I have the following piece of information from my good friend and forum member Dr Ka'imiloa about a new action that will be launched shortly by Dan Pedersen, the legendary Arizona barrelmaker:

Mehul, Dan Pedersen of Classic Barrel and Gunworks in Prescott, AZ has told me the following: He has several times heard the rumors that he is now producing a Mauser type action like Fred Wells did, from scratch. He believes it all started from his recent table at the SCI show in Dallas, and stems from one of three or four things, likely as somebody walked by the table and saw actions displayed, then jumped to conclusions. First, Dan had one of Fred's actions on the table. Secondly, Rube Wells, Fred's son, shared Dan’s table and had an action there that he is developing that will likely be available in May or June, sold out of the Wells Sports Store - formerly Fred's shop. Third, Dan had a barreled action on the table that he made for a well known client that duplicates an original square-bridge Mauser action rifle by Rigby. Then lastly there was Dan's own new action on the table, an action that Dan mentions might be termed a "Remchester" because externally it fits any of the myriad Remington stocks and accoutrements, yet has the strong controlled-feed action of a Winchester. He is having this action made to his specs and it should be available in a couple of months as production details are ironed out. Of course he will be building custom rifles with his cut-rifled barrels on these actions. I should have more details and photos of Dan’s new action and custom rifle offering in a week or so. Aloha, Ka'imiloa

As Dan and Ka'imiloa are good friends, I have requested him to send me some pictures for posting here. I shall do this as soon as I get them.

Good hunting, everyone and do watch this space!