It has excellent workmanship and gained a reputation for accuracy - mine will put 3 shots into less than 1/2" at 100 yards. Its trigger was a copy of the Winchester M70 trigger. It has a distinctive rectangular block-shaped bolt shroud with the safety on the R side of the shroud that blocks the firing pin, stamped trigger guard, detachable single stack magazine, and a beech wood classic style stock which was stained to resemble walnut. 22 Hornet but quickly adapted to the then new.
The earliest model imported here was built on the L-46 action, designed for small cartridges such as the. Riihimaki is the town where Sakos are made, and was stamped onto the left side of the receiver - my L-46 in. What amazes me is how different the wood appears in different light and from different angles.I believe that Riihimaki is used to refer to the early Sako rifles. However it appears to have been shot very little and if it shoots as well as the last Sako 75 I had and the 222's that Fasteel has kept then it might well stay in tact. I bought it thinking to use it as a donor rifle for another 20 EXTREME as the little L46 clip works perfectly. It appears to be stocked with ***en "Custom Varminter" stock that appears in ***en adds in a 1957 magazine add and their 1959 catalogue. I recently came into posession of an interesting Sako L46 that was likely imported in 1958 as a light varmint barreled action. I believe that the Bishop Stock Company built the Marlin stocks.
Marlin, Colt, H&R and other custom rifle builders imported actions and barreled actions and built rifles. It remained inproduction until 1961 when it was replaced by the L 461 or "Vixen". The L 46 is a mini mauser style repeater action with a 3 shot clip that was introduced the year I was born in 1946. Sako began chambering the 222 Rem in their L46 action rifles, better known as Riihimaki, in 1951. Sako was one of the first European makers to introduce. 222 Remington is popular in Europe where it is known as 5.7×43.
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