I've seen this action also and hope somebody can give us some actual production information on it.

This is NOT the action I referred to above which was a basically stock FN action.

The one here plugged along in the style of many of the day; cheapening production of the 98 and then calling the mods "improvements" in marketing material.

All the companies in the late 50's-60's were heading the same way.

HVA, FN, Rem, Win, Savage, SAKO, etc.

The only action of the whole ilk that I think might actually have BEEN an improvement was the SAKO L46 and later long actions. That action is utterly superb and gets no where near the acclaim it deserves IMO.

Two companies sort of robbed SAKO ideas IMO; FN as seen here and Weatherby with the Vanguard action, which is actually not a bad action. The Vanguards actually look like a SAKO and I suspect it was Weatherby's experience with SAKO's that led them there?