Hi All,
Now Jack I am not familar with the vintage Sakos however BSA designed this during the late 1940's, yep it took some time due to the war damages etc to get it into production but it has the much vaunted "Three Rings of Steel" around the cartridge head. A prototype was shipped to the US for Elmer Keith to evaluate and he made a few sugestions for slight modifications which BSA incorparated. The first ones were in .22 Hornet and .222 Remington with the Hornet coming first. They are getting harder to find in good condition
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Now Dan,
To answer you question fully would equate to almost a book on the forums here but to simplify it you have to apply to the Police for a Firearms Certificate and get two references from people who know you and have done so for over 3 years. These people must be of certain position and character and list of those accepted is provided in the application pack. The guns and ammunition must be kept in secure storage at all times when not in use or being cleaned worked on etc to keep them out of unauthorised hands.
In law there is actaully no limit to the amount possessed but you will find the Police highly confrontational on your having more than one or two. They say you must have good reason to have them and shooting is not a good reason
you can only buy what it on your certificate to buy and that goes for amunition too. Lot's of hoops none of which reduce crime one might add it's about control nothing more..