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I'm interested in picking up a nice Sako .300 H&H.; Much to my surprise and pleasure, I found a Pre-Castro L61R with a 3.5x10 Leupold VX III scope... The gun is in 95-98% condition, buyer wants to sell it with scope. Any idea what it's worth?
 
Pre-Castro huh?

I can only offer what the new Fjestad Blue Book has to say. FWIW, many here feel it's values are low and in some cases info mis-leading. At any rate, for FN magnums - 100% - $745, 98% - $635, 95% - $580, 90% - $495. I find no reference to Safari Grade until much later, in the AV series. They do state production started in 1951 with s/n 100,001.

Scope and mounts would almost have to be worth $150-200.

My understanding is that they did continue to produce FN rifles after the introduction of the L-61 in 1962, branded both in their own name and others. Your post(s) refers to the rifle both as an L61 and a FN... I've never handled one of these, but can't imagine it would be stamped as a L-61?
 
interesting. Well, it is a .300 magnum. As I understand the later models were printed .300 H&H.; Further, it has the safari flip up sights. The serial number was 110772 (from memory, apologies if wrong). The gentleman selling is selling this rifle, scope, and 5 boxes of .300 H&H; for 1400. I was going to try and talk him down some, but we'll see.
 
Please post some pictures. I have never seen a Sako with flip-up sights. It should be marked 300 H&H; not 300 magnum as there is no such thing as a 300 magnum.....300 Winchester and 300 Weatherby yes....300 magnum no. Ask him if the barrel was replaced. I would use caution here. Regards, Rick.
 
For many years the .300 H&H; was referred to as simply the ".300 Magnum" as it was the only .30 caliber with a belted magnum case. Many of the guns chambered for it, including the early Sakos, were simply marked ".300 Magnum".

Unlike the L61R action in which the .300 H&H; chambering is somewhat uncommon (being supplanted by the .300 Winchester shortly after the introduction of the L61R), the H&H; is fairly common in the pre-L61R Mauser actioned Sakos. Many of them were rechambered, as was the fashion of the day, to .300 Weatherby.

The value of the gun depends almost entirely on condition, quality of the wood, etc. Fourteen Hundred is on the high side, but with the scope, mounts, and ammunition, it could be worth it if its condition is good enough.
 
I have a factory sporter L61 tagged 300 MAG, and chambers the 300h&h.; Serial number is four digit. Mike



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