ejfudd
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Reged: 25/04/07
Posts: 6
Loc: connecticut, usa
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Does anyone have any information regarding these actions?
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gryphon
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Reged: 01/01/03
Posts: 5487
Loc: Sambar ground/Victoria/Austral...
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http://www.bitsofpieces.com/montanaactions.html
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xausa
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Reged: 07/03/07
Posts: 2037
Loc: Tennessee, USA
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I have had one of these on order for well over 18 months now, with no delivery date in sight that I am aware of. One smith I talked to about it said that it would require a good deal of work to smooth out the rough edges. I expect I will accept delivery if one ever materializes.
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wellplugger
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Reged: 03/11/06
Posts: 45
Loc: So. East Texas
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I had magnum version of the MRC model 1999 on order for 8 months with no delivery in site. Canceled order. Re-ordered about a year later and took immediate delivery. The Professional Hunter version, according to the web site, should be showing up "soon?".
My action is a stainless, left hand magnum length and I am having a 458 Lott built. Overall, the fit and finish are pretty much what I expected for the price. The action will take a lot of honing/polishing internally to get it to feed properly.
Good luck and let us know how the Pro Hunter action looks when you get it............Lee
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Ripp
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Reged: 19/02/07
Posts: 16072
Loc: Montana, USA
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While I was in Reno this past week I stopped by Brown Rifles and talked with Mark. He had a Safari grade rifle with an anti-rust costing--22" barrel chambered in .416 Remington.. it had the Montana Action on it--he said he started using them when Winchester actions became difficult to acquire for new rifles they were building..
While I have never seen on in the raw---he must have done a lot of work on it because it worked effortlessly with the rifle having a vary natural shouldering too it..but for $6200. is should have.
Looked at another built by Bansner and it was incredible--he uses either Dakota actions or Winchester..he stated the Dakota actions required much less work to get them to his tolerences but would use either--his rifle was also chambered in .416 Remington and was also in the $6000 price range-however this gun felt like the Sako actions from 40 years ago..very nice...
Ripp
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