How about a game of Name That Action?

[yorketransport]

A buddy of mine is looking to buy a couple of guns from the estate of one of his inlaws and he sent me a picture of this rifle in 6mm Ackley. He asked me what action this is and I honestly have no idea!


Whatever action that is, the stock is beautiful! He's going to try and get some more pictures in the next day or two. It sounds like there are one or two other guns that might be worth looking at too including a 25-06 and a 375 Weatherby.

[Pinetar]

Gorgeous wood on that rifle

[jasnt]

My first thought was rem with that bolt but then I look at the rear and in thinking looks kinda spring field ish

[yorketransport]

My first thought was rem with that bolt but then I look at the rear and in thinking looks kinda spring field ish

It's like a Remington reciever, with a different bolt. The tang safety is throwing me off too. It's like a combination between a Rem 700 and an original Ruger M77.

Here's the whole rifle.

[wadu1]

Mickey Mouser (K98) with a Remy stile handle

[mountainman]

Converted mauser

[JimmyHoffa]

I was thinking a CZ mauser, but the safety on the tang instead of the side for the thumb is making me rethink.  Custom?

[bullfisher]

Weird, looks like a husqvarna mauser to me.

[mountainman]

Jaeger custom?

[BigGoonTuna]

Got to be some kind of custom with the Oberndorf bottom metal and tang safety. I’d say it’s some kind of Mauser from the bolt shroud but it looks like it doesn’t have the big claw extractor from what I can see in the photos.

[724wd]

Got to be some kind of custom with the Oberndorf bottom metal and tang safety. I’d say it’s some kind of Mauser from the bolt shroud but it looks like it doesn’t have the big claw extractor from what I can see in the photos.

It's a Mauser. I think what you're seeing in the photo is not the bolt itself, but the extractor (based on the angle of the photo)

Hard to say who the manufacturer is without a shot of the left side wall. Nice rifle!

[yorketransport]

No new pictures yet, but I got confirmation today that it's a pushfeed action with a simple two position tang safety. There are no markings on the left side of the receiver. It also sounds like it's actually a 280 Rem.

The person handling the estate found the owner's log book where he kept very detailed records of all his guns. The only one they haven't positively identified is the one in the picture and the only gun in the log book that's unaccounted for is a 280 Remington. Somebody took a pair of calipers to the bore and said it measured .285", so I assume it's actually .284". The information in the log book states that the 280 was a custom gun finished in 1981 and was purchased for $3000 at that time.

[jasnt]

Looks pretty sweet no matter what it is.   I’m not much of a wood stock guy but that one I like

[wadu1]

It's kind of hard to "Somebody took a pair of calipers to the bore and said it measured .285", you really need a ball gauge.   

[yorketransport]

It's kind of hard to "Somebody took a pair of calipers to the bore and said it measured .285", you really need a ball gauge.

At least they didn't use a tape measure.

[jay.sharkbait]

It's kind of hard to "Somebody took a pair of calipers to the bore and said it measured .285", you really need a ball gauge.

Ball gauges are open to interpretation as well.

Firearms have pretty forgiving tolerances actually.

[724wd]

No new pictures yet, but I got confirmation today that it's a pushfeed action with a simple two position tang safety.

Could be a push feed Mauser like Browning used on the Mag Safari line of rifles? My dad's 60's Browning Safari 7mm Rem Mag is a push feed. Not a tang safety though, but with a 1980's price of $3000, quite a bit of gunsmithing could have taken place.

[BigGoonTuna]

The browning hi power rifles were commercial mausers, claw extractor and all. Don’t think there was a push feed browning until the bbr came around, and they were heavy clunky looking things and usually had fluted bolts.

[724wd]

The browning hi power rifles were commercial mausers, claw extractor and all. Don’t think there was a push feed browning until the bbr came around, and they were heavy clunky looking things and usually had fluted bolts.

Some magnum safari actions (like my dad's 7mm) were non-long claw extractor push feeds. Externally it looks the same as my 60's Safari .270, but the bolt has a small rim extractor. I wonder if it was due to a lack of availability at the time for magnum length extractors?  A standard length Mauser extractor in a magnum length action leaves a gap behind the extractor and the rear action bridge. There are stories of the extractor binding there, preventing bolt manipulation under duress (anecdotal second-hand reports, mind you...)

[BigGoonTuna]

Wow, I stand corrected. Never seen an older Mauser without a full length extractor. Learn something new every day 

[724wd]

Not sure if it’s a specific era or what, because there are magnum action safaris that have the long claw, too.

[yorketransport]

The browning hi power rifles were commercial mausers, claw extractor and all. Don’t think there was a push feed browning until the bbr came around, and they were heavy clunky looking things and usually had fluted bolts.

Some magnum safari actions (like my dad's 7mm) were non-long claw extractor push feeds. Externally it looks the same as my 60's Safari .270, but the bolt has a small rim extractor. I wonder if it was due to a lack of availability at the time for magnum length extractors?  A standard length Mauser extractor in a magnum length action leaves a gap behind the extractor and the rear action bridge. There are stories of the extractor binding there, preventing bolt manipulation under duress (anecdotal second-hand reports, mind you...)

Wow, throw a tang safety on there and that looks like a very close match!

[tgomez]

Looks like a Mauser action.

[724wd]

Yorke, what's the conclusion?!