Hey All!
Lately there has been more and more scammers on the forum board.
They register and replies to members requests for guns and/or parts or other things.
The reply contains a gmail or hotmail address or similar ”anonymous” email addresses which they want you to reply to.
DO NOT ANSWER ANY STRANGE MESSAGES!
They often state something like this:
”Hello!
Saw your post about purchasing a stock for a Safari. KnuckleheadBob has one. Email him at: [email protected]”
If you receive any strange messages:
Check the status of whoever message you. If they have no posts and signed up the same day or very recently, stay away. Same goes for other members they might refer to. Check them too and if they are long standing members, PM them and ask if the message is legit. Most likely it’s not.
Then use the report function in each message or post so I can kick them out!
Beware of anything that might seem fishy!
And again, for all of you who registered your personal name as username, please contact me so I can change it to a more anonymous username.
You’d be surprised of how much one can find out about a person from just a username on a forum such ad our!
All the best! And be safe!
Jim
I have 4 left wing safety L46's of which 3 have the later version left wing safety (in 218 Bee, 22 Hornet, & 222), and all 3 have the "Circle L46" on the front dove tail. Of course my very early 7X33 (with barrel band & arctic birch stock w/ no checkering) has the Circle L46.
A minor correction for you Icebear - our term stock tank does not come from the Spanish word "tanque" which means large recipient or military tank, but rather from the Spanish "estanque" which translates to pond, and by the way, here in South Texas near the coast, our estanque/stock tank tends...
Icebear - I'm partial to the left wing safety L46's - my small brood includes a 222 w/ ser #6275 dtd 1/13/1951. My others are a 7x33 #2663 6/16/1947 (w/earlier style wing safety), a 218Bee #5637 1/19/1951, & a 22Hornet #6172 2/5/1951.
Stone, you may recall I had two L57 244 Sporters at the time and was certainly willing to let one go in order to obtain such a nice Hornet, especially one having the left wing safety, to add to my other left-wingers (Bee, 7x33, & 222), and frankly, the Hornet accompanies me more often on trips...
Like Stone, I didn't see the previous posts either. I have been hoarding my scant supply of Sako 7x33 rounds for the past few years, so now I'm about to place an order for a couple hundred bullets so I can have a little fun shooting this unique rifle.
Stone, must be the earlier ones that are stamped that way. Mine has it (#2663), and also a gas vent through the second "i" in Rihimaki.
Norway.375, is your magazine stamped 7x33?
I have also had the same experience as you (and Icebear) have described. My 222 L46 HB which is about the same vintage as yours, has the same problem with the Hornady 50gr Vmax, i.e. a couple of tight 2 shot groups, and scattered for the rest, but yet it gets good, groups with other factory ammo...
Nice rifle Tesla. Do you have opportunities to hunt with it? Perhaps some "jabalís"? I am absolutely enamored with northern Spain, having spent five weeks in Bilbao in the Summer of 2014, and a bit more time in Navarra and the Pyrenees. If you like, I would love to follow up with you via...
Another possibility is the ammo. None of my 222's get consistent groups with Hornady's SuperPerformance 50gr V-Max, yet do fine with other factory ammo (Winchester, Federal, Remington).
Had mine for quite some time - I remember it from the late 1950's, and claimed it for my own when my grandfather passed away about 45 years ago. Taken a number of coyotes with it plus a couple of bobcats and even a whitetail, not to mention countless jackrabbits. It could be...
For me, the first rifle after learning to shoot with a 22 LR single shot was my grandfather's 218 Bee (left wing safety), and with it my brothers and I terrrorized a good number of coyotes and a couple of bobcats on the family's South Texas ranch that shared a fence with the famous King Ranch...
It's from 1966 since Browning used the last digit after the letter to indicate the year ("..Z6"). I have one from 1966 too - a beautiful rifle and a joy to hold and carry. Most here feel value is similar to that of comparable Sako Deluxes, but seems to me the Sako's are appreciating a little...
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