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This is an A11 in .243 I recently acquired, in like new condition.


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Fairly scarce L-469 heavy barrel in 222 Remington magnum....

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Bofors Steel 338 I took an elk with a month ago:
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Pre Garcia 30/06. Made the stock myself from a stump cut of a walnut. A man that was like a second dad to me gave me the board when he was dying of cancer. He had planted the walnut on his family farm when he was a young man in hopes of getting him a gunstock out of it later on in life. It took me a year to work the stock up. I did it all from the ground up, excepting the checkering, which I didn't have the patience to do. She shoots under an inch and has taken a number of nice deer for me. Thanks Sammy...hope I did you proud!

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Pre Garcia straight from Finland. Our neighbor was stationed in the military in Finland and bought this, shipped it home and never pulled the trigger. Dad was at the family farm when the neighbors decided to sell it. My mom had to make the decision on her own: buy or let it go? She called me and asked if it was worth the $600 they were asking for the unfired, hang tags still intact, 30/06 Sako Deluxe! I told her to snatch it up and I'd reimburse her for it the next time I was in town. About a month later me, wife, kids came home and I picked it up dumbfounded. As I wrote her a check she asked for a kiss on the cheek. As soon as I did, she said "Paid in full". I never fired the safe queen, only replacing the collapsed recoil pad we see all the time on vintage Sakos. She died in September of 2007 and it was at that point I decided to smack a deer in her honor...but it had to be a good one. This was the first deer that appeared on the first morning I ever took that rifle out. I think I did OK don't you?

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I love my Sakos....


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You all have likely seen it before but I's still in love with it.
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L579 Deluxe Forester from 1969 in 243. Brought back from Germany. No import marks. Rear tangent sight. I was told it was never fired before I bought it. It's a tack driver.

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I love my Sakos....


Very nice!


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Sako Vixen .222 Rem.

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I prefer pre-Garcia, but do have a few later guns, but nothing from the past 15 years or so, they aren't the same. A couple Bofors Deluxes in 264 mag and 222 Remington mag...

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This isn't fancy and I don't know much about Sako's but this one is special to me. My dad passed away the end of last year, this was his rifle. He bought it new I think in 1971 or 1972, its a .308 Forester with plenty of "character" on the stock. I doubt its has 250 rounds put through it, but its been carried a lot of miles. I'll probably replace the scope and take it hunting one day.

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Originally Posted by Oregonmuley
This isn't fancy and I don't know much about Sako's but this one is special to me. My dad passed away the end of last year, this was his rifle. He bought it new I think in 1971 or 1972, its a .308 Forester with plenty of "character" on the stock. I doubt its has 250 rounds put through it, but its been carried a lot of miles. I'll probably replace the scope and take it hunting one day.

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I would change the scope to a nice but light weight model, bed it into an Edge and hunt the snot out of it. Nice rifle! I always wanted an 308 L579.

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Some great rifles, and stories to go along with some of them.
I love the earlier rifles, A series or earlier, and have a couple models/cartridges I would really like to get hold of. An earlier Forester in 308 or an A11 in 7-08 would be really nice to have, and hunt.
I have had a few rifles (including an L61 in 7 rem mag, an A111 in 270, an AV in 270 and an earlier Forester in 243), but am without a Sako currently.

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Nicer than any of Shrapnel's..

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Originally Posted by Oregonmuley
This isn't fancy and I don't know much about Sako's but this one is special to me. My dad passed away the end of last year, this was his rifle. He bought it new I think in 1971 or 1972, its a .308 Forester with plenty of "character" on the stock. I doubt its has 250 rounds put through it, but its been carried a lot of miles. I'll probably replace the scope and take it hunting one day.

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I wouldn't change nuthin on that rifle, if it was good enough for dad, it would be good enough for me.

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Originally Posted by Rancho_Loco

Nicer than any of Shrapnel's..

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It is to laugh! What a maroon you are...

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That would look good in a mcswirly..


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Here's the only one I have left! An M591 in 243 (varmint)

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A few in 222 Remington magnum, Bofors Deluxe, l-461 and a L-469...



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Originally Posted by Godogs57
Bofors Steel 338 I took an elk with a month ago:
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Pre Garcia 30/06. Made the stock myself from a stump cut of a walnut. A man that was like a second dad to me gave me the board when he was dying of cancer. He had planted the walnut on his family farm when he was a young man in hopes of getting him a gunstock out of it later on in life. It took me a year to work the stock up. I did it all from the ground up, excepting the checkering, which I didn't have the patience to do. She shoots under an inch and has taken a number of nice deer for me. Thanks Sammy...hope I did you proud!

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Pre Garcia straight from Finland. Our neighbor was stationed in the military in Finland and bought this, shipped it home and never pulled the trigger. Dad was at the family farm when the neighbors decided to sell it. My mom had to make the decision on her own: buy or let it go? She called me and asked if it was worth the $600 they were asking for the unfired, hang tags still intact, 30/06 Sako Deluxe! I told her to snatch it up and I'd reimburse her for it the next time I was in town. About a month later me, wife, kids came home and I picked it up dumbfounded. As I wrote her a check she asked for a kiss on the cheek. As soon as I did, she said "Paid in full". I never fired the safe queen, only replacing the collapsed recoil pad we see all the time on vintage Sakos. She died in September of 2007 and it was at that point I decided to smack a deer in her honor...but it had to be a good one. This was the first deer that appeared on the first morning I ever took that rifle out. I think I did OK don't you?

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That #2 and 3 rifle sure would take a hold of someone and never let go. Great memories

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Boy Howdy. Some fine rifles gentlemen.


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Here is another scarce heavy barell L-57 in 243...

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Here is one in a 280.

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