Sabatti STR

The History of Sabatti

Sabatti’s history can be traced back to the early 18th century’s Val Trompia, a region in northern Italy that is historically well known for metalworking and arms manufacturing. We know of one Lodovico Sabatti working there as a gunsmith in the early 1700s, in the city of Gardone Val Trompia. He was regarded as an excellent barrel maker and a flintlock pistol maker, skills that later became somewhat of a trademark for the Sabatti family.

In the first half 1800s, a man by the name of Giuseppe Sabatti gained considerable fame as one of the best Damascus steel barrel manufacturers ever, thus further contributing to Sabatti’s rising influence in the craft. In fact, it was throughout the 19th century when several members of the Sabatti family became respected practitioners of the trade, some of whom opened their own workshops, while others joined forces with other gunsmiths to open companies, many of which are still in operation today. Sabatti members also played an important role as gunsmiths in the turbulent years of Italian unification.

After a seeming decline of the Sabatti family in the first half of the 20th century, Antonio Sabatti entered a partnership with Giuseppe Tanfoglio to form a new company almost immediately after World War II (in 1946). Their joint company was named SATA (Sabatti and Tanfoglio), and it reinvigorated the Italian gun manufacturing business. They first put all their efforts into manufacturing high-quality hunting shotguns and rifles, but in 1956 they also introduced their first pistols for personal defense.

The partnership ended in 1960 with Giuseppe founding Tanfoglio while Antonio’s sons set up their own company, which until 1990 operated under the name FIAS (Fabbrica Italiana Armi Sabatti). They seemingly split SATA down the middle – Tanfoglio specialized in hand pistols only while Sabatti to this day remains a well-respected manufacturer of hunting shotguns and rifles. And just like in the past, the quality of the barrels and actions are still Sabatti’s main strengths. They even patented a new Multi-Radial Rifling (MRR) system which extends the life cycle of the rifle’s barrel, and due to the lack of traditional sharp corners, it prevents excessive bore fouling. MRR system thus increases the overall quality of barrels, making Sabatti rifles, such as Sabatti Urban Sniper, Saphire, Saphire E.R., or ST-18, a great pick.

Sabatti STR Rifle Review

Sabatti STR was first presented in early 2017 as the successor to the older Sabatti Tactical Syn. It is, as the name suggests, a bolt-action rifle that was specifically created for tactical field applications (Sabatti Tactical Rifle - STR). It is a predecessor to the more competitive-oriented STR Sport model which has since become more popular and has, in contrast to the standard STR model, seen some major improvements that effectively led to a completely new design in 2021 that caused base model STR’s early retirement that same year. Nevertheless, the STR model has seemingly helped pave the way for Sabatti to consolidate itself as a strong competitor in the tactical and competitive field.

Sabatti STR in .308 Win.

Figure 1: Sabatti STR in .308 Win. (Source: https://www.eastgun.co.uk/store/images/Screen%20Shot%202017-06-06%20at%2014.03.40.png)

Sabatti STR was built around the traditional Rover action of the push-feed style. It comes with a pre-installed full-length 20 MOA Picatinny rail that considerably increases the number of scope mounting possibilities the shooter has at disposal. The all-steel action hosts a polished bolt with an interchangeable bolt handle and 2 locking lugs for safety purposes. Behind the bolt handle, on the right side of the receiver, there’s a safety catch that locks the rifle’s three-lever Match trigger. A two-stage Match trigger was available on request when the rifle first hit the shelves, but we weren’t able to determine if that has changed since then. The trigger has a pull weight of 600 g (1.3 lbs) and it’s protected by a comfortably spacious trigger guard. On the outside of the trigger guard, there’s a magazine catch that quickly and easily detaches the rifle’s 5-, 7-, or 10-round AICS (Accuracy International Chassis) magazine. The latter can be either polymer or metal. This is because Sabatti first produced STRs with a metal AICS magazine, but then soon switched to the polymer. Therefore, the magazine’s size and material depend on where and when the rifle was bought.

Sabatti STR’s 660 mm (26-inch) long barrel with 22 mm (0.86-inch) diameter comes with a 5/8”-24 threaded muzzle fitted with either a muzzle brake, or a protective cap, or a 3-chambered compensator. It makes use of the Sabatti’s patented Multi-Radial Rifling (MRR) system that arguably increases the barrel’s accuracy and its longevity. The barrel is also equipped with an AR-style Picatinny hand guard with 3 Picatinny side rails. They are machined from solid billets of Ergal 55 alloy, as is the full-length Picatinny rail on top of the rifle.

The Sabatti STR ends in an aesthetically pleasing modular buttstock. On top of being fully adjustable, it is also foldable, which makes the rifle more versatile and mobile. Since the Sabatti STR can fit any M4-style buttstock, the rifle can also be ordered without the buttstock, which increases the shooter’s freedom of choice.

Sabatti STR Calibers

Sabatti STR can be chambered for:

6.5x47 Lapua
6.5 Creedmoor
.308 Win
.300 Win. Mag.

Sabatti STR Variants

It is a bit complicated when we talk about Sabatti STR variants. This is because there was originally only one other variant of the base model, which was the Sabatti STR Sport. While the standard STR was meant to be used in the tactical fields, the STR Sport was intended for more competitive applications. But since the experience gathered through the years proved the rifle to be more successful in the competitive environment, Sabatti chose to focus all their STR resources on the STR Sport model. In 2021, they announced a completely redesigned STR Sport with an additional STR Sport FC variant, and they effectively retired the older STR model. Therefore, there are now 2 versions of the Sabatti STR Sport model: pre-2021 and post-2021, with the latter having an additional FC variant and having very little in common with the original STR base model that is now retired. The Sabatti STR variants therefore are:

Sabatti STR Desert
Sabatti STR Sport (Pre-2021)
Sabatti STR Sport (Post-2021)
Sabatti STR Sport FC
Sabatti STR Sport Black*
Sabatti STR Sport Red*

* Sabatti STR Sport and STR Sport FC are both available in these colors.

Sabatti STR’s receiver comes with a pre-installed full-length 20 MOA Picatinny rail which offers a high number of mounting possibilities.

The receiver of Sabatti STR with a visible mounting surface. The full-length 20 MOA Picatinny rail on Sabatti STR offers a high number of scope mounting possibilities

Figure 2&3: The receiver of Sabatti STR with a visible mounting surface. The full-length 20 MOA Picatinny rail on Sabatti STR offers a high number of scope mounting possibilities (Source: https://www.eastgun.co.uk/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=88)

Scope Mounts Interchangeable with Sabatti STR

Rifles That Have Scope Mounts Interchangeable with Sabatti STR

The necessary condition for rifles to have one-piece mounts interchangeable is that the mounting surfaces of these rifles match in every dimension. Since Sabatti STR comes with a pre-installed full-length Picatinny rail, all the one-piece scope mounts suitable for Picatinny will fit on the STR, too.

There’s even less dilemma around the interchangeability of two-piece mounts since they don’t have to meet any of the length requirements. Therefore, any two-piece scope mount that fits on a Picatinny rail will also fit on the Sabatti STR.

Should you have any additional information regarding possible mount matches, please contact us. We will gladly accept your help and expand our database accordingly.

Best Scope Mounts for Sabatti STR

Fixed Scope Mounts for Sabatti STR

Tier-One is an excellent manufacturer of robust and reliable scope mounting solutions for tactical and competitive rifles. We recommend this 30 mm Short Monomount fixed scope mount by Tier-One for the Sabatti STR. It is made of aluminum and comes with a 10-year warranty.

Detachable Repeatable Scope Mounts for Sabatti STR

Detachable repeatable scope mounts are usually a bit pricier than fixed mounts but offer much more flexibility. They allow the shooter to easily attach or detach an optic without any tools while retaining zero the whole time. Some view this as an advantage worth paying for, and if this is what you’re interested in, you might want to consider this 30 mm Spuhr QDP detachable repeatable scope mount for your Sabatti STR.

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Airguns or pellet guns (the name comes from projectiles they shoot – pellets) are popular among all generations of people with a variety of different interests.

They are used for

plinking,
hunting,
sport competitions etc.

All these activities demand variety of different airguns. A lot of these applications do not require a rifle scope for using an air gun, but some of them do – especially hunting or long range shooting.

Hawke 9-11mm Match Mounts, 30mm, high

General Features of Airgun Scope Mounts

It is common to almost all airguns that they have 11 mm dovetail on the receiver. This dovetail is full length and it is used for mounting a rifle scope or diopter. Such dovetails are basically the same as on the rimfire rifles (.22 calibre). It is important to know that they share the same mounting platform and this is why we can found airgun scope mounts also on rimfire rifles and normally, similar scopes are used on both types of rifles.

When thinking of mounting a rifle scope on the airgun, we have to consider that spring powered airguns have strong recoil in both directions. This is why the robustness and rigidness of the mounts is extremely important (especially with spring powered airguns). This problem is not the case with rimfire rifles, where recoil is very mild.

Mostly, these mounts are made from aluminium and can also have a screw that serves as recoil stopper. The screw can be placed vertically, but with the two part design scope mounts, screw can be placed horizontally. Although, majority of airgun scope mounts comes without recoil notches. There are two options available for mounting the scope on the airgun monoblock scope mount: 25.4 mm (1’’) or 30 mm rings. Other dimensions can also be found, however - they are extremely rare.

Normally, airgun mounts are affordable and in most cases fixed. Detachable airgun scope mounts are usually very rare. However, the most affordable airgun mounts are also the ones from the lowest quality (although, sufficient) and high quality mounts can be expensive, too.

Adjustable inclination on the rifle scope mounts is advisable, usable and a lot of times needed (because of the imperfections of different parts – rifle, mount, rings and dovetail). Some of the mounts also have recoil buffer available. There are also available shock absorbing recoil buffers that can be bought separately and installed behind the scope mount and help to absorb recoil.

BKL 0.6" Long Dovetail Rings, 30 mm

BKL 0.6" Long Dovetail Rings, 30 mm

Monoblock Scope Mounts for Airguns

Monoblock scope mounts for airguns are definitely more reliable than two piece scope mounts. This is normally because they can handle recoil much better. They are robust, rigid, hard and they offer great clamping surface for the dovetail. However, with monoblock scope mounts, setting the proper eye relief might be an issue in some cases. Also, monoblock mounts are almost always more expensive than similar two piece mounts. Clamping surface on the rail which is connected to the rings in one piece is usually higher than it can be with comparable two piece mounts. This might also be an disadvantage, worth mentioning.

One Part and Two Part Design of Airgun Scope Mounts

When we are talking about two piece solutions of airgun mounts, we should not forget to mention some of the differences between one part and two part design of these mounts. One part design is easier to produce, therefore these mounts are cheaper as a rule. Versatility with one part design of scope mounts is normally poor. More options of mounting a scope are normally available with two part design scope mounts. It is good to know that airgun scope mounts for rifle scopes with rail systems are not usual (actually, they are rare). If they are available, they are normally available with two part design of scope mounts. Example for such mount could be Recknagel’s tip off mount for 11 mm dovetail on the bottom and with Zeiss rail option (ZM/VM) on the top. They also offer a LM rail version of these mounts.

Sabatti STR

The History of Sabatti