How is SAKO pronounced?

[tpcollins]

I've heard SAKO pronounced with a long A like make and I've heard the A pronounced like socko . . . which is correct? Thanks.

 

[taylorce1]

Sock-O is the way I've always heard it on the hunting shows. Most people I know pronounce it Sayco.

 

[ammo.crafter]

hmmm

I believe it's sah ko

 

[Sierra280]

+1 sock-O

 

[Chuck Dye]

Finns I have known have said sah koh, clipping the vowel sounds far more sharply than most Americans do. (Does not rhyme with toe, show, blow, hoe, etc.)

 

[jmr40]

Sock-o if you live in Finland. Say that here and most people won't know what you are talking about. While Sock-o is technically correct most here pronounce it Sake-o

 

[Ruger480]

I've always pronounced it: "eks-pen-siv"

 

[dgludwig]

That's funny, Ruger480. I pronounce it almost the same way: "2-eks-pen-siv"

 

[PVL]

If I'm ever in Finland, I'll mimic the way the Finlanders say it. Until then, it's Sock-O.

The important thing here in the US is that other folks know what you are talking about.

In Canada, it's important that they know what you are talking aboot, eh?

.

 

[jehu]

I pronounce it accurate!!

 

[44 AMP]

Sah-ko, Sock-o, is proper (or at least a close approximation of how a native speaker would say it)

Sako is a name, and as such had a "right" way to pronounce it.

A friend of mine says "Say-ko", to which I reply, "Seiko is a watch!"

 

[bamaranger]

sounds like

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[YARDDOG(1)]

Looks like Say Co
Y/D

 

[steveNChunter]

A poor man like me pronounces it "Tikka"

But seriously, I say "Say-ko" but I've heard others say it the other way and I'm probably wrong.

 

[reynolds357]

It is pronounced high priced Beretta.
Not knocking them. Great rifles.

 

[NWPilgrim]

I pronounce Sako as
"sub-minute of angle all day long."

Requires a healthy wallet to translate. Elegant functional design, too.

 

[BigD_in_FL]

Sock-O, just like the K in HK is pronounced COKE

 

[tpcollins]

A poor man like me pronounces it "Tikka".

Mine is a Tikka T3 Lite stainless in .204 Ruger - it's a tack driver for sure.

 

[reynolds357]

NW Pilgrim, Sub-MOA is not longer much of an accomplishment.

 

[Chuck Dye]

Sako is a name...

Not quite.

SAKO is an acronym for a name: Suojeluskuntain Ase- ja Konepaja Oy, Finnish for Civil Guard Gun and Machiningworks Ltd.