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B.Johnson
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What is one of these never used worth?
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redriver
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redriver
please describe in more detail, such as the extractor the safety & the milling on the action
take care
please describe in more detail, such as the extractor the safety & the milling on the action
take care
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B.Johnson
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The action is a new F.N. single shot with a magnum bolt face.As it is a single shot, I bought two new extractor's from Brownell"s. One is for the standard cartridge. the other is an oversize that can be made into whatever you want. I also have a new fitted Sako barrel in 7 mm Rem Mag. for this action. The action is marked, FN made in Belguim, imported by firearms int. I bought this at a sale just to get the Unertl scope. There is no stock.
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redriver
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mr. Johnson, the action that you have could indeed be worth a nice price, if it has an unmilled bottom flat in other words no cut - out for a magazine or follower, the bolt shroud will be of commercial style with no safety provisions & if it came supplied with a trigger, the safety will be on the right side of the rear tang. As to value, this target action complete with the triger guard, trigger & screws & with a complete bolt ass. in the white or factory blued in fine condition could fetch 400--550. these action are very hard to find & as you know the extractors must be modified to flex-out over the rim of the case much like the older 77 rugers since yor action has no follower or magazine to assist controll round feed. I hope this info helps a little & if you are interested in selling this action, please contact me via thread on this site. Thanks Craig
mr. Johnson, the action that you have could indeed be worth a nice price, if it has an unmilled bottom flat in other words no cut - out for a magazine or follower, the bolt shroud will be of commercial style with no safety provisions & if it came supplied with a trigger, the safety will be on the right side of the rear tang. As to value, this target action complete with the triger guard, trigger & screws & with a complete bolt ass. in the white or factory blued in fine condition could fetch 400--550. these action are very hard to find & as you know the extractors must be modified to flex-out over the rim of the case much like the older 77 rugers since yor action has no follower or magazine to assist controll round feed. I hope this info helps a little & if you are interested in selling this action, please contact me via thread on this site. Thanks Craig
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B.Johnson
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This action has no safety on the trigger, it is on the bolt shrourd as typical Mauser. I have all threee of these actions in all three bolt faces. .222, .308, and this magnum. I bought the .222 new in 1964, and it the only one with the streamlined shroud. The other two have typical Mauser shrouds. The magnum action has a Timney type trigger as well as Anshutz double set triggers. The set triggers have to be fitted to the single shot floor plate. This is a true single shot with no alterations in any way.
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redriver
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I also have several of these target mauser actions that has taken years to locate but all have the standard bolt face. The only claw extractor .223 bolt face i have is a Al Weber with a canjar single-set that is a fantastic action, if you are thinking of selling the smal boltface action by FN , please let me know thanks & take care Craig
I also have several of these target mauser actions that has taken years to locate but all have the standard bolt face. The only claw extractor .223 bolt face i have is a Al Weber with a canjar single-set that is a fantastic action, if you are thinking of selling the smal boltface action by FN , please let me know thanks & take care Craig
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B.Johnson
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I still have the price sheet from Gopher Shooter Supply in Minn. The .222 bolt face was the more exspensive of the 3 actions I believe by $5.00. The .222 has less metal cut away, besides the longer extractor. This was 1964, and the action was $85.00.
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owlshop
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FN S/S actions
The FN single shot actions were imported by Firearms Int. in Acoceek MD. until Garcia Corp. bought them out 1974? They also imported FN repeater actions in with square 1-10 tpi so a Springfield '03 barrel could be faced off the cone to a flat breech and screwed in and head spaced . The bolt for the 222 is shorter on the nose and so is the extactor. The barrel has a .700 od stub that fits thru the gas ring in the action to support the chamber. There is a drawing and specs. in the NRA Gunsmithing Guide. Interarms also imported single shot (solid bottom ) actions into the country. These were the MK X actions ,they came with a 30-06 bolt face. You could buy a mag. bolt assemby as parts. I bought about 5 of these when they started importing them, managed to get serial # 219 , and 222. I also got 4 of the FN 222 bolt assembles from F.I. when they folded. I swapped the #219 to Homer Culver and he built a 22-250 on it. O.W.L.
The FN single shot actions were imported by Firearms Int. in Acoceek MD. until Garcia Corp. bought them out 1974? They also imported FN repeater actions in with square 1-10 tpi so a Springfield '03 barrel could be faced off the cone to a flat breech and screwed in and head spaced . The bolt for the 222 is shorter on the nose and so is the extactor. The barrel has a .700 od stub that fits thru the gas ring in the action to support the chamber. There is a drawing and specs. in the NRA Gunsmithing Guide. Interarms also imported single shot (solid bottom ) actions into the country. These were the MK X actions ,they came with a 30-06 bolt face. You could buy a mag. bolt assemby as parts. I bought about 5 of these when they started importing them, managed to get serial # 219 , and 222. I also got 4 of the FN 222 bolt assembles from F.I. when they folded. I swapped the #219 to Homer Culver and he built a 22-250 on it. O.W.L.
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Northman
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Ah.. finaly I found a thread about this.
I have one of these rare Interarms Withworth single shot actions.
I bought in NIB a couple of years ago, destind to become a old-school varmint rifle.
Resently I have been thinking though.. how does these actions handle a blown primer or ruptured case?
It has no gas vent, no magazine.. the only way the gas can escape, is right back or out the loading port.
What are your thoughts about the matter?
I have one of these rare Interarms Withworth single shot actions.
I bought in NIB a couple of years ago, destind to become a old-school varmint rifle.
Resently I have been thinking though.. how does these actions handle a blown primer or ruptured case?
It has no gas vent, no magazine.. the only way the gas can escape, is right back or out the loading port.
What are your thoughts about the matter?
They blow just like all Mausers and Pre-64's.....and at a lower pressure than contained bolthead designs. When you see a case with a hole blown out the corner chances are it's from a Mauser.
Just make sure you're setting on the left side and you'll be fine. Put up a sheet of plywood or shoot next to a building and you can go pluck the extractor out of the wall and keep it for a souvenir. Mauser claws are cheap
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B.Johnson
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I don,t know how many Mausers I've had in the last fifty years, but I've yet to see on fail in any way. Their are some people who really should'nt fool with rifles.
This is kinda' like saying "I've been driving to and from work for 50yrs and haven't stuck a rod through my block yet."
This is a racing forum B.Johnson.
Are you gonna' go on the Baja Desert Demons forum and tell 'em "some people shouldn't fool with trucks?"
The man asked a question.
I answered it, from experience.
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BTW the part about the plywood was a joke
Anyways, for those who're interested here's a fun thread http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?181256-Channeling-P-O-Mauser-blow-up-project/page7
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Anyways, for those who're interested here's a fun thread http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?181256-Channeling-P-O-Mauser-blow-up-project/page7
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B.Johnson
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alinwa: Things do seem to have a way of breaking for you.
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owlshop
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Single Shot Mausers
Its funny all the mausers I have rebarreled the barrel to boltface gap tends to be from about .103 to about .114 or there abouts. That is the amount of unsupported case head. The Rem. have about .145 to .155 of unsuported case head, but hey they have three rings of steel right.?! owlshop
Its funny all the mausers I have rebarreled the barrel to boltface gap tends to be from about .103 to about .114 or there abouts. That is the amount of unsupported case head. The Rem. have about .145 to .155 of unsuported case head, but hey they have three rings of steel right.?! owlshop
Actually, I don't break much. I'm a safety geek, I had my safety glasses off and on 20 times today while piddling around in the shop..... but man I've seen some stuff that makes me wonder. I've had rifles brought in where guys have used pistol powder "because they ran out of 4350."
And I'm aware that I can and WILL make mistakes
And I shouldn't paint Mausers with too broad a brush
it's the pre-64 M70, a "Mauser design" that's the worst for blowing the corner of the case out. At low pressure. Mauser 98's do take pressure well but when something does rupture they tend to leak out the bottom and blow the floorplate open, splitting the stock. And blow the extractor off, LOL
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dialin' in
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I won't even deal with people like this. If you haven't enough sense NOT to use pistol powder in place of RIFLE powder I'll show you the door! And, owlshop is correct,,, there's more "case head" sticking out of a Remington 700 chamber than any Mauser '98 when fitted/installed correctly. The limitations of the Mauser are in the steel/heat treatment. A "vent" hole could be placed in the ring, just like a Springfield has. Modern case manufacture pretty much eliminates case head failures.
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Dan Conzo
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I have shot many rounds out of the FN singleshot B/R actions in 300 Wby and 7mm/300 Wby w/ full loads and heavy bullets w/ no fail or pressure problems. In their day (50s & 60s, despite the Rem 722, 721) they were on the top of the heap in B/R shooting especially the Deluxe version (only had one extractor cut, which was all needed) w/ a strong back soldered and/or glued and screwed on top for rigidy and to mount a long externally adjusted target scope which were the best of that period, a third guard screw added, a decent trigger (which was tricky to do w/o going to a double or single set), a lightened firing pin (holes drilled in) and a slightly stronger mainspring w/ of course a good barrel, bedding and loads. They just don't have all the accuracy refinements like todays actions.