With handholds, it does extremely well with Speer 50, 52 and 55-gr. 222 cartridges and will group them into 3/4 in.
The outfit weights a bit less than 7 1/2 lb. It was stocked in a fine piece of handsomely figured French walnut by Lenard Brownell and is fitted with a Weaver K-6 scope with Sako rings on the Sako receiver with the the logical male dovetail. It is based on a light Finnish Sako barreled action. 222 that I carry on long hikes back into the canyons of Idaho and Washington for rock chucks.
O’Connor’s Shooting column from the April, 1966 issue of Outdoor Life (page 140) revisits his satisfaction: “ I have a handsome little. Either will put the first three shots out of a cold barrel into about 3//4 inch.” (Photocopy included.) 244 custom made for me by Al Biesen on a 7mm Mauser action. 222, a Sako barreled action stocked by Lenard Brownell, and a. Two other very accurate light jobs are my. In The Rifle Book (3rd edition, 1978, page 190), O’Connor penned: “ One of the most accurate rifles I have ever owned was an 8 1/4-pound. In all, it is an astounding little rifle and top-quality ammunition.” (Photocopy included.) With that rifle and ammunition, groups run from 1/2 to 1 in., and I think the difference between the 1/2 and 1 in. Factory load that agrees with it best is the. and is a joy to carry back into the canyons where road hunters don’t have the rock chucks spooked. Stocked by Lenard Brownell of Sheridan, Wyoming, and fitted with a Weaver K-6 scope on Sako mount, the little musket weighs a shade less than 7 1/4 lb. The barrel is the light, not the heavy, one. It is a Sako-barreled action made in Finland. In his Getting The Range column from the January, 1965 issue of Outdoor Life (page 79), O’Connor writes of this rifle: “The most accurate light, really featherweight, varmint rifle I have ever owned is one I had put together some time ago.
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Based on a Sako L46 barreled action, serial number 51330 was stocked by Lenard Brownell in 1963. Such a scope can be mounted (preferably with rings contemporaneous with the rifle) low enough to offer practical eye alignment and be much better adapted to real world shooting.Jack O’Connor’s personal. I'd recommend replacing the scope with one which has no objective bell and will sit to the rear of the ladder sight. The problem with this is that the L46 stock comb is rather low, so with the very high scope mounting you will find it impossible for your cheek to even touch the stock when your eye is aligned with the scope. The mounts are very high, as they have to be with this particular scope since it has to clear the ladder sight. The scope mounts are very late Sako Optilocks from the 2000's, which seem out of place on a rifle 50 years older. I do have one strong criticism of the way it is set up. While it is a very desirable rifle, this model is not scarce enough to be what most people would regard as "collectible". Such a rifle is only "collectible" in the sense that a Sako enthusiast might want one like it if he didn't already have one. Its serial number likely places it somewhere in the mid-1950's, but as Paulson says, that can be misleading and the only way to know when it was made is to consult the Club's factory records service. You’d be surprised of how much one can find out about a person from just a username on a forum such ad our! Then use the report function in each message or post so I can kick them out!īeware of anything that might seem fishy!Īnd again, for all of you who registered your personal name as username, please contact me so I can change it to a more anonymous username. Check them too and if they are long standing members, PM them and ask if the message is legit. Same goes for other members they might refer to. If they have no posts and signed up the same day or very recently, stay away.
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