Fired my 300 whisper for the 1st time today.

[amafrank]

Here are side and top views of the single shot Sako action. Any help in identification is appreciated. I need to find a stock and scope mounts for this baby and its nice to know what model ...








Thanks guys

Frank

[kdiver58]

I got my upper from M1S and built a DPMS lower from scratch. I even formed my own brass from cut down .223 which I had annealed the necks. I used Remington UMC .223 brass.
I wanted good fire-formed brass so I loaded all of them sonic so that I could get good case sizes.. I loaded 12.9 grains of H-110 behind a 175 grain sierra matchking bullet.
I was shooting indoors so 25 yards was as far as I shot. But I was able to fire 10 shots through 1 hole .75 center to center.
I hope it gets better as I shoot more.

Next loads will be sub sonic .. wish me luck..

[Jeff_8]

Amafrank,
It looks like an early L461 or L46. The cocking piece/safety is like the early L46, mine is a late one with the A1 type cocking piece/safety. I will try to find out more.

Jeff

[amafrank]

I found some info on a varmint rifle site and it is indeed an L46. I found a company that makes stocks and I'm getting a barrel blank ordered so progress is being made. I even found out that the Finns are using whitworth threads like the old mausers on this receiver.....damn limeys screwed up the whole world with their oddball thread systems....

Thanks
Frank

[Jeff_8]

A bit off topic but the British standardised the threads long before anyone else. Before that there were many threads, almost one from each manufacturer.

Jeff

[amafrank]

admittedly true though there were more 60deg threads out there and the whitworth is 55. Its not a big deal for cutting external threads but internals are tougher because I don't want to screw up an expensive cutting tool for one set of threads...I'll use a standard (current standard) 60deg cutter to thread a barrel holding fixture since it won't need to take much torque.
I'll assure you too that no actual insult was intended to the brits. Having worked with quite a number of them it was customary for us to "slag" each other for failings only we could percieve in the other...mostly good fun. Englanders are ok in my book, they brought us MG, Rover and Aston Martin as well as Elizibeth Hurley and a few other babes.

Having just opened my eyes and noticing you are in Australia I'll also apologize to you for any offense. I spent a good deal of time in surfers paradise for the indy races from '92 til 2004 I think....Did a bit of sightseeing and getting trapped in roundabouts.(gotta watch that inside lane)
I had a friend up at the airbase in Brisbane working on the F111's I used to work on here. They did a neat airshow at the race every year with the Aardvarks and the tudors. Some pretty nice gunshops used to be in the southport area too.
Frank

[Jeff_8]

No need to apologize for any offence I thought I would point it out. As a country that uses metric we wonder why others dont all use it. But it adds still more threads to the large and sometimes baffling choice.

Jeff