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M78 serial number?

Sako Collectors Club Discussion Forum

sraaw

Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I have purchased a M78 in 22LR that has a serial number about 500 (7112**) earlier than the first number listed on the Sako website database (711755) as being when the model changed from P72 to M78.

Can anyone shed any light on what is going on here?
Or am I reading this wrong some how?


Cheers,
 
Sako serial numbers are a bit of an enigma. They didn't always produced things in sequence. You will find this in all they models produced. It's like they had actions in a bind and just grabbed them out randomly when assembling a rifle. They also don't have a record base like Win, Rem, Browning & others that gives definitive documentation of when things were made. They also used things during model changes that crossed over in order to use up existing inventory of parts. Without a hang tag it is difficult to say exactly when a particular Sako was built beyond the year it was built, plus or minus a few months. The M78 was also made in 22 Hornet & I have seen serial numbers @ extreme spreads that didn't make any sense or have any relation to sequence of actual manufacturing dates. It's kind of the like the "Pirates Code", it is more like a guideline!
 
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