How about a game of Name That Action?

[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?!