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Marlin mod, 322

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pahoghunter

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At an upcoming auction they have listed a "Sako Riihimaki with a Marlin 322 barrel". I did some reading on this item and some believe the button rifled barrels by Marlin didn't last. This is an L46 action and as I understand it thats the only part of the gun thats Sako? Do these have any collector value or would I be purchasing it just for the aciton, My thinking is in the $500 to $600 range, although the way guns have been going at sales lately it could go much higher.
 
pahoghumter,
Not sure about this as a factory setup from Riihimaki. My thought it it could be re-barreled on the L46 action. I don't like button rifled barrels myself, and once had a Marlin 336C with the micro-grove barrel that I shot a lot and it lost it's mystique quickly with me.
As a collector value, there is no real collector market in Sako. It's more of a cult at the moment, but when they hit their 100th Anniversary things will change, I'm sure. At present, it seems like they hold value, and some increase as the years go by.
You happen to have any pictures, or is it just listed at the moment? Look it over carefully before you bid.
S-A
 
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