Handloader 52

Photo of Browning and an FN bolt showing the extractors and lack of a guide rib on the Browning Bolt. Browning bolt is above the FN

Bolt faces, Browning push feed is on left.

Bottom of recievers - the upper action is the Browning.

The reciever, except for the bolt stop will be identical to a standard FN without the machining for the bolt guide rib. The reciever and magazine box are opened up forward approximately 1/8th of an inch and you can see this in the photo of the bottom of the recievers. The action fits into a standard 98 Mauser stock with minor fitting and reshaping required for the bolt stop, safety and trigger as well as removing wood forward of the trigger.

It may be a good idea to remove the stock from the mechanism to check for rust and pitting from a salt cured stock.

Bill