are they basically a model 70 / fn clone ?
Errr sorta, but not really. If I was to call this anything it'd be the afterbirth of a Dakota 76 and a Nesika Bay Precision action.
Then throw in a DBM setup that just confuses the planet, lol. -
my idea.
This rifle was supposed to be an answer to the Jordanian military. Unfortunately, it turned into a total rip-off because the senior management at the time routinely had anal sex with Lucifer himself. (another story. Not for public consumption)
The idea was that this barreled action would be fitted to a variety of different rifle stocks. If you take a pair of calipers and start measuring on composites you'll find that the draft angle from the showline (top edge surface where the action sits) and the bottom (belly) is all over the place. Some are 3*, so aren't. There's no real standard. Complicate this by measuring the "tallest" point where the tang starts. Some are 1.9" whereas others are 2.0".
This all plays heavily on where the DBM sits because the release lever engages the magazine. It's why some DBM's end up sunk in the register a bit if a guy doesn't measure where the action is sitting in the stock. It's also why some release levers get fiddled with to lower the presentation height of the magazine in relation to the bolt circle.
If you inlet your own stuff you can predict all of this and sink the action a smidge lower when you have a "tall" stock blank.
My idea/intent was to avoid all of this crap by just attaching the magazine release directly to the receiver. This way I only had to worry about making the trigger guard/magazine frame "look good" because the retention setup was taken care of regardless of how deep/shallow the receiver got inletted. I've always strived to stick the barreled action on the center of the showline. Simply to mean that if you have say, an M700 at 1.350" dia, then .675" is the target depth of the receiver after inletting/bedding.
The system on this thing works, but it was built around the Sako TRG magazine. At the time the AI magazine craze (now the industry standard) had not really kicked in. In retrospect, it is hideously ugly, but the gun was meant for a legit military purpose. It's a shame it all went to shit because they did run the numbers really well.
Experience is never cheap.
C.
