Nov 01, 2014 Sako serial numbers 1949-? In progress Background and history of the Sako commercial rifle: The first civilian rifle bearing the Sako name was the L42 Luodikko rifle model 1942, chambered for the 7x33mm Sako cartridge, prototyped in 1942, and commercial production started after WWII as model number L46. I have a Sako Riihimaki in.222 caliber and I am trying to figure out the model of this rifle. Stampings are as follows: Sako Riihimaki Serial number: 47. (5 digits) Made in Finland Cal.222 Bofors Steel Those are the only stampings and I can not find a model number anywhere. Sako serial # are a disaster. The serial numbering of the Sako guns was changed in 9.5.1974. The serial numbers 300,000 – 499999 were reserved for the Sako L579 Forester. The change in the receiver frame, i.e. The extension of the bedding surface, was introduced 3.5.1982 from serial number 351081 (series 73).
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Resources:
Serial Number History of Sako Rifles, Beretta, 11/18/05
MSN Sako Collectors Group (defunct)...ambering, SakoRick, hunterslife, 11/1/14
In the case of my Sako Vixen l461 222 Remington Magnum Heavy Barrel, serial number 104911 it would seem to fall between 1969-1973. Based on Sako's records 77,234 L461 rifles were made between late 1962 and the end of 1973, averaging 7023 per year.
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