Thread: Isn’t she pretty

Growing up reading Phillip Holden books, always wanted a Vixen

is that stamped vixen looks like the more modern AV model -- bloody nice rifles - our Taranaki goat crew this was their favourite rifle - nearly all of them used this model - compared to modern well enough said - one cant these were just so far ahead

That’s worth carrying

1980's A1 model ,but in the Vixen small action family going all the way back to the original L46 Vixen model.
AV model is the long action 1980's successor to the Finbear model

look dont want to split hairs here but the AV model came out as a short action and was called by Sako as a hunter - many of our cullers here in Taranaki had them - short action .222 - made in the eighties - lovely rifles - made after the Vixens - now worth having - just so much better made than many modern and usually real shooters - the vixen are stamped Vixen on the barrel and can be given that name - number of variants such as early ones the sights are soldered on rather than drilled and screwed - the bolt guide is different- the sling studs are D Shape rather than studs like later models - all very nice rifles --any hunter love to have one - But the AV did come out in short action - I do stand to be corrected as one should but I have fired AV Sako Hunters from the eighties in .222 and they are short action - lovely stock shape more of a pistol grip then the earlier Vixen - but any of them especially if you have one with some figure in that walnut stock - and if you are lucky you can find them where the checkering has been factory hand done - just the very very best - to be treasured and past on to those that appreciate the very best

Very tidy rifle and a classic

Sold mine after using that ammo, back to 270 in the ureweras for bush stalking.
But got another superb condition earlier model vixen here in Victoria.
Hang onto that ES.

Yep definitely an AI model not a true vixen but still very nice!


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Originally Posted by EmpireSafaris

Growing up reading Phillip Holden books, always wanted a Vixen

Heck very nice !

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That’s cool


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Stock checkering tells a story with these - very easy to knock it about and it shows once it's been knocked too! This one looks almost pristine. Very nice.

A real beauty there, that’s been someone’s safe queen, does it still have the open sights?

You’ll want a Sako L579 .243 next if you haven’t got one already

[QUOTE=Seventenths;1673241]A real beauty there, that’s been someone’s safe queen, does it still have the open sights
I don't know about the UK/Euro market,but down under the AI Hunter wasn't released with open sights

and he got some very nice walnut - some came out with rather plain stocks - they seem to vary a bit -and yes he now needs a Forester and a finnbear and a finnwolf--

@Barry the hunter.Sorry ol Pal,but you seem to have your Sako models up the boo eye.From 1946 they released their first model in the Vixen family .Called the L46.Stamped Vixen.Production run to mid 50's.The next child in the Vixen family was the L461.Stamped Vixen.Production run to late 70's.80's upgrade to the A One in OP #1.Not stamped Vixen,but still colloquially referred to as Vixen(i.e. short action).And then Beretta started playing in the sand pit and it went down hill.
In parallel development on the same time line was Sako's medium action and long action series.
The medium Forester transitioned
from L576 to A Two( roman numerals).
And finally the Long action L61 big brother Finnbear became the A Five.
Think your memory is playing tricks on you.Because the slag heap goaties would never of had an AV trebly or .223.