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Help identifying 30-06 IMP rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Sage70" data-source="post: 2233178" data-attributes="member: 119027"><p>Remington92, the rifle that Mashburn put together for me did not have the Circle M on the bolt handle. However, Oklahoma is big cattle country and the Circle M brand looks like it could be something out of Okahoma City. I asked them to re-barrel a Weatherby FN Deluxe Mauser which was originally a 270 Weatherby Magnum to a 25-06 Mashburn. Of course, the bolt had the wrong bolt face. The gunsmith doing the job went to a cabinet that contained several new FN actions. He took the correct bolt out of a new action and switched bolts with me at no charge. My new bolt had the FN mark on the bolt handle so that could be why he did not stamp my new bolt. Also, I don't think Mashburn would have been marketing a trigger with his name on it outside of his shop. There was a guy named Warren Page and if I remember it correctly Page had a 7 mm rifle that Mashburn chambered especially for him. The Page rifle increased the notoriety of the Mashburn name and by 1950 the Mashburn shop was on the same level as several known gunsmiths. I think Page's rifle cartridge is still on the RCBS listing of custom dies. Page's rifle was called a 7 MM Mashburn Super Magnum and you can find a Field & Stream write-up on Page on Google. Your rifle has the same bolt handle and the same chamber barrel contour as Page's rifle "Old Betsy," and once you see the stock on old Betsy you'll know who made your rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sage70, post: 2233178, member: 119027"] Remington92, the rifle that Mashburn put together for me did not have the Circle M on the bolt handle. However, Oklahoma is big cattle country and the Circle M brand looks like it could be something out of Okahoma City. I asked them to re-barrel a Weatherby FN Deluxe Mauser which was originally a 270 Weatherby Magnum to a 25-06 Mashburn. Of course, the bolt had the wrong bolt face. The gunsmith doing the job went to a cabinet that contained several new FN actions. He took the correct bolt out of a new action and switched bolts with me at no charge. My new bolt had the FN mark on the bolt handle so that could be why he did not stamp my new bolt. Also, I don't think Mashburn would have been marketing a trigger with his name on it outside of his shop. There was a guy named Warren Page and if I remember it correctly Page had a 7 mm rifle that Mashburn chambered especially for him. The Page rifle increased the notoriety of the Mashburn name and by 1950 the Mashburn shop was on the same level as several known gunsmiths. I think Page's rifle cartridge is still on the RCBS listing of custom dies. Page's rifle was called a 7 MM Mashburn Super Magnum and you can find a Field & Stream write-up on Page on Google. Your rifle has the same bolt handle and the same chamber barrel contour as Page's rifle "Old Betsy," and once you see the stock on old Betsy you'll know who made your rifle. [/QUOTE]
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