• 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

.25-20 heads up

Sako Collectors Club Discussion Forum

Interesting, the advert must have been revised after I saw it earlier today - it was listed as being chambered in .25-06!

Marcus
 
Branxhunter, saw that as well. Thaught it must have had a stretch job done on the action....
 
Those are rare in Australia, but almost non-existent in the U.S. Firearms International never imported the .25-20 (or the 7x33) to the U.S., so the few that are here were imported by individuals. Funny, but I've run across quite a few more 7x33's than .25-20's in my years of Sako-searching.
 
Too bad we can't get the Feds to allow import of rare rifles like this to collectors without the need to go through an import specialist and without the requirement to stamp the importers name on the rifle.

rick
 
Too bad we can't get the Feds to allow import of rare rifles like this to collectors without the need to go through an import specialist and without the requirement to stamp the importers name on the rifle.

rick

Rick, you can make occasional imports to enhance your collection if you register as a Curio & Relics collector.

No need for a middle man then.

Here are my . 25-20’s by the way.;)

Jim

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Hi Jim

Thanks for that information. But the Sako L46 have to go through an FFL as a CR holder I can't receive them directly so without asking you to go through war and peace how would that work?

rick
 
Hello Jim,

What a lovely pair of L46's. Are they .25 - 20 WCF's or 6, 3 X 33 R's? I would imagine the former, as they are stocked in walnut and not artic birch. Hey Sako CC members can we see some stunning artic birch L46 stocks? Sako should of stuck to artic birch and said NO! to walnut, after all there is hundreds of tons of quality artic birch tree's in Finland.

Blackjack
 
Hi Jim

Thanks for that information. But the Sako L46 have to go through an FFL as a CR holder I can't receive them directly so without asking you to go through war and peace how would that work?

rick

Rick, no need to don your boxing gloves just yet.

According to my investigations, as a CR holder you can apply for an import license using Form 6 ( I believe that is the right designation) to import occasional rifles for your collection.

If granted, you can import it directly without the need for FFL.

Then again, you may have to pay fees for bonded store and what not along the way.

If you don’t fly over ti pick up the firearm yourself that is.

I suggest checking the website for BATFE and also emailing them.

Jim
 
Hello Jim,

What a lovely pair of L46's. Are they .25 - 20 WCF's or 6, 3 X 33 R's? I would imagine the former, as they are stocked in walnut and not artic birch. Hey Sako CC members can we see some stunning artic birch L46 stocks? Sako should of stuck to artic birch and said NO! to walnut, after all there is hundreds of tons of quality artic birch tree's in Finland.

Blackjack


BJ, mine are .25-20’s.

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I notice that both of Jim's .25-20's have the left wing safety -- with upturned end. I'm a bit surprised that the ends of the safety levers are not turned down like some later LH safeties. This was to provide a little more clearance of the safety lever when a scope was mounted. Just goes to show how much "mix and match" there was in Sakos, especially the early ones.

As I recall, Jim has done some work on documenting the many variations in the L46 actions. I know of at least five different configurations of bolts/safeties, and I'll bet that Jim can cite even more.
 
Hello Jim,

How did the right hand L46 .25 - 20 WCF get the file marks on the breach end of the barrel?

Blackjack
 
Hello Jim,

How did the right hand L46 .25 - 20 WCF get the file marks on the breach end of the barrel?

Blackjack

BJ, I’m not sure?

But I have seen it on many L46’s over here. Most likely a way to get clearance for scopes. I have no idea if it is original or not.

Jim
 
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