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Identifying a probable Remington Action?

So I picked this stock and action up at an auction for a descent price mainly for the stock hoping the action wasn’t glued in. Well sometimes you lose and that baby is glued in and side pinned. Anyway I’m pretty sure it’s a Remington, but I also don’t think it’s a 700. I figured I would just throw a barrel barrel on it but I figured I’d better ask somebody before I go screwing the wrong threaded barrel in. The action has no marking showing, and the bolt is a ppc bolt face. IMG_8326.jpegIMG_8323.jpegIMG_8325.jpegIMG_8324.jpeg
 
Possibly very early R.W. Hart. They used Ruger Bolt handles for a while early on. It does have the square tang. They still offer the spring loaded side bolt release for builds.
It’s the first spring loaded one I’ve ever had, was pretty funny figuring that out lmao.
 
Here's a recent post with some RW Hart action info. I didn't spend much time looking but at a glance some of the features look similar.

Oops…. Got distracted and forgot to add the link.

 
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So I picked this stock and action up at an auction for a descent price mainly for the stock hoping the action wasn’t glued in. Well sometimes you lose and that baby is glued in and side pinned.
As mentioned earlier, those pins retain the trigger...they have nothing to do with pinning the action into the stock. This was pretty common practice back in that time frame before trigger hangers were common on BR actions.

This is a sleeved Remington that I converted to a bolt in. Here's what the trigger pins looked like...the knurled knobs made it easy to removed the pins. I filled the holes as part of the stock work (second pic).
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This is what your action would look like if it had the scope mount extension threaded on. It's been 35 or 40 years since I've seen one of those, so I don't remember the specifics of all the different models. I remember there was a Model 1, and I think a 1A. I think there were another couple of actions in the lineup as well, but can't recall their specs. I know there was a Model 4 that was used for the early unlimited bag guns that mostly wore wood stocks and Unertl, Lyman or possibly a Remington (rare) externally adjusted scopes. Ring spacing necessitated the extended portion of the action. They were nice actions in their time and will likely do some quality work for you today.
 
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This is what your action would look like if it had the scope mount extension threaded on. It's been 35 or 40 years since I've seen one of those, so I don't remember the specifics of all the different models. I remember there was a Model 1, and I think a 1A. I think there were another couple of actions in the lineup as well, but can't recall their specs. I know there was a Model 4 that was used for the early unlimited bag guns that mostly wore wood stocks and Unertl, Lyman or possibly a Remington (rare) externally adjusted scopes. Ring spacing necessitated the extended portion of the action. They were nice actions in their time and will likely do some quality work for you today.

Wow, love the scope mount extension, very stylish.
 
Highly suggest you see a competent gunsmith to make sure headspace etc. is correct. I do smith work and I question what I see at front of receiver. The barrel doesn’t look right where it fits up to receiver.
 

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