Takedown Rifles (1990s)

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

The most minimal gun smithing needed to pull this trick is with the licensed copy Mauser action from a 1903 Springfield. Already in 30-06. From my reading Springfield actions were being "civillianized"{ as early as the 1920s. Most often this just meant puttng a new civiliani-style stock on it.

I think that obtaining a Springfield 1903 action in the late 80s or early 90s in the United States might be more expensive than a Mauser action, like the one from the Czech vz. 24 rifle. Especially as massive stockpiles of WWII surplus became available with the fall of the Soviet Union.

I'm considering whether 7x57mm Mauser ammunition might be common enough. That would be a nice caliber for the work.