Rogan Kinnear
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Beauty! Cheers would not have found that in a million years.Yes mate it was 1971
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Beauty! Cheers would not have found that in a million years.Yes mate it was 1971
Hi new member here, i just bought a SAKO L61R in .270 with a heavy barrel mint condition 51xxxx serial # will be shooting it soon need some glassYes mate it was 1971
Check your SN again, Bucktote. I think that either the first number should be a "5", not a "6", or there should only be one "X" at the end -- or both. In other words, it should go like this: 5324XX, 6324X, or 5324X.S/N 6324XX
Check your SN again, Bucktote. I think that either the first number should be a "5", not a "6", or there should only be one "X" at the end -- or both. In other words, it should go like this: 5324XX, 6324X, or 5324X.
If it is actually "6324XX" then that would be an unusual serial number for an AV. But Sako has done stranger things. Does it have the early "triangular" fore end like the L61R & AIII, or the "Hunter-style" rounded fore end? Is it a 24.4" barrel or the later 23-incher?
Regardless, a Deluxe .25-06 is a real prize to be proud of. I foolishly let mine go when I popped off a ridiculous price to a nagging would-be buyer and the underhanded SOB paid it!
The barrel, stock configuration & serial number all point to this rifle being made very late in the AV model period. What documentation I have seen indicates serial numbers in the 600,000's were reached in the very late 1980's , say around 1988-89 & were still being used when the AV was discontinued in 1991. So, if I had to guess, I would say the rifle was made in 1990 give or take a year! With Sako dates & serial numbers being notoriously unreliable, that's about as far out on a limb as I will go.Thank You Mr. Paulson.
I can always count on you to give good advice! As for Mr. Stonecreek, the S/N is as I described ( 6324xx) seems like another SAKO Anomaly!! The barrel is
23" and the fore end is round. I have mounted the Leupold Vari X III 3.5 X 10 X
50 mm AO lens with Leupold/Sako high rings. The 50mm bell is about 1/8" above the barrel & I have bore sighted it with a colometer, to be varified at my range
as soon as I repair the concrete shootong table acciently damaged while collecting pine straw & I get some ammo loaded. I will have an extra set of full length RCBS 25/06 dies if anyone needs some, PM me. Can't send Pics. I am
computer challanged, wait for kids to get here later. Sorry! B/T