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. Only the missing sight hood and a few stray dings in the stock tell you that it has been to the field to maybe take a coyote or a rabbit or two. Tikka T1x Anschütz Match 54 - ausschließlich für die Modelle 17 Savage A22 Savage B22. 223 Tracer Ammo Consisting of sever 20 round boxes of American Eagle XM858 5.56x45mm 64 grain tactical tracer ammunition. The scope mounts are very late Sako Optilocks from the 2000's, which seem out of place on a rifle 50 years older. Made in 1952, this beautifully preserved Sako L46 hardly looks like it is eligible for Medicare The metal is excellent while the bore is pristine.
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. The rifle you desribe is a Varmint or Heavy Barrel, with the wide Beaver tail forarm. Sako reached a new record over 100.000 rifles were. Sako introduced a new sniper rifle Sako TRG M10. Sako 90th anniversary, Sako 85 anniversary Safari rifle serie, 10 + 90 pcs. The company make major investments in production machinery. There was a run of L46's even later numbered in the 80000's around '63-'64. Sako celebrates its 85 anniversary by launching a hunting rifle family, Sako 85. Checkered pistol-grip buttstock, semibeavertail forearm. In addition, it features an extra wide, flat-bottomed beavertail fore-end and a more.
Sako had plenty of L46 parts in store when the L461 was introduced, and both rifles where still available for some time. Japan A.T.I., Salt Lake City, UT Oy Sako Ab, Riihimaki, Finland.22 AUTOMATIC RIFLE. Making both rifles and cartridges is a matter of pride for Sako.
Sako riihimaki beaver tail serial number#
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. Your L46 is from the period of change over to the L461.