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Building a long range rifle with a used action.
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<blockquote data-quote="fj40mojo" data-source="post: 454993" data-attributes="member: 19129"><p>With the Mauser actions I'd look for a good quality commercial action like the Belgian made FN. These can be found in unlikely places at very reasonable prices as they were used by JC Higgens, Sears, and early Weatherbys as the foundation for their rifles. There are also Santa Barbara (Golden State Arms, Flaigs) and Interarms Mark X which are good serviceable actions as well but don't have as good a reputation as the FNs. I'd steer clear of the military actions unless you find one that has already had much of the sporterizing done to it.</p><p> </p><p>As far as the Remington unless the actions been involved in a catastrophic accident I don't think you can go wrong here. I once had a gunsmith try to sell me a 700 action at a gunshow for $350. On inspection it was obvious that something really bad had happened to the rifle as there were 3 long splits in the barrell just ahead of the chamber. When I pointed this out to the smith and asked him how he could justify charging that price for an action that was potentially damaged he just grinned an said "I guess that's a chance you'll just have to take". Buyer beware.</p><p> </p><p>There are also lots of Rem 721 actions out there that are great actions as well and can be found for reasonable prices and with the addition of a Sako type extractor are excellent foundation for a rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fj40mojo, post: 454993, member: 19129"] With the Mauser actions I'd look for a good quality commercial action like the Belgian made FN. These can be found in unlikely places at very reasonable prices as they were used by JC Higgens, Sears, and early Weatherbys as the foundation for their rifles. There are also Santa Barbara (Golden State Arms, Flaigs) and Interarms Mark X which are good serviceable actions as well but don't have as good a reputation as the FNs. I'd steer clear of the military actions unless you find one that has already had much of the sporterizing done to it. As far as the Remington unless the actions been involved in a catastrophic accident I don't think you can go wrong here. I once had a gunsmith try to sell me a 700 action at a gunshow for $350. On inspection it was obvious that something really bad had happened to the rifle as there were 3 long splits in the barrell just ahead of the chamber. When I pointed this out to the smith and asked him how he could justify charging that price for an action that was potentially damaged he just grinned an said "I guess that's a chance you'll just have to take". Buyer beware. There are also lots of Rem 721 actions out there that are great actions as well and can be found for reasonable prices and with the addition of a Sako type extractor are excellent foundation for a rifle. [/QUOTE]
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