L61r barrel

[Tuomas Isomäki]

I'm trying to figure out whether the barrel of the l61r in the pictures is a factory fit or has the rifle been rebarreled for some reason? SN is in the 20xxx range.

There are no sako or bofors designations present, just the caliber and "made in finland" on the left side.

The caliber is 30-06.

Edit: I was told that the barrel should original, but it has been threaded in the 60's with 15x1 threads for buzzle brake / silencer. At the same time some "cone" is added between the barrel and receiver?? And possibly a thin layer of metal is also removed to fit the cone.
Does anybody have any idea why this has been done?

Thanks!

 

[stonecreek]

Strange. I can only provide you with a theory:

Someone attempted to tighten the headspace by facing off the barrel shoulder. They removed too much, so compensated by removing more and taking up the space with a washer between the barrel face and the receiver face. I know that sounds far-fetched, but it's all I can come up with at the moment. Or perhaps it is a replacement barrel on which they set the headspace by this method?

 

[Tuomas Isomäki]

I called to Sako and they confirmed by looking the pictures that the barrel is indeed replaced. The replacement barrel is either Sako or Tikka. And yes, the spacer is for headspace adjustment..