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Quote: John: The full-wood stock was a popular option by all accounts. Since acquiring mine, I have been paying attention and reckon I have seen more of them in Australia than the half-stock version over the past 1/4-century. Not all were triple-twos, a couple were in 7x33 IIRC. Having said that, there is a half-stock L-46 for sale right now on one of the internet gun sites. Quote: OK... One day in the 1990s at Micket Creek Range I was walking from the firing-line back to my truck when I passed Kurt M_ at the boot of his car. He was surrounded by a group of hopefuls in one of those off-the-record show-and-tell moments, but no-one was buying. Shouldering my way in and craning my neck for a look, I spied the classic Riihimaki-marked sporter in question, lying on a picnic rug. "Veery nice" I thought to myself. "How much?" "Six" replied Kurt. Ah, must be more to these early Sakos than meets the eye! Certainly six grand was out of my league so I put the lovely little L-46 out of my mind and moved on. A couple of years later Kurt brought the rifle to one of our Collector Club meetings and tossed it on the table with a 'For Sale' tag dangling from the trigger guard. It looked even nicer than I remembered, so I caught his attention and asked "How much is it again?" "Still six hundred" says Kurt... I couldn't get my wallet out quick enough!! At the time, looking through the scope was like holding a glass of milk up to my eye, but a quick trip to Rod Fielder restored the brilliant German optics and both scope and rifle have proven faultless ever since. Everyone should own at least one triple-two! |