Sako 300 H&H

[Rocky]

Picked this 300 H&H a while back. The original pad was crushed so I installed new one on it. Got this one off GI, was lucky enough to be the first one to see the listing.

 

[Rocky]

Messed up! Didn't mean to post double pictures.

 

[RifleNutPPC]

Wow, what a beauty!

 

[douglastwo]

Nothing wrong with that rifle! Such crisp condition, and a desired caliber to boot. Does it have the narrow sling loops? Thanks for the pictures.

 

[Rocky]

I wasn't aware of different size loops. I would call these 1 1/4 inch.

 

[Paul B.]

Great find!!

 

[douglastwo]

I wasn't aware of different size loops. I would call these 1 1/4 inch.

The width of the narrow loop is about 1/4" less. It seems that Sako phased out the narrow loops around mid 1963 or maybe a little later. All of my 62 and 63 L61's have the narrow loops.

 

[icebear]

European slings are typically narrower than US ones. Sako undoubtedly changed to conform to the US market.

 

[kj60]

Just pure and simple perfection!

 

[Wayne]

Rocky, That is an extremely nice example you have there. I assume that is a Custom Shop recoil pad. Who installed the Pad? Wayne

 

[Rocky]

Hi Wayne. Thanks for the complement, and hell no I didn't give the Custom Shop three time what the pads are worth. I purchase a few of these before he got his hands on all of them, from Brownell's for I believe $35 dollars a piece.
I Still have a few left. If I run out I'll just purchase a pad from Pachmayr for $29 instead of paying $130 for one of his. It won't say Sako on it but it will be close enough.
I had a local gunsmith install the pad, he did a great job.

 

[Chris338378]

That's a beautiful rifle. Out of curiousity how do you know it's a .300 H&H Magnum rather than another .300 magnum caliber?

 

[icebear]

That's a beautiful rifle. Out of curiousity how do you know it's a .300 H&H Magnum rather than another .300 magnum caliber?

That rifle was built before the .300 Win Mag, etc. became popular. A .300 Magnum was a .300 H&H, except for a couple of wildcats that were not chambered in commercial rifles. Any Sako that is marked .300 Magnum, as opposed to .300 Winchester Magnum, etc., is a .300 H&H. Unless, of course, some idiot with a reamer and nothing better to do has rechambered it in .300 Weatherby, which you see from time to time. It was a fairly popular modification back in the heyday of Weatherby. Usually the Bubba who did it would restamp the chamber, but not always.

 

[Chris338378]

Thank you for the information.

 

[Stan the Gun man]

Lovely rifle! Having one like it in 300 h&h is somewhat of a Holy Grail for me!

 

[Rogan Kinnear]

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lovely!