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Mehul, I have built a 416 rigby on one of these actions. They were manufactured in RSA by Vektor, who was shut down by the government a couple of years ago. It is a much sought after action. The last lot that was available was bought up by someone in Norway.

The only problem is that if you need spares it must be made, like a broken firing pin. No spares are available, but it is a good reliable action of very high quality.

With a little bit of luck I will get my 416 Rigby this week.

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Jaco,
If I remember correctly the firing pin is the same as the original Magnum mauser, although I have read somewhere the Vektor pin is made from stainless. From what I know there been a few modifications to the Vektor compared the original magnum mauser(barrel thread is slightly longer, recoil lug is moved forward so there is more wood between recoil lug and magazine, bolt is of slightly larger diameter, better steel than the old actions) Actions are very "mauser compatible" so whatever spared needed for the actions would not be hard to find, not much that can break on a mauser action to start with Casey Lewis who managed the project is a serious mauser collector. Rumour has it that the team used some original magnum mauser actions from Casey's collection to measure and design the Vektor.

I got two actions, at the moment, and may have to get a third - hopefully it will cure my headache...

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