Finland's Next Service Rifle (Mostly): Sako ARG S 40 (Ad-free)
Added 2025-02-21 12:00:05 +0000 UTCFinland and Sweden are both in the process of adopting AR-pattern rifles, and for the Finns this will be their first service rifle in 5.56mm NATO. It is a transition that has been anticipated for nearly 20 years, but was finally put into high gear by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Finland's entrance into NATO. The exact pattern of the new service rifle is being determined through testing (it may be DI or a short-stroke piston; we don't know yet) but the National Defence Training Association of Finland (MPK) has chosen and purchased the ARG S 40 as it's new rifle for reservist training. This is the much-anticipated AR pattern rifle manufactured by Sako, which won Finnish military tests.
As acquired by the MPK, the rifle is semiautomatic only, chambered for standard 5.56mm NATO, direct impingement, and features fully ambidextrous controls, collapsing Magpul stock, heavy 16.1" barrel, and M-lok handguard. The military rifles will of course be select-fire and will have some different details, but this is my first look at the general AR pattern from Sako. Overall it handles quite well, and I think it makes a lot of sense for Finland's needs.
Many thanks to the MPK for giving me a chance to film this example, and for providing these rifles as stage guns for shooting at Varusteleka's Finnish Brutality 2025!
Comments
Curious if sako is using forged or billet for the receivers. The lines seem a bit unfamiliar
Squid556
2025-05-30 12:55:48 +0000 UTCSomething to keep in mind for future filming: you need some additional fill when you've got all that stark white b/g behind you; the detail of you & the rifle is pretty muddy until you go into closeups where there isn't all the snow throwing off the lighting balance...
Bruce Brodnax
2025-02-22 08:59:23 +0000 UTCYou’re totally right. I’ve fired the FAMAS, EBR, AK, AUG, M110, an M1 Garand, but if I got deployed right now I’d take an off the rack M4 (with decent mags and a bottle of CLP).
Plan9fromkansas
2025-02-21 18:49:02 +0000 UTCit would be kind of stupid if one country would go piston one DI. who knows. may have to help each other out with parts some day.
Guido Schriewer
2025-02-21 14:58:44 +0000 UTClooks soft. and that's an a2 fh. some fancy brake and ... speed. finally somebody who isn't jumping the hk bandwagon. anyways... giving the weather I'd miy opt for a piston trade recoil and weight for that bit more momentum to move the bolt. is that a midlength gastube with that rifle? and they still run browning DASA? not critical but any plans there?
Guido Schriewer
2025-02-21 14:55:35 +0000 UTCEugene Stoner was a genius. The more non-AR guns I use, the more I realize how great his design is.
z c
2025-02-21 12:18:35 +0000 UTC
