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Greetings fellow Sako nuts! Glad i found this site, have lots of questions, will save most for later. At the present I have an inquiry about a rifle I just bought.
It is a .243 L57, has the old style safety lever on the bolt shroud and what looks like a micro-groove barrel. Rifle has a Lyman All American 4X scope mounted in Sako rings and this gun has been carried a lot..maybe 50% blue remaining. Evidently somebody liked it! I'd like to know approxomately when it was made. The only numbers on the action is L57 No. 50. I do not know if this means the serial number is 50 or what. It has the original Sako buttplate with gearwheel, no pad. All the screws are in excellent condition, so don't think it's been messed with any. Still has an ancient 3/4" leather sling attached. Normal front sight present, no shroud. Hinged floorplate
I'd like to know what this rifle is worth if anything above and beyond say a more typical L579.
My first experience with a Sako rifle was about 25 years ago when a friend allowed me to shoot his Forester .243 he says he bought in the late 50's. It is a newer model than the above rifle. Anyway, I was hooked..that rifle was and remains extremely accurate. I bought my first Sako about 1978, it was a varmint barreled 7 mag. Shot the barrel out and Stoeger rebarreled it for free! Sold it later to a neighbor. Since then I have owned several Sako's, but have been dissappointed in the stuff that have produced in the last 10 years...haven't seen or tried a model 75 though.
I have a 6PPC sporter that has been a decent rifle, killed lots of deer with it..out to 200 yards. Slow twist won't stablize anything over 75 grains but it sure will shoot 60 grain Sierra bullets well.
I have no knowledge of the various models made over the years, or the understanding of the hoopla concerning Pre-Garcia, pre 72, etc., etc. I know one damned thing, Sako makes (or made) the finest factory rifles I ever owned or shot. If any of you guys with lots of Sako knowledge would care to email me and tell me some of the Sako facts, I'd enjoy hearing from you. I'd like to have some reference books but I don't read anything but English.
As a side note, I have a Sako made model 39 Mosin..darned if that thing doesn't shoot great too!
It is a .243 L57, has the old style safety lever on the bolt shroud and what looks like a micro-groove barrel. Rifle has a Lyman All American 4X scope mounted in Sako rings and this gun has been carried a lot..maybe 50% blue remaining. Evidently somebody liked it! I'd like to know approxomately when it was made. The only numbers on the action is L57 No. 50. I do not know if this means the serial number is 50 or what. It has the original Sako buttplate with gearwheel, no pad. All the screws are in excellent condition, so don't think it's been messed with any. Still has an ancient 3/4" leather sling attached. Normal front sight present, no shroud. Hinged floorplate
I'd like to know what this rifle is worth if anything above and beyond say a more typical L579.
My first experience with a Sako rifle was about 25 years ago when a friend allowed me to shoot his Forester .243 he says he bought in the late 50's. It is a newer model than the above rifle. Anyway, I was hooked..that rifle was and remains extremely accurate. I bought my first Sako about 1978, it was a varmint barreled 7 mag. Shot the barrel out and Stoeger rebarreled it for free! Sold it later to a neighbor. Since then I have owned several Sako's, but have been dissappointed in the stuff that have produced in the last 10 years...haven't seen or tried a model 75 though.
I have a 6PPC sporter that has been a decent rifle, killed lots of deer with it..out to 200 yards. Slow twist won't stablize anything over 75 grains but it sure will shoot 60 grain Sierra bullets well.
I have no knowledge of the various models made over the years, or the understanding of the hoopla concerning Pre-Garcia, pre 72, etc., etc. I know one damned thing, Sako makes (or made) the finest factory rifles I ever owned or shot. If any of you guys with lots of Sako knowledge would care to email me and tell me some of the Sako facts, I'd enjoy hearing from you. I'd like to have some reference books but I don't read anything but English.
As a side note, I have a Sako made model 39 Mosin..darned if that thing doesn't shoot great too!