That was expensive stuff! Air freight alone from Finland was $100 U.S., not including the price of the cartridges, and at the time that was a lot of money. In 1978 I bought the last 1,000 rounds of loaded ammo they had in stock at that time, but they were scheduled to make more in 1980. They used to make runs of brass and loaded ammo every three years, but I don't know if they still are doing so. The case is bottlenecked, and was factory loaded with 77 gr.284 jacketed bullets, both FMJ and SP varieties. It is very easy to make brass from the 9m/m Winchester Mag brass, but it might be even more scarce than the real 7x33 stuff, depending on one's sources of supply and country of residence. The head size is the same as that of the Parabellum (Luger P-08) round, again to make use of existing machinery/tooling.
The longest case they could make on that machinery was 33 m/m long, hence the length of the new cartridge. So the only practical cartridge for their new L-42 rifle had to be made on machinery designed for (and of a size originally intended for) producing the 9 m/m Parabellum round. They were in the middle of a real war zone and had just been in savage fighting against the entire red army.Īccording to one of the original designers of the rifle & cartridge with whom I discussed it at length following his retirement in the 1970's, all of their rifle cartridge-making machinery was tied up in production for the Finland (& German then Russian) military forces at that point. It was first produced for the L-42 rifle, which was first produced in 1942.during the middle of World War II, but as a SPORTER! The Finns are HARDY folk. The 7x33 is a uniquely Finn development, designed to be a distinct cartridge not similar or to be confused with that of any other country, out of a bit of national pride. What is the 7x33? Don't think I have heard of that one. A person would be better off using their money to light the cooking fire in deer camp than buying any of those, in my opinion. Well, it was another fake exactly like the first one. I complained to the seller and rather than give my money back, he said he would send me the one from his own personal rifle which he knew was not a fake. I bought one at a rather high price from an Alaskan seller, and it is a useless, shoddy, fake.
The thing a person wants NOT to do is buy any Sako magazines from Alaska via e-Bay unless he personally knows the seller is a person of their word. That's what I did a few years back and was able to pick up brand new mags shipped by airmail from the factory for my L-46's, in both. I have one in 7x33 which is just about perfect for 'yotes.Īs for magazines, one might try phoning the factory in Finland. 20 September 2006, 05:26 Alberta CanuckHoward - What is a "calling" rifle? Is that for use in varmint calling, like a "coyote" rifle? Not trying to be a smart ass, I just am not familiar with that term.īTW, I prefer the Sako L-42's over all their later rifles.
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