Sako New owner looking for info! 6mm rem L579

[MattD]

Hey everyone, I recently purchased a pretty nice Sako L579 in 6mm rem. I really don't know much about the gun and it is hard to find any info online. Its my first Sako and am really excited to learn more about it. It also has a crowned barrel as well.

Thanks

 

[stonecreek]

Your rifle is built on a Sako L579 action using a custom stock and barrel. Only the action is Sako.

 

[MattD]

Your rifle is built on a Sako L579 action using a custom stock and barrel. Only the action is Sako.

Thank you

 

[paulsonconstruction]

Hey everyone, I recently purchased a pretty nice Sako L579 in 6mm rem. I really don't know much about the gun and it is hard to find any info online. Its my first Sako and am really excited to learn more about it. It also has a crowned barrel as well.

Thanks
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Sako sold actions, in the white, back in the day. Brownell's used to sell them through the mail & a lot of gunsmiths built custom rifles with them. From the stock style & features I would say yours was built in the 1960's & the stock could be a Fajen, Bishop, or Herter's. Regardless it appears to be a nicely done custom & you would be hard pressed to buy better quality off the shelf in today's world. If you take the barreled action out of the stock you may find the barrel & stock makers name & maybe even the gunsmith who built it scribed or stamped somewhere. Let us know how it shoots, as the 6mm Rem is a fine round. There are plenty of pics here of factory L579s for you to compare. BTW, all barrels have a crown, they just aren't all the same type of crown.

 

[stonecreek]

Sako sold actions, in the white, back in the day.

I agree with everything Paulson says.

Just a note: Early on, Sako actions came already blued. I think it was around the time that the action designations were changed from "L" to "A" that they started coming in the white. Gunsmiths probably preferred them in the white since it would be much easier to match the blue of the barrel.

 

[icebear]

Just a note: Early on, Sako actions came already blued.

I still have two of them, both blued, Garcia marked, in the original boxes. Interestingly, one has the "safety" lug and one does not. As best I remember, I got them when Gander Mountain went out of the custom gun business. A couple of years ago I was talking to a local barrel specialist about making me a barrel in 6.5-06 for one of them, but he seems to have gone out out of business. I do have one pretty nice Fajen semi-finished stock, so one of these days...

 

[MattD]

Thank you for all the feedback. I am trying to find some 6mm to shoot it with. Once I find some then I will let you guys know how it shoots. Thanks again.