This is a Sako L579 .243 bolt action rifle from about 1970 - 71. It's gorgeous - the only part that isn't steel and wood is the plastic buttplate with "Sako" written on it. The guy i bought it from says it had fired only 95 rounds and it does look like it's been cleaned and stored for a few decades. The wood to metal fit alone would have to come from a custom stockmaker these days, let alone the borderless checkering.
I'm struggling to decide whether to put a receiver ("peep") sight on it and stay close to its seven-pounds-two-ounce weight, or to scope it and see how it shoots. I use to shoot irons, but a scope is much easier on my eyes these days.
I guess I'm more a wood and steel guy than a modular aluminum guy.