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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 961739" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>gave this thread more thought last night, and here some actions I'd seriously think about.</p><p> </p><p>1. is still the Savage PTA / dual port, or even a beefed up mod. 12 single shot. The single shot gives you a lot of options that you can't get there with most others</p><p> </p><p>2. The very first XP100 single shot action (note not the later one that was built off a mod.7)</p><p> </p><p>3. 721 / 722 Remington action. Will need a lot of reworking as these can be all over the place, but clearly better design than the 700 even though they are similar.</p><p> </p><p>4. in a low pressure mid to short case length round, the Remington 788 action is one to look at. I wouldn't use it in a high pressure mag configuration. It has some bolt issues that are fairly easy to fix if you know how, and also an extremely fast lock time. They're ugly, but have seen many a 788 shoot sub .30" groups one right after another.</p><p> </p><p>5. Believe it or not the old Sako action with the factory set trigger. This is not one of the newer suspect actions. Also a pre Garcia Sako is another one to look at. Look for a chrome moly action as European stainless steel is still suspect in my book.</p><p> </p><p>6. The generic Howa action! Just a nice design, but won't run with the above actions even if done right. </p><p> </p><p>7. WBY MK.V is not perfect by anybody's needs. But if you shoot big massive cases that are also long when loaded; then the MK. V is you friend. Gunsmiths don't like them, but that's usually due to incompetence. These actions don't break!</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 961739, member: 25383"] gave this thread more thought last night, and here some actions I'd seriously think about. 1. is still the Savage PTA / dual port, or even a beefed up mod. 12 single shot. The single shot gives you a lot of options that you can't get there with most others 2. The very first XP100 single shot action (note not the later one that was built off a mod.7) 3. 721 / 722 Remington action. Will need a lot of reworking as these can be all over the place, but clearly better design than the 700 even though they are similar. 4. in a low pressure mid to short case length round, the Remington 788 action is one to look at. I wouldn't use it in a high pressure mag configuration. It has some bolt issues that are fairly easy to fix if you know how, and also an extremely fast lock time. They're ugly, but have seen many a 788 shoot sub .30" groups one right after another. 5. Believe it or not the old Sako action with the factory set trigger. This is not one of the newer suspect actions. Also a pre Garcia Sako is another one to look at. Look for a chrome moly action as European stainless steel is still suspect in my book. 6. The generic Howa action! Just a nice design, but won't run with the above actions even if done right. 7. WBY MK.V is not perfect by anybody's needs. But if you shoot big massive cases that are also long when loaded; then the MK. V is you friend. Gunsmiths don't like them, but that's usually due to incompetence. These actions don't break! gary [/QUOTE]
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