Ep. 448 | Cool Guns with Ian Klemm — Rare Old Sako’s

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🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Vortex’s in-house firearm historian, collector, and extreme enthusiast, Ian Klemm, drops by the studio with two rare vintage Sako’s. Obscure chamberings. Classic Finnish craftsmanship. Ian Klemm breaks down the history behind an early L46 in .25-20 WCF and a unique L461 Vixen in 6x45mm.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Vortex Nation podcast, brought to you by lovers of hunting, shooting, public lands, the Second Amendment, and good food.
0:17.6	What is up, everybody? Mark on the mic, joined by my good friend, Mr. Ryan Muckinhern,
0:22.4	and the always interesting fan favorite, one of my favorites, Mr. Ian Clem.
0:30.0	And this is another episode of Cool Guns with Ian.
0:34.4	Is it official? Have we named it?
0:35.9	100%.
0:36.4	We have cartridge talks. We have Cool Guns with Ian. We're going to have we named it? 100%. We have cartridge talks.
0:38.3	We have cool guns with Ian.
0:39.6	We're going to have a new segment.
0:40.9	We haven't fleshed it out yet.
0:41.8	I just came up with it. It's called the Clem Factor. We don't know what it's about. Clem Factor 12? Yeah. That's when you know you've made it. That's, we dive deep into the philosophical problems we face as hunters and shooters globally.
0:55.7	The Clem factor.
0:57.1	Black holes, everything. we dive deep into the philosophical problems we face as hundreds and shooters globally,
0:55.7	the Klem factor. Black holes, everything. Yeah, correct. Yes. Later, though. We're going to
1:02.4	talk about that later because now we're talking about cool guns with Ian. Ian, you've brought
1:07.9	a couple examples here today.
1:12.3	You gave me...
1:12.8	I asked, part of me likes to be surprised,
1:16.2	but I also like to be prepared.
1:17.7	That's why I've got my two printouts here.
1:19.2	They're at right angles.
1:24.0	Important side note.
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