Controlled-round feeds

[CopperFouling]

Who is still making bolt actions with controlled-round feeds? I'm not looking to start a debate about feed types, just looking for information. Thanks.

 

[MrBorland]

Off the top of my head, I can think of Winchester, Kimber, CZ, Ruger, Dakota, Montana, FN. Honorable mention to the Sako 85 for a quasi-CRF.

 

[taliv]

if you are looking for customs, bighorn v3 and the new mausingfield are also CRF

 

[jmr40]

Winchester and Ruger are currently making CRF and PF rifles. The current Winchester 70's and Ruger Hawkeye's are CRF, but both versions have been offered in PF designs in the past.

 

[MrBorland]

if you are looking for customs, bighorn v3 and the new mausingfield are also CRF

...and the McMillan G3 and Granite Mountain.

 

[Robert]

I am a big fan of my Winchester. Even running the bolt hard I have yet to have an issue with feeding, extraction or jamming.

 

[meanmrmustard]

Off the top of my head, I can think of Winchester, Kimber, CZ, Ruger, Dakota, Montana, FN. Honorable mention to the Sako 85 for a quasi-CRF.

Forgot Mauser.

 

[stoky]

Originally Posted by taliv
if you are looking for customs, bighorn v3 and the new mausingfield are also CRF

Is the bighorn v3 the Chanlin/Sullivan design?

 

[taliv]

dunno who designed it, but AJ is still on as a consultant. i met the whole new owner crew at the PRS match in nebraska this year. nice folks, but i dumped my bighorns last year.

 

[MrBorland]

if you are looking for customs, bighorn v3 and the new mausingfield are also CRF

...and the McMillan G3 and Granite Mountain.

FWIW, I just remembered that Stu Satterlee and Gottfried Prechtl each make custom Mauser CRF actions.

Along with the Granite Mountain action, you're getting into some serious coin with these, particularly if you want the Satterlee in titanium.

 

[taliv]

wow. a titanium mauser?? wow

 

[CopperFouling]

I'd love a custom, but they're typically above my price range. I can afford one but can't afford to use it (for fear of beating it up).

How are the Montana rifles? I don't know much about them.

Hadn't thought about FN. Winchesters are at the top of my list. I really like the Model 70.

 

[Swampman]

They're not in the same league as most of those previously mentioned, but the Zastava M-70 is CRF and pretty fair quality, especially when you consider it's price point.

If you're looking at building a custom or semi-custom rifle, there are lots of previously bubba'd/butchered M-98 Mausers available at very reasonable prices.

 

[Varminterror]

It might have been mentioned already, but the Savage 338 Lapua length action is CRF.

The rest have been covered.

 

[LoonWulf]

Ive been very impressed with the handling of the ruger hawkeye ive got. Ive only shot her once, and it shot great. Id shoot it more but ive decided I dont really NEED 3 Magnums lol.

 

[MrBorland]

How are the Montana rifles? I don't know much about them.

eh...read up on them. I don't own one, but read too many negative things to consider one. My gunsmith (a top builder of F-class rifles) will build & fix anything - except an MRC.

Hadn't thought about FN. Winchesters are at the top of my list. I really like the Model 70.

FN makes the current Model 70. An FN SPR is essentially a "tactical" Model 70, except the former has the pre-64 Model 70 trigger instead of the current 70's MOA trigger. THe SPR also has slightly beefier scope base screws. My "Model 70" is actually a custom build on an SPR action.

 

[Nature Boy]

I have an FN SPR and it's fantastic. I'm around 4-5k rounds through it now with no complaints

 

[CB900F]

JudgeHolden10;

I see where CZ was mentioned as a CRF provider above. You need to be careful there, the classic CZ550 is indeed a standard Mauser action, but the new CZ557 is a Tikka-like action, not a true Mauser.

900F

 

[HB]

See if you can find a zasatava Mauser. I have one in 308 and it's plenty accurate for hunting. I paid 379 for mine with leupold dovetail mount/rings.

Adjustable trigger, 2 position safety. I bought it for the action mostly but I'll keep it until I shoot it out. It likes blc2 with a 168gr amax. I think it's a long action with a mag block to make it feed short action rounds. I have a boatload of 6.5 bullets but no 6.5 rifles. Will likely rebarrel to 6.5 swede when I get bored.

The stock is a Boyd's but other than that fit and finish is great.
HB

 

[cdb1]

It might have been mentioned already, but the Savage 338 Lapua length action is CRF.

The rest have been covered.

I've mounted scopes on three of them, they sure looked like push-feeds to me.

 

[Bart B.]

I think the real difference between controlled and push feeds is the controlled feed's bolt face allow the case rim to slide up behind the extractor claw as the round comes out of the magazine when the bolt's a little bit forward from its stop. These bolt faces' shrouds don't completely surround the case extractor rim going only from 8 o'clock clockwise to 4 o'clock on an open bolt.

Push feed bolt extractor claws typically don't grab case rims until the bolt twists closed into battery and it slides out and over the case rim then into the case extractor groove. Their shroud typically encircles the case rim.

Some controlled feed extractor claws have an angled front edge that snaps over chambered rounds as the bolt closes; classic Win 70's, for example. None of the 98 Mauser actions I've used have such extractors; they all had to feed rounds from the magazines.

 

[CopperFouling]

JudgeHolden10;

I see where CZ was mentioned as a CRF provider above. You need to be careful there, the classic CZ550 is indeed a standard Mauser action, but the new CZ557 is a Tikka-like action, not a true Mauser.

900F

What about the 527s?

 

[CopperFouling]

How are the Dakotas? I don't know much about them.

 

[jim in Anchorage]

Just go first class and buy a pre 64 Winchester.

 

[CB900F]

JudgeHolden10

The 527's are a true mini-Mauser action. And, one of the few worth having IMHO. I had another brand of gun, in .223, that utilized the smaller Mauser type action. Due to the problems I had with it, primarily caused by that company's execution of the design, I sold it & then paid the premium to get the CZ. I don't regret doing that either.

The last time I paid attention to Dakota, they were basically a reproduction of the Winchester model 70 version of the Mauser type action. I was paying attention because they were making the guns available in a left hand bolt Mauser action. Things may very well have changed during the intervening years though.

900F