gaseousclay
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Ok, this is my dream bolt-action rifle, so i'm curious if anyone here owns one? This is definitely on the high-end that i'd have to sell a kidney to afford, but it sure is pretty. I'm assuming this has a control round feed.
Mauser M12 Pure
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Ok, this is my dream bolt-action rifle, so i'm curious if anyone here owns one? This is definitely on the high-end that i'd have to sell a kidney to afford, but it sure is pretty. I'm assuming this has a control round feed.
gaseousclay
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I’d be content with a Leupold scope lol
I don't own one, but I have worked on one. Not a lot of these beasts out there, pretty rare in my area anyway.
BTW, the one pictured is the Pure model with wood stock, they also make an Expert model as well (wood stocked with forend cap). They also offer a number of synthetic stocks as well.
No, the M12 is a push feed action.
BTW, the one pictured is the Pure model with wood stock, they also make an Expert model as well (wood stocked with forend cap). They also offer a number of synthetic stocks as well.
gaseousclay
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Interesting. I incorrectly assumed that most high-end rifle makers had control round feed. Is CRF a thing of the past? I don't even know which companies use CRF these days
CRF involves more machining steps, therefore it is "bad" in terms of manufacturing efficiency (think Model 70 pre-64 and post-64). That said, it is "good" in terms of selling rifles to people who want CRF rifles, and it is "good" in that CRF rifles have a record of being super-reliable. But once the buying public accepted push-feed rifles, CRF was doomed from a cost perspective.
The other cost-saving feature introduced in the 1960s was the "fat bolt" feature, where the locking lugs are machined into a large bar rather than being forged onto a smaller diameter bolt (think Mauser 98/Win M70/Rem 700 vs Weatherby Mark V). The M12 you are looking at is a "fat bolt" rifle. Nowadays, "fat bolts" lock into barrel extensions rather than locking into the action itself.
Kimber, Winchester, and Ruger (probably others I can't think of as well) offer rifles in both CRF and push feed configurations. You can also find older CZ and Zastava rifles in CRF configuration.
The other cost-saving feature introduced in the 1960s was the "fat bolt" feature, where the locking lugs are machined into a large bar rather than being forged onto a smaller diameter bolt (think Mauser 98/Win M70/Rem 700 vs Weatherby Mark V). The M12 you are looking at is a "fat bolt" rifle. Nowadays, "fat bolts" lock into barrel extensions rather than locking into the action itself.
Kimber, Winchester, and Ruger (probably others I can't think of as well) offer rifles in both CRF and push feed configurations. You can also find older CZ and Zastava rifles in CRF configuration.