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| Jim Kobe just put up a number of actions in the Classified-Fireams section. |
| Posts: 20170 | Location: Very NW NJ up in the Mountains | Registered: 14 June 2009 |
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| Ruger-its a reliable workhorse. |
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| Mauser . . . why? I dunno. Because I love them and my most accurate rifle is built on a Mod. 98. |
| Posts: 939 | Location: Grants Pass, OR | Registered: 24 September 2012 |
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| My .375 Ruger is built on a JC Higgins M50 and functions beautifully. Your .300-375 Ruger would as well.
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| Posts: 408 | Location: Sechelt, B.C., Canada | Registered: 11 December 2001 |
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| You don't say if this is a long range rig, or a 500 yard max utility rifle?
For long range work, Remington, or a new Winchester CRF. The Remington and Winchester have the longest magazines of the action choices and can take the widest variety of bullets (long VLD's in particular).
I would add Howa to the list. Those are a great action and reasonably priced.
For a utility rifle, any action will work well from a Mauser to a Savage. Maybe just pick one that you are familiar with and go with that?
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| quote: Originally posted by farbedo: You don't say if this is a long range rig, or a 500 yard max utility rifle? Jeremy
Really this is going to be a utility rifle, not necessarily a dedicated LR rig. I figure with a 210gr BT spitzer it will still be moving at about 2250ft/sec at 500yds, with 42in of drop. This should be plenty for any NA game out to the 500yd mark. I'm not looking to always take those long shots (the shorter the better) but it would be nice to know I have a rig that is capable of doing so.
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| Posts: 1091 | Location: Eau Claire, WI | Registered: 20 January 2011 |
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| Based on what you just said, you might want to take look at the Borden Timberline action. It is made to the Rem 700 contour so it can be dropped into any Rem 700 long action stock. It is manufactured to benchrest tolerances so you won't have to get it reworked or "blue-printed" like a Remington action. You can choose between stainless or CM. You won't have to deal with the Remington trigger but can install one of several better options. You won't have the Remington extractor problem because it already has a Sako type extractor. And you won't have to worry about the bolt handle pulling off, a not unheard of Remington 700 problem, because they weld it on properly in the first place. Several makers of semi-custom beanfield and mountain rifles are using this action, some with their own name on it. http://www.bordenrifles.com
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| -Grenadier The problem with a custom action is that it reminds me too much of the book "If You Give A Mouse a Cookie." If you give a gun nut a custom action, He's going to want a Jewel trigger... and custom oberndorf bottom metal... and a bedded McMillan stock... and get it Cerekoted...and a set of Conetrol mounts...and a custom Leupold scope. and a matching hard case.
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| Posts: 1091 | Location: Eau Claire, WI | Registered: 20 January 2011 |
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| I would agree with shootaway and go with the Ruger M77 with a tang safety. I might also suggest a CZ 550 Mauser style. They are built like a tank as well.
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| I am partial to the Ruger M77 action. No real flies in the ointment, it's built like a tank. |
| Posts: 2 | Location: Pennsylvania, USA | Registered: 23 January 2014 |
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| hard to beat a good 98 Mauser, especially if you can find a clean FN Commercial one.
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| Can you buy a Ruger or Win action.
A Rem action or clone you could buy tomorrow.
A mauser action will be used, unless you buy a Yugo (Zastava) |
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| quote: Originally posted by Biggs300: I would agree with shootaway and go with the Ruger M77 with a tang safety. I might also suggest a CZ 550 Mauser style. They are built like a tank as well.
You could easily take a Ruger apart-cant do that with a CZ-I mean completely apart.Someone once took it apart and posted a pic of all the fragile parts. |
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| Since you're obviously building a long range hunting/target rifle where accuracy is everything and CRF doesn't matter I don't know why either the Ruger or M70 would be in the mix. Just sayin ...
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| Posts: 4796 | Location: Colorado Springs | Registered: 01 January 2008 |
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| I like to find old SAKO's and build guns with the SAKO action. You'll pay quite a bit for a used SAKO but well worth the money imho. Howa was suggested and I would agree, mainly because the new ones can be purchased as a barreled action and they have awesome triggers. I consider the howa a poor mans SAKO, the quality and finish is superb.
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| Shootaway, I'd love to know who that "Someone" was that once took a CZ 550 apart and posted pictures of the fragile parts. You got a link?
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| Posts: 383 | Location: Oklahoma | Registered: 24 December 2011 |
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| 1885 high wall would be best, but any of the others would do. The 700 seems easiest to me. |
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| Any of the actions mentioned will do the job. All will provide a base that is accurate enough for the purpose. The major difference is that the 700 will provide more options in the style of stock you choose. |
| Posts: 869 | Location: N Dakota | Registered: 29 December 2003 |
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| If you go to one of your local benchrest matches you might possibly see a Remington 700 action along with all the specialized BR actions (Bat, etc.), but you will not find any of the others mentioned here.
It would not be my first choice for a DGR but if you want to build the most accurate hunting rifle from one of these actions, the 700 is clearly the best choice. |
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