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These aluminum, black anodized sights look out of place on this all steel European rifle.
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Some of the guns imported by Stoeger (all A series guns were Stoeger) came in with the front sight factory mounted but because selling a rifle in America with that aperature was slow, Stoeger had Williams rear sights put on the barrel. These sights are in high demand for folks trying to restore their Sako to original configuration and often sell for $150 or more. The rather ingenious device was set screw adjusted for 100 yards the we turn the aperature piece over (180 degrees) and it is then set for 200 yards. I have a 22 1/2" and a 24 3/8" guns, Originally the L61R had only a front barrel mounted sight and the rifle came with the rear Sako aperature. During the 80's decade the 375 A-V's were made with a 22.5" barrel and rather thin flat steel, standing rear sight blade, a clean, no sights, 23" barrel and a 24 3/8" barrel with strong heavy duty steel rear sight. The L61R and the AV (rn A5) are actualy designations for the actions, not the rifles. The action is marked AV though and there are distinct differences.
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That likely is stamped on the box and tells me without seeing it or knowing the serial number it is probably an earlier gun. I noticed you put the L61R designation in front of the A-V. There were three completely different configurations of the A-V actioned rifles. You have a nice rifle there, a good find. What do you think original Sako mounts are worth? I'll see if I can post some pictures of them tonite.
The original Warne designed Sako ringmounts were a great mount, better than Saako but they are long discontinued in favor of the easier to manufacture, bulkier mount of today. Also Warne makes a ringmount in two heights that, though not as good as their original design, do work well. Some think they are to se your sights under the scope but the only way that would work is if the scope was a straight tube ojective end, I think the hole was just to reduce weight.įunctionally the Leupold ringmounts are a great mount and light weight a trim. Then of course there is the tall mounts which will put a scope up for a giraffe to use. There is a style with a big aperature in the lower solid part and these are slightly taller mediums I believe. There lowest will mount a 40 mm scope, the next higher will mount a 50 mm on some rifles. The were made, over the course of about 15 years and acually ended up being four different heights. These are the mounts with the big thumb screw to quickly detatch them form the rifle. I have a couple sets of those mounts, prrobably the only ones in the state. Any ideas of where I might be able to find some in Alaska? I want to use original Sako medium scope mounts. *** Last documented Bofors marked barrel sometime in 1968.I recently purchased an as new in the box L61R AV 375 H&H. ** M74 Super made between 1974 until 1977? The list starts with L46, 22 Hornet, SN 5074 and ends with several Garcia imports in the 70's and a few Stoeger imports to the early 80's. This list has been compiled from the original MSN Sako Collector's Club(now defunct) owners provided original hangtags or similar documentation. There is very sketchy information on these fine collectibles. They were chambered in 22LR, 22 Mag and 22 Hornet. These were offered in various chamberings, stocks including a mannlicher and various finishes.
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There were 3 versions of the L61R and L579 models, the sporter, a deluxe model and a full stock Mannlicher version.įrom 1972 until 1983 Sako made several small bores, the L46, P54, P72, P75, M78 and P94. 270 and similar.įor a short while, Sako produced a clip fed lever-action gun, the Sako Finnwolf(VL63) chambered in. In 1961, Sako introduced the L61R Finnbear for the long cartridges like the. This is a "medium action" was designed for the. In 1957, Sako developed a longer action, the L57, subsequently renamed L579 Forester in 1959. Many countries used the L461 in winter biathlon Olympic competition and it has an almost mythical status among aficionados. The L461 has been very popular in Finland and Sweden, especially chambered for the. The L46 was later re-designated the L461 Vixen.
The Sako model L46 chambered in 7x33 is considered extremely rare in the United States although more common in Europe. This cartridge was designed for and well suited to Capercaille and black grouse hunting, a popular sport in Finland, Sweden and Norway.
Sako developed the 7x33 cartridge based on the 9x19 pistol cartridge, by making a longer case and "necking" the case down to 7mm calibre (7.21mm bullet diameter). The first civilian rifle bearing the Sako name was the L42 Luodikko rifle model 1942, chambered for the 7x33mm Sako cartridge, prototyped in 1942, and commercial production started after WWII as model number L46. Background and history of the Sako commercial rifle:
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