Post by: yorketransport on July 22, 2020, 09:27:12 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/Rdz7RCg.jpg?1)
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.
Post by: Pinetar on July 22, 2020, 09:32:38 PM
Post by: jasnt on July 22, 2020, 09:33:44 PM
Post by: yorketransport on July 22, 2020, 09:39:06 PM
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.
(https://i.imgur.com/la5enhy.jpg?1)
Post by: wadu1 on July 22, 2020, 09:55:57 PM
Post by: mountainman on July 22, 2020, 10:16:36 PM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on July 22, 2020, 10:18:59 PM
Post by: bullfisher on July 23, 2020, 03:47:15 PM
Post by: mountainman on July 23, 2020, 04:51:40 PM
Post by: BigGoonTuna on July 24, 2020, 11:59:31 AM
Post by: 724wd on July 24, 2020, 12:44:57 PM
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!
Post by: yorketransport on July 24, 2020, 07:30:32 PM
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.
Post by: jasnt on July 24, 2020, 07:42:46 PM
Post by: wadu1 on July 24, 2020, 07:51:02 PM
Post by: yorketransport on July 24, 2020, 07:56:58 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.
At least they didn't use a tape measure. :chuckle:
Post by: jay.sharkbait 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.
Post by: 724wd 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.
Post by: BigGoonTuna on July 27, 2020, 07:00:31 PM
Post by: 724wd 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...)
Post by: BigGoonTuna on July 28, 2020, 05:01:05 PM
Post by: 724wd on July 28, 2020, 05:55:48 PM
Post by: yorketransport 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!
Post by: tgomez on July 28, 2020, 07:49:46 PM
Post by: 724wd on July 31, 2020, 08:04:10 AM