1960 Benchrest Blast from the Past Rifle!!

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RangeMaster37

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Well to say the least I'm not sure about this beast of a rifle and I'm hoping someone out there might.
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I don't know anything about it in any way but will ask - Will it shoot a good group?
 
Will it shoot a good group?

Wilbur said:
I don't know anything about it in any way but will ask - Will it shoot a good group?
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Well it came with some ammunition, dies, bullets and it appears the owner loaded them at the range while shooting by the contents of the box it came with. I will have to take a Unertl off one of my RangeMasters and find out if it might do well after decades of sitting.
 
That’s a pretty wild looking bolt. Interrupted thread locking lugs with a shell holder bolt face. Wichita had a little mini action with a shell holder bolt face when I first started shooting benchrest. Needless to say it wasn’t built for speed.
 
I'll ask this question if anybody knows - What's the purpose of the shell holder bolt face?
 
Wilbur said:
I'll ask this question if anybody knows - What's the purpose of the shell holder bolt face?
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Wilbur,

The action has no ejection port.
That said, any other extractor would work, but for some reason way back then the shell holder was in vogue. I know of a large Weber UNL action that was a shell holder bolt.

L.E. Wilson made two UNL rifles with shell hold style, and he made several Rem. 722 bolts with them. I have one of them.

I never did hear the reason for that style extractor. Shooting fast had not yet evolved, so they worked back then.

FWIW
Steve Kostanich
 
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