identifying old barrel

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Hi everyone, flexible here.
Recently was given an old receiver with barrel and trigger.
Can anyone make a guess what this is and can it be used for anything?
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That is a rather interesting barrel and receiver. I say interesting because it calls for a bit of amateur detective work. By way of background: I once had a Schultz & Larsen M-54J rifle in 7-61 in Sharpe and Hart caliber, which was a beautifully finished and slick working sporting (hunting) rifle. I also had a S&L .22 RF target rifle made for 50M 3-position competition. S&L was better known for their International (Olympic) free style 300M CF rifles than for their hunting rifles, especially in European rifle competition circles. Their 300 M "free" rifles were recognized by their thumbhole stocks and hook buttplates, as were other makes of free rifles, but the S&L rifles were noted also for their beautifully finished M-54 actions which featured rear bolt locking, which made operation especially slick and easy. (Attached is an old photo of Niels Larson, holding one of their target rifles. Most of which where chambered for the 6.5 Swede, which was a popular 300M target cartridge at that time.) The 7-61 Sharpe & Hart cartridge was the brainchild of Phil Sharpe, who is best known to Americal shooters and reloaders as the author of books and numerious articles on rifles and reloading. His 7-61 S&H was a 7mm round based in a belted magnum, with ammo loaded by Norma. Ballistics were similar to Remingtons 7mm Mag, and it was not a target cartridge by usual defination and use. Which brings us to the mystery of the OP's barreled receiver, which has a dovetail scope base attached and typically used with target type scopes of that era, leading me to suspect of the rifle was made for target shooting. Further reinforced by what can be seen in the OP's pics of the barrel's chamber area, which shows no forward taper in chamber area typical of hunting rifles, which suggests the barrel has a heavy target contour. The OP can answer this question. Another hint is that the S&L hunting rifles were marked 54J whereas their target rifles had a simple 54 receiver stamp, as does the OP's receiver. But if the OP's rifle parts are actually from a target rifle, why was it chamberd for the 7-61? Which is not a typical target caliber. So, my speculation is that the rifle might have been built for 1000 yard target shooting, for which the 7-61 would have been an excellent caliber. Attached is a pic of a long range target rifle with S&L M-54 action, note target scope base on front of receiver, same as OP's. Feel free to join in, or laugh at my offhand amateur speculations. Schultz-Larsen-Rifles-1-Niels_Larsen_1945-2.jpg download.png
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This is fascinating stuff everyone. Took it to my riflesmith today and he was really interested in it. It seems to be set up for a Unitrel type scope and has the 2 trigger set (not set lightly either). I'm trying to run this down for my brother in law and his son in law.
The bolt is missing and I'll try to find out if any are available.
 
Well everyone i just got an e-mail back from S&L and they don't have parts in stock from back then (from the late 50's to late 70's) and each bolt was custom made.
thanks and I'll see if my brother in law is interested in selling.
flexible
 
Got more info from S&L and they had one idea. Buy a S&L rifle (they are out there about $900) in 7mm Magnum, have a smith rebarrel/rechamber and you can have 2 rifles but with one bolt.
A little too complicated and expensive.
 
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