• 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

G'day From Australia as well.

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An old friend of mine recently gave me his L46 .22 Hornet. Its a very sweet rifle and look forward to many days of hunting with it. Just getting used to it. Think I'll keep the Pecar 3X36 scope just to maintain the authenticity.
 
You are a lucky guy Peter. There are many on this site that would consider giving up their first born for a L46 hornet. If it was a 218 bee, they wouldn't have to think about it.
We would love to see pics when you get a chance. The old Pecar Berlin is just about perfect, so if it is clear and functions correctly I would leave it on as well.
Cheers Colin.
 
Thanks guys, my own first born son instantly laid an inheritance claim to it. I'll get some good pics of it and post them here. It's an old rifle that has seen some use in the field, it's not been a "wall hanger". Is there somewhere I can trace its origins and date of manufacture through the serial number? The Pecar scope is fine and clear so it will stay on there for authenticities sake.
 
Yes Peter, records are available for the L46. Just go to the dropdown menu at the top of this page and select the Factory Records Service.
 
The manufacture date matching your birth year makes for a nice touch.
Just for your info from what I can see from your pics, the foresight hood is from a latter model Sako. The L46 hood had virticle ends, rather than angled/sloped ends as shown. I believe the angled hood came in years later with the model 75.

Colin
 
Thanks for that information Colin. The previous owner was a meticulous man with a very interesting history and background, so no doubt it does have some stories to tell.
 
Nice one. Good that the rear sight hasn't been removed, as a lot of them were back in the day to accommodate a larger scope.
 
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