Looks like a Savage sporter:
Well not 100% sure about that stonecreek. I think it might be a Savage-Sako. Janne's post got the cat out of the bag a little quicker than I expected and I don't know too much about them but I believe Sako refurbished some of these savages in the same vein as the Sako enfields (I've only been keeping an eye out for these for the past 6 months or so and don't have too much to go on). I haven't be able to find out too much about them and only have limited pictures but I believe Sako may have produced a run of these in the 1960s. So far from what I can tell and the information I can find they were chambered in .25-20 and .22 hornet and possibly .32-20. Now I don't have much to go on, only some photos below and a few references to them. I'm not sure of the extent of sakos involvement and what they did but from what I can gather definitely fitting Sako ladder and ramp sites and also screw on dovetails but I'm not sure about what else. What I have been chasing is close up action pics and any proof mark stamping photos.Hopefully janne you can provide us with some when you get your rifle to complete the puzzle? So janne I still think you may have a very interesting Sako rifle!
! So far we've seen Sako-Enfields, Russian Sako-Winchesters, and now Savage-Sakos.. The Model 23 was factory chambered in .22 RF, .22 Hornet, .218 Bee (I think), .25-20, and .32-20. It was the consummate farmer's small game rifle of the early 20th Century. It was more affordable than the Winchester Model 43 or the Marlin or Winchester Levers, with the Remington Model 25 slide action rifle being probably its closest competitor.
There were two versions of the Savage Sporter magazine. On the earlier one the bottom 1/3 or so of the box was textured with a stamped diamond pattern, probably to enhance the finger grip on it when inserting and removing. This is like the one in Topgear's photos. The later magazine was plain stamped steel as in your photos.
)? At any rate, if there is a military connection that could explain why there would be a volume of them and why Sako might have done some refurbishments or retrofittings on them. Maybe Sako was contracted to alter them to match Finnish military specs, who knows?
I think that Savage quit producing the Model 23 long before the 1960's, but I'll have to see what I can find on that.
If you can find out that would be good to know. I know nothing about savages. They would have to be around 1960s production as they have the fine checkered front site ramp not the course early version Sako used. So that feature does add wait to the 1960s time frame.
