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24 February 2004, 08:02
<Guest>
Hey Triggerguard - Your Action
Mr. Williams



In another post you stated that you did not post any photos of your prototype actions becasue you did not want to get the general public stirred up.



PLEASE, STIR US UP!!!!!!



If you are going to be coming out with an action in the near future, many of us would like to at least see something so that we could start to form some sort of an intelligent decision on whether to wait for your action or instead participate in the Montana Rifle Company program.



The huge differences of course being:

1. Yours will be machined and theirs is cast

2. you claim yours will be of a quality whereby a smith won't have to do any truing or tinkering, whereas others have stated that their Smiths have had to do some work to get the Montana actions ready to go.

3. One can subscribe now and get a Montana for $525 and yours is going to cost a thousand bucks.



PLEASE, SHOW US A PHOTO.



Blue
24 February 2004, 14:30
triggerguard1
Hey blue,
here's some 3-D images of what we're working on right now, which is the short-action to begin with, but haven't made the modifications to these prints to reflect the M70 inletting design.
I've got quite a workload ahead of me until at least June of this year, so she's gonna get put on hold until then..Once I'm ought of my current fires, all my attention will be towards getting this line of actions off the ground. The manufacturing of our extractors was perhaps the biggest hurdle of them all, and it's going like clockwork.




24 February 2004, 15:39
<Guest>
Mr. Williams

That double square bridge is absolutely gorgeous. Stay well, take care of yourself, and I sincerely hope you get this project off the ground. Let me know when you start taking orders!!!!

Blue
24 February 2004, 15:42
30 Caliber Mag Fan
Blue-

I will second everthing, and I mean everything, you said!!!

Matt, I will be standing second in line behind Blue for an order.
24 February 2004, 18:57
Stryker225
Would the bolt have that third lug?
I'm trying to find that old thread about the actions.
25 February 2004, 05:10
triggerguard1
Quote:

Would the bolt have that third lug?
I'm trying to find that old thread about the actions.




No, we'll just be keeping the dual-opposing lugs, ala-mauser, but with a few improvements for alignment in the front and the rear.
25 February 2004, 05:33
M 98
MATT
what type of extractor/ejector system are you going to use..I HOPE ITS NOT THE SAME AS THE WINCHESTER.....
or will this action have a mauser ejector/extractor system
regards daniel
25 February 2004, 05:36
M 98
MATT
sorry matt just another question will the front reciver have the C ring like the M 98
daniel
25 February 2004, 05:37
triggerguard1
Quote:

MATT
what type of extractor/ejector system are you going to use..I HOPE ITS NOT THE SAME AS THE WINCHESTER.....
or will this action have a mauser ejector/extractor system
regards daniel




The extractor will be almost a dead ringer for the Model 70, but the ejector and bolt release will be very similar to the Mauser 98.
25 February 2004, 06:34
Rancher
Please hurry !!!!

Best of luck in getting this project off the ground. It sounds excellent.. Wish I had one in hand right now ...

Pat Byrne
25 February 2004, 06:39
M 98
MATT
i screwed up my question i meant to ask will the bolt stop not the extractor be the same as the mauser 98 .....thanks for the repley ...
can you expand on the way the bolt stop/ejector will work on your rifle will the left lug be split like the M 98
will you have a C ring in the front reciver
daniel
25 February 2004, 07:40
triggerguard1
Quote:

MATT
i screwed up my question i meant to ask will the bolt stop not the extractor be the same as the mauser 98 .....thanks for the repley ...
can you expand on the way the bolt stop/ejector will work on your rifle will the left lug be split like the M 98
will you have a C ring in the front reciver
daniel




The ejector and bolt stop will work nearly identical to the Mauser 98, except for the flat spring system that Paul Mauser used. We'll be using a stainless, laser cut ejector and a stainless coil spring in it's place. The outside of the bolt release will look very similiar to the 98, it'll just work smoother.
25 February 2004, 09:00
Rancher
Something I know you have considered, if you keep the footprint the exact same as a m70 or 98 it sure makes stocking easier.
25 February 2004, 10:18
triggerguard1
Quote:

MATT
sorry matt just another question will the front reciver have the C ring like the M 98
daniel




Sorry I skipped over this question earlier.....It will be the M70-style breaching system.
My father and I have been threatening to build a reciprocating broach for building a true 98 style system, but that will be a ways down the road I'm afraid.
Many of the big bore smiths have noted that the m70 breach lends itself better to reliable feeding when working with the big heavy bullets, and what I've seen myself, I'd have to agree. Obviously, not everyone is shooting elephant killers, but then again, a lot of the same rules apply in the small calibers as well.