[Monkeyleg]

I received this email, and I don't know the answer. Does anyone else?

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I recently read an article in Outdoor Life Magazine saying that a number
> of rifles with stainless steel barrels had to be recalled. My question
> is, were the rifles that were recalled limited to just the United States
> or do they involve ones that were sold in Canada as well? And secondly
> were the rifles in question Sako 75 or Tikka T3 stainless/composite? I
> read that the barrels were "exploding" is this correct? My friend bought
> one of the Tikka T3's in the Stainless/composite and we, in Canada have
> not heard of any recalls. Would the importer notify the consumer or does
> the retailer let us know?

[mete]

You might do a search.A number of guns blew up some in the USA, Canada and Sweden.They involve Sako and Tikka stainless barrels that were defective.There was a recall however in the USA Beretta never told anyone !!!! You could call them and see if your rifle serial # is on the list.The defective barrels are on guns made after Feb 2004 IIRC.

[texagun]

This link should give you all the information you need.

http://groups.msn.com/SakoCollectorsClub/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=2908&LastModified=4675522536193894468

[24kshooter]

If I were Baretta - I would upgrade and send all the impacted TIKA guys a new SAKO as a good will gesture - then I would have blamed everything on Fred the parrot.