paulsonconstruction
Sako-addicted
I just refinished it. Browned the barrel, stained the stock with Fiebing's medium brown leather dye, applied my homemade oil finish, added antiqued brass ramrod & sling swivels. Put a Marble Bullseye rear sight & a white bead XS front on it. Found the sling on Amazon. It's a Navy Arms "Buffalo Hunter" from the early 1970's. It's not a repro of any gun that ever existed, but it is based on the Zouave Civil War musket. Val Forgett, founder of Navy Arms, had Antonio Zolli make them to his spec. He then took it to Africa, along with the "Hawken Hunter" to hunt the Big Five & other African game. Forgett used 180 grains of BP & a 600 Gr Minie for the big stuff. I found that 100 grains of BP under a .570" patched round ball will terminate anything I need to hit with great authority. Had a complete pass through, lengthwise, on a 300+ lb Hog last year. It was like a lightning bolt hit him. Amazing how those big chunks of lead just keep going & going.Good looking rifle. Did you build it?
BTW, after stripping the stock, I believe it is quartersawn Sycamore, which gives it a wonderful speckled texture not fully visible in the photo. Not sure I could ever bring myself to sell this rifle.