This is a "medium action" intended for the. In 1957, Sako launched a longer action, the L57, subsequently renamed L579 "Forester". 222 Remington cartridge and has an almost mythical status among aficionados. The L461 has been very popular in Finland and Sweden, especially chambered for the. This cartridge was designed for and well suited to capercaille and black grouse hunting, a popular sport in Finland, Sweden and Norway. Sako developed the 7x33 cartridge based on the 9x19 pistol cartridge, by making a longer case and "necking" the case down to 7mm calibre (7.21mm bullet diameter). The first civilian rifle bearing the Sako name was the L42 (Luodikko model 1942) chambered for the 7x33mm Sako cartridge, prototyped in 1942, and commercial production started after WWII. I thought it might be helpful in your discussion. The AII also differed from the L579 with regard to stock shape & barrel contour.I don't know about the collectibility, but a guy over on UK Varminter posted this lineage. The L579 actions were marked with the AII stamping in the late 1970s (1978 or 79?) to denote the modification of the bolt shroud & were made until the early 1990s (1991?) when they were replaced by the model M591. You have a Model AII in the Mannlicher configuration. The predecessor action was marked L579 and varies from the A-II only in the A-II's shrouded rear of the bolt which covers the rear end of the striker (firing pin). In addition to your full-stock version with its 510mm barrel it came in rifle form with a 580mm barrel length in both standard and deluxe grades and as a Heavy Barrel target/varmint rifle with a 600 mm barrel. You are well equipped for roe, fallow, reds, alg, vildsvin, or just about anything else you might run across in Scandinavia (or America or Africa for that matter!) Forgot to mention: This model, which is the Sako medium-length action, was called the 'Forester' (the short action was 'Vixen' and the long action 'Finnbear').
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