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
The Austrian manufacturer Steyr popularized the full stock rifle (wood extending all the way to the muzzle) in its Mannlicher model, so the term "Mannlicher" eventually became generic for any full stock rifle. Sako actually marked their full stock rifles as "Mannlicher" in their records and on...
I've been down with a cold for a while and not feeling like doing any real work, so I took some time to glean some additional interesting information from the Sako records.
The L57 medium action rifle was introduced in 1957 and produced until superseded by the L579 in 1959. Here are how many...
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1041957489
Some sellers just don't seem to care, but this one could run afoul of the law.
The seller represents this standard AV as "Deluxe", which it obviously is not. And he also misrepresents it as C&R eligible, which it is not. He further represents it as...
Early seventies is about as good a guess as can be made as to age. Our Club's factory inspection records go to about 48000 for the L61R, stopping sometime in 1972. However, Sako did not assign their serial numbers chronologically, so it is impossible to know exactly when your rifle was...
Remember, during this period they were also turning out P54s, L46/1's, L579's, and still a few Sako-Mausers. The volume of L469's in .222 Magnum alone in 1961 was over a thousand rifles, while the .222's numbered 4,404 -- and there were 3,290 L579's in .243 made that year. The "small" calibers...
Doing a little searching through the records I came up with some interesting information. The first L61R's were shipped in June of 1961. I thought it would be interesting to see how many of each caliber was produced in that first year of 1961. Here are the stats from the shipping records in...
I also prefer the early Sakos for their lighter weight and more slender profiles. But doesn't it largely defeat the advantage of the more svelte rifle to place a large and heavy optic on it? Wouldn't a 40mm (or smaller) objective with a 1" tube be better suited to it?
As I understand it, "Guns Dot Com" is not a single seller, but an aggregator which handles volumes of guns for individuals who don't, for whatever reason, wish to market under their own names. For that reason I pay no attention to their ads, even for a Sako with bent bottom metal in a forty...
There is no such thing as a "safer" bullet for a .30-06. The difference between one bullet and another in penetration, maximum range, and any other factor is so little -- at least in regard to "bystanders" -- as to make absolutely no difference. A 150 grain is almost as likely to fully...
Dear Jesus! Not the "twist rate" thing again? There's never been a .30-06 barrel made which wouldn't stabilize 200 grain spitzers or 220 grain RN's. That's not to say that any individual .30-06 rifle will shoot those particular bullet weights well since accuracy depends on a myriad of...
One might speculate that such rifle was made for S&M enthusiasts, but the leather would certainly have been black if that were the case. And it would have come with a sling made of chain. Oooow . . . too scary to think about.
Glad you're enjoying your Sakos! But we need to warn you that having four is just a starter for a serious and incurable addiction.
The holes in the base of the Sako high rings are not for the purpose of "peep" or "see-through" use with iron sights. They are simply there to lighten the weight...
From the evidence I've seen it appears that Sako frequently checkered the grip and not the forearm on rifles intended for domestic distribution or distribution in other European countries. My guess is that this was to slightly lower the cost, but that is only a guess.
I believe that the "oil"...
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I owned an early Ruger 77 in .22-250 which did okay. I also owned a beautifully restocked early Ruger 77 in 6mm Remington which was challenged to hit the proverbial barn side. The stock job was splendid so I hated to get rid of it, but get rid of it I did. Haven't had much in the way of...
1: You can't accurately ascertain the date of manufacture of a Sako by its serial number. Numbers were not assigned chronologically. 2: No, the number in the stock barrel channel is of no significance. It was likely used to identify the lot the stock came from within the factory and is not...
No. The barrel is custom, not Sako or factory. The person who fitted the barrel probably chose to number it to the action for some reason. The "1879" is a serial or other identifying number which the maker or the fitter stamped on the barrel's underside. I have no idea if "404" is a grade of...
Welcome, BigGame! Where about in the Colorado Rockies? I own some acreage near the Culebra Range and have taken elk and mule deer in the San Juans. Never hunted with anything other than a Sako.
Except for a few high-dollar rimfire rifles, pretty much all .22's used to be "crude as far as fit and finish". However, the Sako rimfire barrels were always of very high quality, so the little P46's and P54's typically yield better-than-average accuracy.
For those reasons .22 rimfires can...
I'm sure the 7mm Savage Magnum is vastly superior to the Ithaca, Iver Johnson, Hawthorne, or J.C. Higgins 7mm Magnums. I do favor the 7mm Aquila Magnum, however, even though it is quite similar to the High Standard magnum.
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