Thread: Walnut and blued steel,

Well I thought I'd post up a few photos of a few firearms which a few people would be keen to see photos of.

I have my good mate Maurice to blame who bought a late model Sako A1 .223 a few years back which I was fortunate enough to get to use.

I had it in my possession for a short period of time where I did the load development for it with 63 gr Sierras and it shot beautifully.

When you get a rifle like that in your possession you realise how stunning the actions are, the fact it holds seven rounds in the internal magazine, the balance of the rifle though with that rifle it had the later model stock which is more suited for right handed shooters than us lefties but I still enjoyed carrying that rifle around where I shot a couple of goats and christened it on a sika hind.

Then I met a certain hard cased individual who's been nothing but shits and giggles and a negative influence on my bank account!

Through him I really got to appreciate the Sako vixens as he has a few on hand so his addiction has become contagious so I knew I had to get one for myself though I was always wanting to get a L461 for a project build and re barrel it into a 6x45 but when my mate pointed out a certain A1 on trade me at an extremely good price I clicked on the buy now and got that rifle and haven't looked back.



The thing I love with that rifle is again the smooth action, internal magazine and has the more user friendly (leftie) stock, it still fits me very well and is just a joy to hold, carry and shoot.

There's something stunning about shooting a .222 even though I have a .223 which I've used a lot, the .222 just feels different when shooting it even though there's bugger all difference.

So back to the story... Well... Not long after buying the A1 I came across a L461 .222 for sale which my mate also pointed out to me and even though I thought I could ignore it... denile… I couldn't so alas the bank account took another hit and so the A1 has a little friend in the cabinet.

If you own a A1 then you need a L461 and I know some day when I die my kids will likely fight over the A1 so I figured or at least justified to myself they can now have one each... that's what I'll tell the wife anyway if she ever finds out. :-[ :-[ :-/ :-/ :'( :'(







With old rifles like this you often wonder the story of where it's been, adventures had in the hills, the joy its bought.

The other rifle I have is a Sako 85 .222 but it's not mine!





It's been given to me to look after while its owner is working overseas for the next few years so I get to look after it until his return.

It's quite nice to compare the early Sako's to modern day Sako's and while the modern day rifles are well made I prefer hands down the earlier vixen's as their lighter, better balanced, machined and just scream class!

Jeez John you need to get some talleys for those beauties,tidies them up no end.

Ha ha… those are original sako mounts/rings and do the bizo nicely

Leupold makes some nice mounts for sakos that would be much nicer than talleys on those small action rifles

Get Conetrols. They're nicer than both Leupolds and Talleys...

Get some genuine classy mounts ... conetrol

What caliber do you have there on ya BSA @sneeze ? Also can't make out is it a Monarch?

Looks like a regent in .222 or .22 Hornet

Very nice rifle

Hunter in .222
Should have gone with a c/m blued for the rebarrel.

You could get it ceracoated, its possible to match bluing pretty closely, and much improves the "look" of the rifle

Originally Posted by Tentman

You could get it ceracoated, its possible to match bluing pretty closely, and much improves the "look" of the rifle

Ta, I might look into it if the stainless look keeps annoying me. Its a vulcan barrel and shoots to well to replace.

They are nice rifles, I had mine rebarrelled with SS too, and sold it cause I didn't like the look of the result . . . . and then found out about the Ceracoat!! Bugger.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

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Lovely....
I once got offered the same rifle in same condition as a 7x75, wish I had squirreled it away

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

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To the untrained eye, that may seem like yet another innocent photo of some 'toys'...

But I can see right through your UN globalist propaganda.

A knife from South America, a rifle from Britain, a scope from the USA, binoculars from Europe...all of which are strategically placed on top of a Tahr skin from NZ.

And underneath them all, providing support, is a carpet (from China).