Select Your Region. International United States Italian. Products may vary from country to country. Explore the rifles and use filtering options to find the right match for your hunting purposes. The first true hybrid rifle, the one that both hunters and precision. Sako serial numbers 1949-? In progress Background and history of the Sako commercial rifle: The first civilian rifle bearing the Sako name was the L42 Luodikko rifle model 1942, chambered for the 7x33mm Sako cartridge, prototyped in 1942, and commercial production started after WWII as model number L46.

General

The Sako L579 -rifle was designed by Eino Mäkinen at the Sako factory in 1958 on basis of the previous Sako L57 -rifle. The new hunting rifle was designed in such a way that in it could be used as much as possible the precision casting parts of a new precision casting foundry. The weapon was originally named Sako L579, but later the word “forester” was included to the name.

There are four versions of the Sako L579 Forester's rifle, Standard, Deluxe, Heavy-Barrel and Mannlicher -carbine stock model. The weapons were manufactured in following calibers: .22-250, .243 Win, .308 Win and 7mm-08. Heavy-Barrel version was 500 grams heavier than other models (total weight 3.8 kg). The rifle was also produced a Sako L579 'Mannlicher' model, caliber .308 Win, this had carbine model stock.

In 1984, the entire Sako rifle collection was renewed and the following models were available with the Sako L579 lock bolt: Hunter, Deluxe, Super Deluxe, Carbine, Varmint, Classic and Target.

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