Fred Moreo of Sharp Shooters Supply, the folks who specialize in Savages, has been playing with a modification of the Savage rifle.

Left hand bolt. Right hand eject. Or vise versa. Remove magazine. Have hole in stock under former magazine. Adjust ejector to eject downwards gently. Place box on table under hole.

Single shot rifle collects all the brass for reloading.

For bench shooters (not competition), for varmint shooters who use a field bench, etc.

For those of us too lazy to...

Hammer

Most of the competative single shot rifles I have seen have solid bottom metal to increase stiffness. It would seem that this idea flies in the face of current wisdom.

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Originally posted by Rusty Marlin:
Most of the competative single shot rifles I have seen have solid bottom metal to increase stiffness. It would seem that this idea flies in the face of current wisdom.

This is not considered a competition benchrest rifle. It is a modification of existing repeater action.

What's the piont of a single shot bolt action if its not to be a target/varmint, (translate as "deadnuts accurate") rifle?
That and loading it without a place to position the round would be difficult. You would have to hand place every round in the chamber. That's going to get old quick reaching around scope and mounts with no cartridge support to help guide the nose into the chamber.

Its a neat idea, but I don't see the piont of doing it other than, "Look what I made."

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Originally posted by Rusty Marlin:
What's the piont of a single shot bolt action if its not to be a target/varmint, (translate as "deadnuts accurate") rifle?
That and loading it without a place to position the round would be difficult. You would have to hand place every round in the chamber. That's going to get old quick reaching around scope and mounts with no cartridge support to help guide the nose into the chamber.

Its a neat idea, but I don't see the piont of doing it other than, "Look what I made."

Don't think anyone said it wasn't accurate.

All other rifles that I know about built by Fred have been very accurate.

This is not being built for commercial purposes. Fred has built one, maybe two. Said that if one of his customers wanted one he might consider building another one.

I didn't even allude to the rife not being accurate. There are many many repeating bolt actions that are supurbly accurate, that's not the issue.
My feeling is...
What's the point of having a single shot if its not going to built as stiffly as possable? Other wise its just a bolt gun with no magazine. Personally Id' rather have the magazine. Just my opinion.
Or, perhaps I'm simply dence.

Hammer are you pulling our legs? roger

Obviously this action is not ya'll's cup of tea.

So Fred and I will enjoy it for our own use.

Combined with the other features of a Savage rifle with quick swap barrels makes varminting and experimenting easy.

Hammer

Drop port actions are one of the latest hot ticket in competitive benchrest shooting. Left loading port and bottom eject for the empty case get rids of the ejector and a lot of people are shooting it now.
Check out the Viper actions.

http://www.viperactions.com/whats_new_index.htm

Viper Drop-port
The new drop port action is the best type of ejection action to ever hit the benches. A small hole in bottom of the action allows the spent cartridge to drop out the bottom of the action. A small part is available to glue into the stock to control the drop if desired. Only one 1/2 inch hole in the stock is required just ahead of the trigger guard. Gravity does all of the work, NO ejector is required. Unlike other ejector designs or microports, it ALWAYS works. Out of hundreds of rounds shot through the prototypes, not one has even hinted at a failure. We want to thank Jerry Hensler for the concept on this one. It is so trick we are even patenting it. If you want an ejection style action, this is the one for you.

Now the action that I really want to have made...

Take two Weatherby Varmintmasters originally chambered in 224 Wby.

Cut them in half and weld them together adding length sufficient for a 375 H&H.

Convert to left-hand bolt.

Convert to Mauser claw extractor and controlled-feed.

Convert to cock-on-closing.

Install an original 95 Mauser trigger.

Add a Dave Gentry three-position wing safety.

Weatherby Custom stock will not be of value, so bed a Ramline stock.

Get a MidwayUSA Adams & Bennett barrel in 8mm Mauser and rechamber to 8mm RUM using a Savage barrel nut. Cut and crown to 18 inches.

Now this would be something to show the grandchildren.

Hammer

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Fjold:
Drop port actions are one of the latest hot ticket in competitive benchrest shooting. Left loading port and bottom eject for the empty case get rids of the ejector and a lot of people are shooting it now.
Check out the Viper actions.
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I did, and did you notice how much steel is those actions? They are totally enclosed with a loading port just big enough to get a round in. Much different than commercially made rifles.

Hammer, sounds interesting. I have a couple of questions and I'm not being a smart ass.
1) With the case capacity of the 8RUM why go with an 18" tube? This interests me because of things like muzzle blast, and the HUGE fire ball from the excess powder.
2) Why convert to cock on closing?

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Originally posted by Rusty Marlin:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Fjold:
Drop port actions are one of the latest hot ticket in competitive benchrest shooting. Left loading port and bottom eject for the empty case get rids of the ejector and a lot of people are shooting it now.
Check out the Viper actions.
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I did, and did you notice how much steel is those actions? They are totally enclosed with a loading port just big enough to get a round in. Much different than commercially made rifles.

Hammer, sounds interesting. I have a couple of questions and I'm not being a smart ass.
1) With the case capacity of the 8RUM why go with an 18" tube? This interests me because of things like muzzle blast, and the HUGE fire ball from the excess powder.
2) Why convert to cock on closing?

My experience is that cock-on-closing is faster for me. Not a prediction for anyone else.

Short barrel to handle in the thick brush.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Fjold:
Drop port actions are one of the latest hot ticket in competitive benchrest shooting. Left loading port and bottom eject for the empty case get rids of the ejector and a lot of people are shooting it now.
Check out the Viper actions.

http://www.viperactions.com/whats_new_index.htm
QUOTE]

I've got one of those Viper actions slick as can be. Several hundreds of rounds now without any failure.

I have one of the Viper Drop ports also and jsut love it. I sold my Nesika RBLP to buy it and am glad I did.

Mike