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1969 Forester fullstock in .308

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waterwolf

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Just picked up this circa 1969 (and still lightweight) L579 Forester fullstock in .308

I like rifles in this condition: "very good" with just enough wear on it so that I'm not afraid to take it hunting.

Only modification I made was to remove the whiteline spacer from the buttplate.
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I have a similar .308 Mannlicher. It's been a great performer with accuracy that shoots right along with my half-stock Sakos.

A prior owner had cut the stock to add an aftermarket pad. I took advantage of this by replacing the pad with a Sako buttplate to make a short-stocked, short-barreled rifle for a young or female shooter. My grandson used it until he graduated to a full-sized rifle, then a female guest used it to take both a whitetail and a coyote. I also mounted the scope a bit further to the rear to allow a smaller person to acquire the sight picture without straining too far forward.

I could reconfigure it to fit myself better, but having plenty of other rifles to shoot I like to keep it as is for guests of smaller physical stature.
 
The Bofors Steel stamping was eliminated sometime around ‘68 .. I have a L579 also numbered in the 79 k range .. it still has the Bofors stamp. Just wondering?

bloo
 
Ok Hip.........

Of course, we all know of the recoil lug as part of the receiver.
But......."recoil bolt" is a new one on me. :)

I was brought up on......"cross-bolt".

But then.....again.....maybe my earlier life is sorta sheltered.

What say ye??? :)
 
Well…I wasn’t really what you call a sheltered child..think I spent more time running for shelter!:rolleyes:

I’m sorry Kev..left out the one defining word from the proper nomenclature.:oops:

I will just refer to it as that shiny donut thang :)

Actually I was just asking if The Wolf’s carbine was Bofors Stamped…indirectly I suppose.

bloo
 
Ok Hip.........

Of course, we all know of the recoil lug as part of the receiver.
But......."recoil bolt" is a new one on me. :)

I was brought up on......"cross-bolt".

But then.....again.....maybe my earlier life is sorta sheltered.

What say ye??? :)


Period importer literature describes the stock crossbolt as a "recoil lug."

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Just picked up this circa 1969 (and still lightweight) L579 Forester fullstock in .308

I like rifles in this condition: "very good" with just enough wear on it so that I'm not afraid to take it hunting.

Only modification I made was to remove the whiteline spacer from the buttplate.
IXnul4A.jpg

Pray tell, what scope is that?
 
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