Info on rifle actions

[EvilOmega]

I'm looking for a sourse of information on rifle actions. Specification on weight, size, magazine capacity, safety type, action strength, smoothness of bolt movement, everything I can get. Dose anyone know a good book or site with this type of info?

 

[Delmar]

Frank DeHaase had a book out about 10 years ago covering bolt action rifle actions-pretty good book.

 

[Majic]

If you are looking for a specific use for the rifle then there are books that covers those in detail. Such as High Power Precision, Varmit , and Big Game shooting. They will show what is prefered and used in those situations.

 

[Preacherman]

Moving this to Rifle forum, where there will be more focused knowledge available, I suspect.

For a brief online introduction, see here and scroll down to "Firearms" - Remington has a good (albeit short) schematic introduction available. If you have Macromedia Flash! installed (recommended), see here and click on "The Remington Guide To Centerfire Basics" for an interactive tutorial.

 

[Jaywalker]

Here's a good start, in the "free info" category.

Jaywalker

 

[rws]

Stuart Ottesen

His two volumes of The Bolt Action, are hard to beat, but it is now a little out-dated. But, they do cover Remington, Winchester, Savage. Very detailed, but may be hard to find since they are out of production. But you can get them if you look enough.