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Re: How about a game of Name That Action?
« Reply #15 on: July 24, 2020, 08:04:16 PM »
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.

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Re: How about a game of Name That Action?
« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2020, 09:43:47 AM »
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.

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Re: How about a game of Name That Action?
« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2020, 07:00:31 PM »
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.
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Re: How about a game of Name That Action?
« Reply #18 on: July 28, 2020, 04:46:02 PM »
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?  :dunno: 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...)

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Re: How about a game of Name That Action?
« Reply #19 on: July 28, 2020, 05:01:05 PM »
Wow, I stand corrected. Never seen an older Mauser without a full length extractor. Learn something new every day  :tup:
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Re: How about a game of Name That Action?
« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2020, 05:55:48 PM »
Not sure if it’s a specific era or what, because there are magnum action safaris that have the long claw, too.

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Re: How about a game of Name That Action?
« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2020, 07:19:44 PM »
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?  :dunno: 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!

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Re: How about a game of Name That Action?
« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2020, 07:49:46 PM »
Looks like a Mauser action.
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Re: How about a game of Name That Action?
« Reply #23 on: July 31, 2020, 08:04:10 AM »
Yorke, what's the conclusion?!  :) :hello:

 


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