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L597 identification help

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I have a .308 bolt action rifle that is stamped as an H&R; L597 .308 rifle, Finland. I am looking for some bolt parts and am having ID trouble. Everything I have found, both in gunshops and on the net seem to indicate it is a Sako L597 Forester. I cannot understand why it is listed as H&R.; Yesterday, a local gunshop looked it up in a value book and it did not appear under an H&R.; Could someone shed some light on what I possibly have? BTW, from Sako, I printed the owners manual for the forester and the parts breakdown diagram appears to match it to a tee.

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Sako used to build rifles or provide barrelled actions under contract for H&R;, Browning, Colt, Marlin, Sears, Montgomery Ward, and an outfit whose name escapes me that built weird folding sniper rifles. The action for the H&R; version is absolutely identical to the L579 (not L597) except that it has a round top instead of the milled-in integral Sako scope bases. You can get scope mounts from Weaver. The H&R; Sakos had skinny barrels and stocks and were therefore very light in weight. Value is usually a little less than a regular Sako.

If you need bolt parts, regular L579 parts will fit fine. You can get them from Jim Lutes or (somebody correct me if I'm wrong) I think Beretta USA took over Stoeger's old stock of parts.
 
Oh, what is the possibility of getting the parts under a different brand such as browning, assuming the used the L579 action in other rifles. I called Numrich up in NY and they found no parts under Sako or H&R; but maybe a Browning or more common rifle may have it?
 
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