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I am an admitted Sako addict and this morning while perusing a LGS I found a Sako Forester 220 Swift with a Weaver K6-W in Redfield rings.
I knew that this was going to end badly when I picked it up from the rack and the owner just smiled.
Other than a couple of stock dings and someone using the wrong size screwdriver on one of the floorplate screws the old girl is in great shape; we hagled over price (for all of maybe one minute)and I put it on layaway.
So exactly how rare are these things, as I've been a Sako nut since the early 1970's and while rumored I'd never seen a 220 Swift before today?
The importer stamp on the bottom of the barrel is Garcia, Washington DC so I'm thinking early 70's.
I can't wait to bring it home, then get it to the range and off to chase a few "chucks".
So I'm back in the 220 Swift business and it's a vintage Sako to boot.....life is good.
I'll post pictures when I get it home.
Now to purchase dies and brass.
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Lucky is right--in the past 30 years i've only seen--and handled--four of them...
quite rare to appear, even on Gunbroker--but if and when they do, the tariff is usually somewhere around the $1600.00--$2000.00 range.
all learning is like a funnel:
however, contrary to popular thought, one begins with the the narrow end.
the more you progress, the more it expands into greater discovery--and the less of an audience you will have...
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Damn! I have wanted one of them for years.
Great find.
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While not common, I don't think they are as rare as say, a 22 PPC AI sporter or a 591 in 222 Mag.
However, someone selling one is rare and many who used them shot the snot out of them, at least the ones I've come across were.
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Sounds like you are a lucky bastige, great find!
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That is a lucky find,I had one in 243 that I bought in 75 and stupidly traded it.. 
You better be afraid of a ghost!!
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Hi Vel, let's just say I got it for a lot less....$900.00 + tax.
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Hell even a blind pig finds an acorn now and again.
Thanks
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That sounds like a great rifle in a cool caliber!
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that is a fabulous deal on that rig.
back in about 1981--1983, the retail price on sako's was about $660.00, if i recall correctly.
unless there is something quite unusual wrong with that rifle--something that cannot be spotted by an intial inspection--i'm sure you will like the rig--alot.
those sako's have very stiff receivers, good barrels, decent checkering, respectable bedding, and--the rings typically line up well with the action and barrel axis, as the dovetail receivers are accurately machined/centered...
all learning is like a funnel:
however, contrary to popular thought, one begins with the the narrow end.
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I had one, I also had a divorce in 92 so you can see where this is going. Life has some good and some bad I guess...  Dober
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