I picked up a nice 300 H&H from Tip Burns a while back. It looks to be a mid 50's gun with a Weatherby style stock, rollover cheek piece, rosewood forend tip, etc. Tip looked at action which showed Belgium proof marks, FN Supreme style side safety, etc. the action is not stamped FN, however. Interesting thing is that it has a Sako trigger. Tip indicated the firm that put it together also made Mauser sporters for Colt in the 50's. Anybody seen FN actions with Sako triggers? It looks to be original trigger, but I can't be sure. I'll post the name of the maker when I look at the rifle tonite. Thanks, Bob

Sako made rifles with the same FN actions during the 50's - as did a number of others - including Wby.
My first 375 was a Sako on the FN action. it looked suspeciously like the FN sporters of the day.

Thanks, Phil. The gun is marked "Jefferson Made in USA Model 158 300 Mag. It's a 300 H&H so I assume it was made before the 300 Win mag came along.
Anybody have any information on Jefferson? Tip thought they made the same type gun for Colt around this same time.
Bob

I suggest you look in some later 1950's, early-to-mid 1960's issues of Gun Digest, Shooter's Bible, and the Guns & Ammo Annuals.

I remember the Jefferson firm (and that rifle) from that time period, but unfortunately can't remember much if anything about the company's pedigree. The original Sako long action rifles imported to this country were built on FN barreled actions with Sako triggers and stocks. (That statement could likely start a debate of some heat...)

You also might want to check Henry M. Stebbins' book "Rifles - A Modern Encyclopedia". 1958, The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, hard bound, 376 8-1/2" x 11" pages. Although I remember him referring to both Sako and Jefferson (the latter as an importer of Sakos), neither name shows in the index. I believe they were covered in the chapter on long range rifles.

Mr.Stebbins book is one of the best references to that period, not because it has the most detailed thorough coverage of the firearms, but because it puts them in a context of use which one almost never sees any more.