Originally Posted by Lightfoot
Originally Posted by wyo1895
Since the 284 action is an oddball maybe they cranked out a bunch of them and then used them as needed.


That makes the most sense. Remember, the .284 has that oddball magazine so it would make sense to set up and mill a bunch at once and then build as needed.

Could very well be... so now we need folks with late 60's 284's to check their guns for serial numbers and date stamps, see if we find a pattern.

Roy? Roy? grin

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