Some people take a special interest in early rifles with barrels marked 'Bofors Steel', but that mark alone doesn't make it a 'collectible'. 270, while one of the finest medium-game hunting rifles you can own, is relatively common and is not, at least currently, a 'collectible'. And some had what is commonly called the 'Tikka' trigger instead of the earlier Sako #4 trigger.Īny of them can have better (fancier) or worse (plainer) wood figure, with more better wood showing up in later guns - but that varies tremendously with the individual gunstock.Ī Sako chambered in. Some also had a slightly shorter barrel of about 22 7/8'. The late A-V's had a slightly different stock configuration with a rounded forearm and a palm swell. Some very early Deluxe L61R's had a front sight, while later L61R, A-III, and A-V did not. The early (prior to about 1969) L61R's had a more slender stock and barrel, which is favored by some shooters, and had 24.4' barrels. The late L61R and the A-III and early A-V were essentially identical, and had 24.4' barrels. It depends on which L61R and which A-V you're looking at.
