• 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

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C.Gloyd

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Good evening y’all. I have received a rifle I know very little about. It belonged to a family member who passed. I know my grandfather worked as a gun smith and customized it for them. Yes before you roll your eyes or sigh, he was professional and took a great deal of pride in his work. The rifle although. Or flawless was a safe princess for the majority of its life.

It is a L57 in 243. Action listed as No 1670. I’m still bumping around in the forum to learn more about it. I feel certain the barrels isn’t Sako but I’m unsure who the manufacturer is. It’s marked Ilaic’s above the caliber marking. I’m unable find anything about that yet.
 
Without pictures it's hard to make an analysis. Close ups of stampings & other details are the most helpful. The L57 was made from 1957 to 1959, before Sako switched to the L579. IIRC, about 10,000 were made.
 

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