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Sako also made in the early days, some single shot actions on the L-46, and L-57 frames, but those are fairly rare. (Who can understand the inscrutable Finnish mind, warped as it is by over exposure to steam and hot rocks )Ĭhanges were again made in the mid 90's to 491, 591 and 691, and I lost interest in these "improvements", and these changes that Sako make, that cheapen a very fine action. Later Sako (1985-6) came out with the AV, which I think is to distingush between the 06 bolt face and the magnum bolt face. In the late 70's or early 80's, Stoeger became the importer, and Sako, restored their quality, with 4 new actions,ĪI (nee Vixen, nee L-461( with new bolt shroud on all models, and other improvements)ĪIII ( nee Finnbear, nee L-61R, but without the third lug) for standard (30-06 length and short and long magnums) These were basicly L61R's without the third lug. In the 1972-1974, dropped Tradewinds and Garcia was named importer (hence early model's are termed Pre-Garcia, which to Sako's are like pre-64's), they cheaped (fit and finish) the actions (particularly the L61R's) came out with a model 72, followed by a model 74. action clip loading 7x33, 22 hornet, 218 Bee, 222 remġ959-1969 L-469 revamped l-46 to handle 222 rem amgġ961-1972 L-461 Vixen 34 oz action, dropped bolt saftey, dropped clip and added hinged floorplate and lengthed action, cals 222, 222 rem mag, 223ġ957-1959 L-57, 40 oz action, Mag box 2.812, hinged floorplate, bolt safety, cals 243, 224, 308ġ96x-1972 L-579 Forester improved L-57 dropped bolt safety added 22-250ġ950-1961 Sako high power built on FN Mauser actions for 270, 30-06, 300 H&H and 375 H&H, among others.ġ961-1972 L-61R sako built long action, Called Finnbear (up to 3.650" box length) 3 locking lugs (two front, 1 rear) 44 oz action, cals 25-06, 270, 30-06, 7mm rem mag, 300 win mag, 338 mag, 375 H&H among others.