My first L461 A1 .223

[Tesoro]

Found it unfired in an estate deal. Put a 3-10x42 on it and it shot around 1/2 in with decent hornady ammo. Trigger is perfect. A keeper!

 

[Deleted member 14372]

Looks great! Good find! Scope looks perfect for it.


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[Blip]

Very nice rifle. Looks great!

 

[Tesoro]

Thx!

 

[Wilk24]

Found it unfired in an estate deal. Put a 3-10x42 on it and it shot around 1/2 in with decent hornady ammo. Trigger is perfect. A keeper!View attachment 25568

 

[Wilk24]

That's a nice looking A1, great find!

 

[Branxhunter]

Great photo, and terrific find. It does look like that scope is a perfect fit - what rings and what height?

Marcus

 

[deersako]

The best ‘standard’ sporter ever made.

 

[Tesoro]

Great photo, and terrific find. It does look like that scope is a perfect fit - what rings and what height?

Marcus

Thx. Leup Mediums. Its a 42in objective on the Z3 and the OD of the bell is 47mm. Could squeak by with 48mm but not more. If went with high rings then would lose the nice cheek weld. I dont see a 30mm tube fitting this rifle. I dont think they even had 30mm tubes back in that era.

I also free floated the bbl yesterday and replaced the action screws with 4mm hex. Now i can pop off the stock to clean anytime and not lose zero. Important as I use this in rainy wx. It shot 3.5 in. low after relieving the bbl up pressure. Did it mess up the accuracy? Well, I put 14 consecutive hornady 55gr varmint factory loads inside a 1 in. target sticker, shooting off my pack on a bench. Good enough for me!

2 more things to do: one is to knock off that 1970's gloss with 000 steel wool and the other is to add a 1/2in butt pad to lengthen the lop. Then it will be a keeper! And still a Sako but a hunter's one and not a collector's one.

 

[Rocky]

Big Thumbs up on that combo!

 

[Tesoro]

The best ‘standard’ sporter ever made.

Only because Sauer didnt make a mini action Mod 200/202 !!

 

[Branxhunter]

Looks to be the same vintage as my A1 .222. I too took off the factory finish (was dull, chipped and scratched) and oil finished it, added a thin rubber butt pad (mainly to stop is sliding on hard surfaces when propped up against something).

Good to know on the mounts - might be what I already have on my mine. Those Z3 Swarovskis are tempting - I assume no bolt clearance issues?

Marcus

 

[Tesoro]

Very nice! I like the stains. Yeah i/m putting a 5/8 in, sandable limbsaver on mine to get the extra lop and stop the slide when propping up the rifle.

 

[Tesoro]

Looks to be the same vintage as my A1 .222. I too took off the factory finish (was dull, chipped and scratched) and oil finished it, added a thin rubber butt pad (mainly to stop is sliding on hard surfaces when propped up against something).

Good to know on the mounts - might be what I already have on my mine. Those Z3 Swarovskis are tempting - I assume no bolt clearance issues?

Marcus

I also put on a thin limbsaver for the non-skid effect.

No bolt clearance issue at all.

 

[deersako]

Very nice! I like the stains.

Deluxe staining if ever I’ve seen it.

 

[onthepaper]

Found it unfired in an estate deal. Put a 3-10x42 on it and it shot around 1/2 in with decent hornady ammo. Trigger is perfect. A keeper!View attachment 25568

Beautiful rifle!

 

[wombat]

Great looking A1, Tesoro.
What crosshairs have you got on the Z3?
Jay

 

[Tesoro]

Thx. The #4. are there others?!

 

[wombat]

The “ Plex “ reticle is also popular, this is same? Similar to the Leupold Duplex
type reticle.

 

[Tesoro]

Most hunters like the german #4, including me. Its the plex minus the top post.