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Saw one at a gun show, never seen one before. Anyone know anything about them?

They are excellent rifles.

I have one in .308. Have never mounted a scope on it. I just keep it for sentimental reasons as it belonged to a buddy who's gone on to the "Happy Hunting Ground".

One of these days I'll hunt with it in his memory...

They are basically an FN action. Back in the '60's several American companys marketed rifles on FN actions...

GH

Good rifles, FN action. Does it have a shadow line cheekpiece and rosewood(?) grip cap and forend tip? If so, I missed a pristine one in 30-06 a few years back for $375.00. Made me sick.

It appears that you have missed two. I got one from Marty about 2 years ago....99%

So where is it?

I had one of these,nice looking gun. Trying to find a scope base that worked on it was a 1st class SOB. Finally had to shim it to get one piece Redfield to work.It wasn't a tack driver or real bad but it went down the road. Was a 30-06 Magnum Man

Hawaii, last I heard.

If you see another, buy it.
My first clue on the H and R was a sporter stock I got out of Shotgun News for 60 bucks. Rosewood this and that, red H and R buttpad. Just a wonderful hunk of nice but not flashy wood.
Later on, I saw a complete rifle in factory form. Now I keep my fingers crossed that I'll get lucky some day and see someone's closet queen, or even one that has been hunted by a competent. Even a beater.
The commercial sporters that came stateside with FN actions are way underrated in my view.

Here's how you answer that question. Find out how much it would cost you to have that gun built today using an FN 98 action.

I suspect you'll snatch up the next one see if you like those FN 98 actions.

Some were made with an FN action - others were made with Zastava actions (Same as Mark X) If you take the action out youll see a little Z in a circle stamped on it...
They are very pretty little rifles, I had one but I couldnt never get it to feed as well as I liked so I had to sadly let it go. (My one was a Zastava action.)

I've seen them on gunbroker with real fancy stocks. This one had a more traditional looking stock which I prefer. I should have bought it

Have one in 30-06. Only minor complaint I have with it, is that it kicks like a mule with my favorite 150gr Speer load. Never weighed it, but it is very light and the recoil pad has "gone hard".

Mint condition when I got it, pencil barrel (marked Harrington & Richardson), Zastava action.

The earlier ones were FN; many of them also had adjustable triggers and Douglas barrels so they are a good pickup for small money.
Rick

I have owned two, a standard in 270, and a heavy
barreled 22-250 with the fancy stock. I think it was
the Medalist Model or something like that.

H&R sold a mauser action based rifles in the 60's and 70's ,if I recall they were numbered the 300 ultra in larger calibers and the 317 ultra which was a smaller action for 222 sizes cartridges. These were first rate rifles and most I believe had Sako actions. I know the smaller actions were sako and I believe that most of the larger standard actions were too . I don't know about the FN models. Later (1980's) they introduced the model 340 based on the zastava action at a lower price point and it was as described in the posts above.Surprisingly it never was a big commercial success. I had a 30-06 for a while and as stated the wood was just good but they had one of the best executed classic style stocks ever on a commercial rifle. Other than that they were pretty much on par with the mark x mausers which is pretty darn good in my estimate. If you are wanting a nice classic mauser sporter they are the best buy out there since I occasionally see one for $500-$600.

My 270 was a M340, and the 22-250 was a Ultra Medalist.
Both had FN Mauser actions.

Here's one, claim to be FN Action. You be the judge

Found this bit of info on another site . I didn't know the dates but it is the way I always understood the story behind the 300,301&317 ultra's. I was under the impression the later 340's were all zastava actions, but I ma be mistaken however I always thought the reason the switch was made to sako was the fn's became unavailable. By the way there was also a mannlicher stocked carbine offered too. If I recall all of the ultra's had very fancy stocke with rollover monte carlo stocks whi;e the 340's had the classic style stock described

1965 � 1972 Mauser type action from Fabrique Nationale in Belgium
1973 � 1977 Sako actions from Finland
1978 � 1983 Mauser type Mark X action by Zaslava in Yugoslavia
The exception to this is the Model 317 and 317P (1968-1974) always used Sako actions."