Outstanding, Shrap!

Do you know who did that metal work?

In Jim Carmichel's book, "The Modern Rifle", he mentions that Ron Lampert, "one of the country's top metal specialists", had taken two standard length actions, cut them, removing part of one, added that part to the other.

The result was a Magnum length and a shorter length action. One he chambered in .375 H&H, the other, .250 Savage, those were built for Jim. Guys with that level of skill could weld those seams such they couldn't be seen, actions true, not warped form the heat. And I'm sure the temper was right.

I have a .257 Roberts, Brux barrel on a LA M-700 built by Ron. Even though the action is 3.4" and the Roberts round shy of 3", it's one of the slickest feeding bolt guns I have, no matter how you place the rounds in the magazine.

I don't know if Ron is still around, as that was a while back: the book has a 1975 copyright. The cover jacket has acknowledgments by Warren Page, Jack O'Connor, Byron Dalrymple, etc. and was published by Winchester Press, NYC.

When I saw your gun, Ron Lampert came to mind, knowing he could do that level of work. I'm sure there are/were others.

Thanks for sharing.

DF

Last edited by Dirtfarmer; 01/22/24.