L579 Custom Stock
Have a Sako Forester L579 handed down to me from my father. It has 2 or 3 small "scratches" ... (read: instead of a deep scratch, more of a worn spot where the finish has rubbed off the barrel). After checking the number vs. the info on the Sako website it appears to be a first series ('60-'73) model. It is in very good condition minus the few worn spots. My father built a custom stock for it, made for a left-hand shooter, which is absolutely beautiful. What kind of a price would a firearm like this fetch, and does the custom stock reduce the value??
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Pictures would help if you can provide them, but if I were selling it on the auction side I'd try starting at about 700.00. A lot depends on the stock. In general the original stock would carry more value but a well done stock, depending on the quality of the work and the grade of wood, might add. The early Sako's are beautiful rifles. Keep it if you can.0 -
Is the barrel also marked Sako? Sako actions (L579 and others) were popular with custom gun makers in the 60's/70's. Sometimes with Sako barreled actions and sometimes with other makers barrels. I would think that might have some bearing on the value of your rifle; probably higher if the barrel is marked Sako too. I had one (L579) in .243 but it had a non-Sako barrel and someone's custom stock. Agree with RCrosby on a starting price around $700. Sold mine for $600 but that was a few years ago. 0 -
It does have Sako on the barrel, and I do plan on keeping it, it's a great rifle. The stock was very well done. Is it possible to learn the date of manufacture from the serial? '60-'73 is quite a span, it would be nice to know an actual year. 0 -
Charlie:
If you access the sako.fi website, and under the button "Old Models", and then "Old Sako rifle manufacturing dates", you may be able to specify the year of manufacture based upon your rifle's serial number.
There is quite a bit of good information on the website. Good luck, and let me know.
I have some of their lefthand boltactions, and I enjoy them as good, quality pieces.0 -
It is a good website, and in fact where I first learned the rifle was mfg'd between 60' - '73. That's as detailed of info as I could locate. 0 -
Charlie:
Yes, I noticed that the first run was very broad. You could probably get reasonably close to the year by interpolating using the years and your SN.
Beyond that, you may be able to email Sako and make a request. Someone on the Sako Collectors Association may have some input as well. Try Googling "Sako Collectors Association", and see what you get. I know they have a lot of information.0 -
Thanks, that's a good idea, will try it. I recall my father saying that aside from the .243 it could also handle another shell, perhaps a modified one? He used to press his own shells, and sadly enough I did not learn enough from him before he passed. Can you shed any light on that one? 0 -
Interesting. I don't know of any other round that you could chamber in a .243; at least not in the same caliber and with any reasonable result. If the barrel had been rechambered to the .243 Ackley Improved (barrel should so marked), then it would fire either factory .243 or the A.I. reloads. That's the only "2 cartridge in one .243" that I'm aware of. 0
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