finnish conscript who lets his rifle rust!
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