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Just exactly what model do I have?

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aftcg

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Greetings.
I've owned a single shot Sako in .22 PPC for about a year. I bought it because the first varmint rifle my dad ever put in my hands was a very similar .222 repeater and, caliber limitations considered, I could always put a hole where I needed one.
I figured ole pop would pass that .222 down but I grew tired of waiting, so I got this thing. The seller wasn't definite about what model it was ("like" a 75, a Vixen, etc) but I've never known for sure.
As stated, it's a single shot with adjustable trigger. The serial number is A 54* (* being 0-9...)
With Berger bullets I can keep it under .5 MOA all day long. Anything else and it turns into a spray gun at 2-3. I've vowed to get serious about working up a load some day but for now it shoots better than any other stick in my closet.
My sons will have to pry it from my cold fingers.
This pic is actually from the previous owner
[SakoCollectors.com] Just exactly what model do I have?
 
Well if I had looked before posting I might have seen the link on Sako serial numbers. It appears I have an L461PPC.
 
alcap:
The Al stamping change on the L461 action occurred on Sept. 3, 1979. PPC manufacture started on Nov. 3, 1987 with a numbering system mixed with all the other L461's starting with serial #183762 & ending with #191245. On Aug. 10, 1987 Sako started a special numbering system for the 22 PPC starting with # A-001 and ending with #A-553 on April 15, 1988. So your rifle is definitely an Al and was made late in the production. Based on your # it was one of the last 10 made, probably in early 1988. Al's are L461's with some minor changes, mainly the bolt shroud. My Al 223 Varmint was made in late 85 or early 86 and the box is marked "Vixen". The names Vixen, Forester, & Finnbear are just names they used to differentiate the short, medium, & long actions for marketing purposes for the L series. Nice rifle!
 
aftcg:
It's A one. The All(two) was the medium action or modified L579. The Alll(three) was the long action or modified L61R. The later AlV(four) & V's(five) were variants of the long action L61R. You should be able to see the Al stamp on the left side of the action identifying what model action you have. It should be to the left of the serial #. Never have seen a PPC model in person so the A in front of the serial # could be all they stamped on it. Let me know or send a pic of that side of the action. We all may learn something.
 
I don't think the A prefix on the 6ppc's serial number referred to the A1 model. I say that as I have had 2 6ppc's with the B prefix on the serial number and have seen a C. These A-C prefix 6ppc's I believe were all heavy barreled singleshots. The single 6ppc repeater I owned had a more conventional marking than these singleshots. In exterior appearance my repeater also was identical to a L461/early A1 as to stock/buttplate.
 

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