Thread: Walnut and blued steel,

Originally Posted by bluebaiter222

Viewing for financial members of the Nth Is & Sth Is branches ( & Stewart Is sub branch) of the NZ Sako Appreciation Society.You could probably count the number of these still orbiting the Sun with the fingers of one hand.Virgin Vixen in .223 DOM 1974.With last version of the 100/200 yrd factory peep.Along with original packaging & handbook . @ Mathias....nopeAttachment 219292Attachment 219288Attachment 219290Attachment 219291Attachment 219289

Cut it to 16" and flute the bolt, be good to go

Originally Posted by Gibo

Cut it to 16" and flute the bolt, be good to go

Winchester Model 70 Featherweight, in .30/06. She is an old campaigner and I have had her for many years. She shoots extremely well, despite looking battered. Half the checkering is worn off the port side due to rubbing on a pack. The Leupold M8 was made the same year - 1981, and still serves very well.

But it always annoyed me that it had an old ugly ventilated recoil pad, and the length of pull was too short. I tried putting it in a different stock, but I actuallly like the old repeating arms featherweight stock, its one of the best rifle stocks ever designed I think, and I couldnt find a replacement. So I thought I would do something about it.

After seeing what they did with shotguns to increase length of pull, I fabricated another butt end, spliced it to the rest of it and fitted a butt plate (because I had some laying around) The walnut almost matches. Anyway I like it well enough that I don't notice it anymore, and it fits me.
I may fit a traditional red/orange recoil pad to it yet. Just because.


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Originally Posted by JohnDuxbury

Winchester Model 70 Featherweight, in .30/06. She is an old campaigner and I have had her for many years. She shoots extremely well, despite looking battered. Half the checkering is worn off the port side due to rubbing on a pack. The Leupold M8 was made the same year - 1981, and still serves very well.

But it always annoyed me that it had an old ugly ventilated recoil pad, and the length of pull was too short. I tried putting it in a different stock, but I actuallly like the old repeating arms featherweight stock, its one of the best rifle stocks ever designed I think, and I couldnt find a replacement. So I thought I would do something about it.

After seeing what they did with shotguns to increase length of pull, I fabricated another butt end, spliced it to the rest of it and fitted a butt plate (because I had some laying around) The walnut almost matches. Anyway I like it well enough that I don't notice it anymore, and it fits me.
I may fit a traditional red/orange recoil pad to it yet. Just because.


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The old Trapper Nelson wooden frame packs were buggers for wearing and damaging the fore-end of stocks.

Yeah, for years I had a pack with external aluminium frame that did the same. Hallmark I think was.

no bsa markings on it anywhere, british proof marks on the receiver and barrel, matching numbers throughout and ready to be fitted to an original fat boy stock I have to make it as issued
cheers

I've been enjoying looking at the way guns used to be so thought I'd post one that fits the bill.
This was my main hunting rifle for many years and despite having succumb to the practicalities of stainless synthetic, I still dust it off for a couple of outings each year. It is scary accurate with what ever you decide to shoot out of it (as I hear a lot of rifles in this caliber are). The action feels like it runs on ball bearings and is the smoothest in my safe by a long way. I'm currently running 270 gr pills at a tad under 2700 fps and given the general construction of the projectiles it's an emphatic slayer of game without too much 'splatter' (although the 235 grain Speers at 2900fps are a bit more ''). Also, for those that are wondering it's way nicer to shoot that my 30 cal. magnum shooting 200 grain bullets at 3020 fps.

Sako .375 H&H (well before the cost cutting started :-) )

Also, cheers all for the great pictures in this thread!

Walnut and Blued Steel.Well actually European Walnut and Blued Bofors Steel.1st gen Trebly L 461 Vixen circa 1963.With earlier 'S' mag floor release.Them Scandinavians knew how to do it right.Dont know about the ersatz black Berretta Sakos.218273

That one is unusually tidy! Nice Rifle!

Yeah never been on the hill.Thought i'd drag it out of the safe today & put up a happy snap in case some wag wanted to wish it happy 60th birthday

Originally Posted by bluebaiter222

Yeah never been on the hill.Thought i'd drag it out of the safe today & put up a happy snap in case some wag wanted to wish it happy 60th birthday

Or try and buy it

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Originally Posted by Mathias

Or try and buy it

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Haha , Yes he’s teasing the Sako lovers , I suspect someone would have to dig pretty deep in there pockets to prise that of his safe

So long as me arse points down.....2 shows

Wow thats unbelievable

Where did you find it, must be a story there?

Thanks for posting.

Woops typo DOM '73 so she's done 50 laps of the Sun,although the donar Walnut tree might have already done a hundy before that.Disceased estate.Every job has it's perks.If you were a US GI stationed to the cold war front line in West Germany looking over the Wall you could export back to the States Euro firearms less customs,excise,taxes,wholesalers bla bla thru their PX exchange system.Freighted in the hold of a Herc so no transport costs,etc.Dont know the full ins & outs of the scam,but think you were officially allowed one firearm per year.Every grunt stationed over there took full advantage to cash in on the scam to top up their greenbacks.Flog them off once back Stateside.This one according to it's attached documentation was shipped by a Major who perhaps didn't need the coin due to an elevated rank salary?May have got stashed in his safe once returned?The rest is history & now it's in mine