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Strange to think that the Land Down Under would be short in DeLux rifles but seems to yield a abundance of 7x33’s, Hornets and Bee’s! I’d swap one of my .308’s for a comparable 7x33! If you ever come up here to the states bring one and look me up!We don’t see a lot of early Deluxe’s over here so have not been able to compare many.
I believe that the L57’s in .308 did not have the crossbolt, so at what point were they introduced in the early L579’s ?
If you ever come up here to the states bring one and look me up!
bloo
......I have a L57 DeLux .308 , a later Bofors stamped example that does not have a cross bolt. All my L579’s in .308 have them. It’s my belief that when Sako introduced the L61R long action the recoil cross bolt came with it. 9’s chambered in the heavy hitting .308 win , which can be loaded with 165-200 grain pills.....It my opinion that the recoil cross bolt was introduced in ‘61 in Foresters chambered in .308Win along with the new long action L61R. bloo
Ironically, Sako was building .22-250's on their L579 for Browning when the cartridge was still a wildcat -- one of the few factory chamberings for a wildcat cartridge by a major manufacturer. This was several years before they finally built one of their own as a Forester.Very interesting..no mention of a .22-250 yet.
edit: The 22-250 was commercially introduced around ‘65 .
bloo