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As many of you already know I have a penchant for 17 Caliber rifles, especially anything Sako 17. So I found this little Sako 17-222 on GunBroker. It was advertised as an L46 17-222 so I hung in there and won the bid for a bit over $600. The rifle arrived yesterday and I was looking forward to unwrapping an L46 that was a 222 repurposed for the 17-222. To my surprise the little guy was not andL46. Instead it turned out to be a L461 single shot, custom jobberdo in 17-222.
As far as I know the L461 single shot receivers were basically only provided by Sako on special order and purchasers built custom rifles on them, in many cases the 17-222 was the preferred. wildcat. Here are some pics...
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I removed the scope rings and mount and as you can see the dovetails a basically perfect with just the slight pressure mark on the front dovetail from the friction screw. I lucked out.
Now I have not had time to remove the barreled action from the stock to see if the receiver has been pinned but from my observation of it with the bolt withdrawn it is a solid base receive and a genuine single shot L461. I think my prize is worth well over what I paid but I didn't purchase it for the money. It was simply for the love of Sako rifles and to my surprise I ended up getting a real gem. I also have not figured out who did the stock work so I certainly have more research to do.
I have been trying to find info on the builder BROGNE but have not had much luck. The guy obviously built some fine custom guns because I have found a few references about guns he built but other than that I can't find anything else. So info on him will be prized for sure.
Your thoughts and comments as always are welcome and appreciated.
rick
bill marden was super simplexA few articles that reference Bill Marden:
http://www.benchrestbulletin.net/drupal/node/25
https://www.sniperforums.com/threads/can-anyone-help-with-my-rifles-history.38231/
https://sakocollectors.com/forum/threads/what-rifles-other-than-sakos-do-you-hunt-with.9490/
I think Bill Marden was also behind the Simplex reloading presses and dies.
Marcus
Maybe we should take a call to see how many are out there in members hands?
me 1x L57 in 243 - still shooting
Maybe we should take a call to see how many are out there in members hands?
me 1x L57 in 243 - still shooting
Brogne .17-222 , HI Rick I might have info , mabe that specific riffle, I'm hoping. I'm not to good at typing, this would have been over 40+ yrs ago, I got a .17-222 from R. Brogne around the time the .17-223 went into production. I've searched yrs for it after giving my collection up due to hard times. Hopefully we can talk.As many of you already know I have a penchant for 17 Caliber rifles, especially anything Sako 17. So I found this little Sako 17-222 on GunBroker. It was advertised as an L46 17-222 so I hung in there and won the bid for a bit over $600. The rifle arrived yesterday and I was looking forward to unwrapping an L46 that was a 222 repurposed for the 17-222. To my surprise the little guy was not andL46. Instead it turned out to be a L461 single shot, custom jobberdo in 17-222.
As far as I know the L461 single shot receivers were basically only provided by Sako on special order and purchasers built custom rifles on them, in many cases the 17-222 was the preferred. wildcat. Here are some pics...
View attachment 13616 View attachment 13617 View attachment 13618 View attachment 13619 View attachment 13620 View attachment 13621
I removed the scope rings and mount and as you can see the dovetails a basically perfect with just the slight pressure mark on the front dovetail from the friction screw. I lucked out.
Now I have not had time to remove the barreled action from the stock to see if the receiver has been pinned but from my observation of it with the bolt withdrawn it is a solid base receive and a genuine single shot L461. I think my prize is worth well over what I paid but I didn't purchase it for the money. It was simply for the love of Sako rifles and to my surprise I ended up getting a real gem. I also have not figured out who did the stock work so I certainly have more research to do.
I have been trying to find info on the builder BROGNE but have not had much luck. The guy obviously built some fine custom guns because I have found a few references about guns he built but other than that I can't find anything else. So info on him will be prized for sure.
Your thoughts and comments as always are welcome and appreciated.
rick
In the upper right-hand corner of the page, there is a box with your screen name. Above the box, click on "Inbox," then "Start a New Conversation." It's not intuitive; frankly, it's lousy page design but it is what it is.I can't find where I can PM you