Hi, I'll possibly buy that rifle, that belonged to a recently died acquaintance; the serial number indicates that it has been manufactured in 1980; it's certainly a PF action, not so attractive, but could it worth rebarreling, for instance?

I have two of these Rifles, one with a Walnut Stock and one with a Laminate Stock. I just rebarreled the laminate one with a Douglus Barrel and chambered it in .300 SAUM which is a more efficient cartrige than the .300 WSM I have shot it once and am quite happy with the results. My Rifles have the Claw Extractor. I had to Bed the Actions to improve accuracy.

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Originally posted by larrys01:

....My Rifles have the Claw Extractor.....

I think we are talking about different actions.

Yes, the actions are differant. CF vs PF. However Remington actions are push feed. If you can buy the Rifle for a good price it is still a good canidate to re-barrel to .300 saum if it does not shoot to you expectations as is.

Actually, I'm planning to eventually rebarrel it to 338WM; I already have a very nice Tikka 300WM that covers all my .30 caliber needs.

wildboar, the answer is an equivical, YES! Except for the difference (PF vs. CRF), they are virtually the same action. I rebarreled a PF to .404 Jeffrey and Dennis Olson converted it to CRF, beutifully, I might add. Except for the bolt shroud, it looks just like a Classic.