- #SAKO RIIHIMAKI 222 MAGAZINE FOR SALE SERIAL NUMBER#
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- #SAKO RIIHIMAKI 222 MAGAZINE FOR SALE SERIAL#
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Mechanics appear to be in order and the optic is clear. Wood integrity is approximately 95 percent, with a modest distribution of minor field impressions and scratches. Wood finish is approximately 97 percent, with slight indications of thinning. The polished blue finish stands at approximately 97 percent, the color case of the butt plate approximately 90 percent and the magazine approximately 80 percent. CONDITION: The bore is strong and bright. DIMENSIONS: Weight, including scope, is 8.0 pounds. A single detachable magazine is included. The stock is fitted with sling swivel studs. Shaped from a broad-grained English (French) walnut, it wears a borderless multi-point wrap checkering pattern with crossing accents, a scalloped Monte Carlo cheek rest with shadow line, steel grip cap and a color case steel butt with widow’s peak.
#SAKO RIIHIMAKI 222 MAGAZINE FOR SALE FULL#
The Weaver K-6 scope was replaced sometime after the sale to Huntington with a Leupold M8 6x scope (Duplex reticle) that has turned full plumb.
The bolt body and extractor have been most properly jeweled. The rifle features a 23-inch factory barrel with the original ramped front sight and remains untapped for a rear sight. (Photocopy included.) Huntington was the founder of RCBS and owned the rifle until his passing in 1998.
(Photocopy included.)įinally, O’Connor’s handwritten firearms log indicates this rifle was sold to Fred Huntington in March, 1973. Note that the book indicates 1964 as the year Brownell stocked the rifle, the year later amended by Buckner to 1963.
#SAKO RIIHIMAKI 222 MAGAZINE FOR SALE SERIAL#
In the O’Connor biography ( Jack O’Connor, The Legendary Life of America’s Greatest Gunwriter, second edition, 2002, Safari Press, page 196) contributing author Eldon “Buck” Buckner references this rifle by serial number. bullets and with the Sierra 50 and 55-gr. 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. Guns for Sale - SAKO - SAKO RIIHIMAKI 222 REM MAG: Guns for Sale - Rifles For Sale - Bolt Action - Item 14255177: This Auction has Ended: High Bidder: Current Price: 1,495.00: Quantity: 1 lot : Auction Closed: Febru11:15:20 PDT: Auction Type: Basic Style: NRA Grade: Very Good: History: 0 Bid(s) (1,495.00 starting bid) Seller: rgsinc (view feedback) (view this sellers auctions. 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.
#SAKO RIIHIMAKI 222 MAGAZINE FOR SALE SERIAL NUMBER#
Based on a Sako L46 barreled action, serial number 51330 was stocked by Lenard Brownell in 1963. High Scountry 4-15x40 variable scope -Monte Carlo walnut stock -22.Jack O’Connor’s personal. The Sako Riihimaki is a great choice for target or varmint shooting. This is complimented nicely by the walnut Monte Carlo stock where the raised cheek piece puts your eye in line with the scope. A High Country 4-16x40 variable scope is installed above a 22.5" blued steel barrel. This Sako Riihimaki is a bolt-action rifle chambered in 222 Remington with a four round detachable magazine.
A wooden stock features checkering at the grip and forend to ensure users have a firm handle on this rifle.
#SAKO RIIHIMAKI 222 MAGAZINE FOR SALE INSTALL#
A blued steel barrel features open rifle sights as well as scope mounts to allow users to install their choice of optics. This Sako Riihimaki is a family of bolt-action rifles chambered in 222 Remington or 22 Hornet and utilizing a detachable magazine.
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