I'll get some pics of the bottom of the action, the floorplate and the bolt/extractor and post them tomorrow sometime. Anyone know the proper diameter and thread for the action? Damn limeys screwed the whole world up with their oddball threads.I do have a 55 deg cutting tool for making Boys rifle barrels so thats not a problem. Click on Title for Details: Sako L61R Finnbear. Sako Factory Records Service Current Inventory. If its whitworth I'm going to need a new pitch guage. Sako for sale, vintage Sako rifles, pre-Garcia Sako rifles, Riihimaki Sako rifles, proprietary Sako Rifles, Sako accessories, fine heirloom quality Sakos and other fine guns, Leupold scopes, Browning. It was looking like 21mm X 1.5 but it was not quite exact. I thought it would be metric like all the new mauser actions that Remington is importing. I had a difficult time measuring the thread pitch and diameter. I have no idea which extractor this one has.Sako's are not familiar to me. Its hard to make out the edges of the block inside but once you know its there you can see.You can make out the differing color in the blue underneath where the rivets are too. I'll ask them to either leave the trigger guard inletting out or see if they can do the flat floorplate version.Īs for the action, it is solid but it has two rivets holding in a cartridge guide block.
Sako did not produce rifles in sequential order with the serial numbers & their records are sketchy & incomplete so thats as close as one can get without the factory hang tag that came with the rifle.
There were 3 versions of the L61R and L579 models, the sporter, a deluxe model and a full stock Mannlicher version. For a short while, Sako produced a clip fed lever-action gun, the Sako Finnwolf(VL63) chambered in.
My trigger guard is straight sided and it looks like the floorplate was welded to the trigger guard itself then ground smooth with the whole thing then polished and blued. Sako Rifle Serial Number Lookup The AII stamping change started late 1977 or early 1978 with serial 327116, so I would guesstimate your production date in the late 70s. In 1961, Sako introduced the L61R Finnbear for the long cartridges like the. The action shows 'Sako' and 'Riihimaki' on the left side along with the serial number. Item:16069006 SAKO Pre-Garcia Finnish Model L579. GunA.Sako Serial Number Date - bucketyellow.SAKO RIIHIMAKI.222 REM BOLT ACTION RIFLE W/ SCOPE.Sako L579 Forester - W.Tikka Ser. In 1961, Sako introduced the L61R Finnbear for the long cartridges like the.30-06.270 and similar. Item:16069006 SAKO Pre-Garcia Finnish Model L579.
This is medium action ws designed for th.308 and.243 Winchester cartridges. I think I'll skip that one despite the nice price and go for a standard laminate. The list I show above shows that the model changes from L46 to L461 but are the serial numbers shown the ending number for that year So do I really have a L461 The top of the barrel is marked Cal. Sako Riihimaki S Full Stock Mannlicher The L461 has been very popular in Finland and Sweden, especially chambered for the.222 Remington cartridge.
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