The cold hammer forging technique changes the structure of the steel, increasing its toughness and making the barrel life of your rifle. There are many advantages to cold hammer forged (CHF) barrels: they’re durable, accurate and have excellent tolerances. I prefer the round contours of the early Sako's stock to the more squarish contours and Monte Carlo buttstock of later models, and also like the L-46's trigger design and bolt shroud safety better than the later models, but they are all fine guns. All Sako rifles, including the Sako S20, feature match-grade cold hammer forged barrels. Up until 1960, Sakos with L-46 actions were simply called the Sako Varmint Rifle in my editions of Gun Digest, but beginning in 1961 it was called the Sako Vixen, and the name was continued for the L-461 actioned rifles. Both the L-461 and L-579 had fixed, staggered column magazines and hinged floorplates. Both models were succeeded by the L-461 and L-579, respectively, which featured a cylindrical bolt shroud and moved the safety to the right side next to the shroud. The L-57 had a different trigger design with a sliding sear, and a fixed, staggered column magazine with hinged floorplate. The only thing preventing 100 is a very small amount. It has the medium heavy barrel, wide forearm stock, with push button floorplate release. The left side of the barrel shank is marked with a 36 Sako logo 00 pressure proof and with the Finnish property mark SA in a box.
#Sako riihimaki medium heavy barrel serial number
in the late-'50s the L-46 was joined by the L-57, which was designed for. Here is a very nice all original Sako A1 Vixen Varmint repeater in 223 Remington caliber. The top of the barrel shank is marked with the Sako logo S in a gear, with the serial number and 1944. Later during its run the L-46 gained a milled trigger guard and a more squarish, "modern" design walnut stock with Monte Carlo. Not bad for a rifle made in 1951 that weighs less than 6 lbs without scope! It has excellent workmanship and gained a reputation for accuracy - mine will put 3 shots into less than 1/2" at 100 yards. Its trigger was a copy of the Winchester M70 trigger. The stock is a Bishop walnut stock with a Monty Carlo and pistol grip. deluxe sako riihimaki 222 rem 23 inch ' barrel inwood, wv 25428: used: : 1,225.01. It has a distinctive rectangular block-shaped bolt shroud with the safety on the R side of the shroud that blocks the firing pin, stamped trigger guard, detachable single stack magazine, and a beech wood classic style stock which was stained to resemble walnut. The blue is good with some scattered wear and a few blood spots. finnish sako riihimaki chambered in rem with rare unertl scope 24 inch ' barrel ontario, ny 14519: used: : 1,195.00. 22 Hornet but quickly adapted to the then new. The earliest model imported here was built on the L-46 action, designed for small cartridges such as the. Riihimaki is the town where Sakos are made, and was stamped onto the left side of the receiver - my L-46 in. The M591 was offered in a variety of configurations ranging from Hunter, Deluxe, Super Deluxe (both largely reflecting the quality of woodwork), Carbine, Battue and heavy-barrel Varmint versions with 24in or 26in. I believe that Riihimaki is used to refer to the early Sako rifles. Sako has always been mindful of its special reputation in this respect and no rifle ever leaves the factory before being test-fired.