SOLD/EXPIRED wanted: Large shank Savage RUM action

[justgoharder]

complete rifle or just the action let me know what you have. thanks!

 

[jorvin]

talk to jim at northland shooters supply. go to savage shooter forum .com. he has a classified section there. he sells target actions loose (not built)

 

[justgoharder]

thanks but iam looking for a rum length action. My understanding is that only the RUM's and the 375H&H were large enough to build a muti shot 338/300 rum off of. the target actions aren't long enough!

 

[geargrinder]

Earl Fouraker built one off a small shank regular long action. I believe it started as a 270. His was a 7mmRUM, but he was seating 180g VLD's with a longer OAL than what Shawn Carlock uses in his Edge's.

He started with a new centerfeed action and used a staggerfeed mag box.

 

[zuba]

geargrinder you got any more info on that conversion? I have a stagger feed 30-06 that I was thinking of trying to build a RUM or edge on, a repeater would be cool! is there a big difference between the centerfeed and staggerfeed action?

 

[geargrinder]

The new centerfeeds are better suited for long OAL repeaters. The have a longer opening by quite a bit.

What Earl did was take an older RUM/H&H length mag box, cut the tabs off, slot the end for the bullets to go through. Then he fixed the mag box into the stock.

Here is a link to his build, some of the pictures are gone but you'll get the jist.

http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f53/new-long-range-savage-7ultra-32534/

If you don't want to convert your old staggerfeed, new Stevens 200's can be had for less than $300. You can probably get $75-$100 of that back selling the barrel and stock.

 

[justgoharder]

If you build a rum off of a standard long action it will be small shank and if you want a repeater you still need to find an old rum action or H&H to pull the magazine parts off of. I really don't want to get into the "is a small shank strong enough for a RUM" there is plenty of that discussion all over the net...

back to the topic at hand - looking for a large shank rum action, the only way to find long action and also large shank is to get one of the savage factory chambered RUM's or H&H's

thanks!

 

[jorvin]

sorry, some times i speed read and don't get all the facts right. all i see that jim has is a ss. long 116 sf with a .532 bolt face for $365

 

[justgoharder]

sorry, some times i speed read and don't get all the facts right. all i see that jim has is a ss. long 116 sf with a .532 bolt face for $365

Jorvin,
the 116 is a small shank action. I do of course thank you for your help, but once again i am looking for a large shank long action and the only place these exist is in factory chambered rums and 375 H&H's. these large shank long actions were only made for a few years and while not exactly 'rare' they do take a bit of looking to find one.

 

[geargrinder]

There's on on savageshooters.com right now that has already been T&T'd by Fred for $375. Pretty good deal.

 

[justgoharder]

geargrinder,
that post is spf? I was a couple minutes too slow, darn!!!
thanks though!

 

[geargrinder]

I think there was a complete SS 7mmRUM on there for about the same price. There were quite a few pm's tossed around, but it was never posted spf. Take a look.