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Can someone help with the value of this action? It is Mauser, but built by Heym? Is it a 98 action? worth the investment? Is it CRF? basic value 500.00? Or more? - David
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Not a 98 type, not CRF but high quality, smooth, and interesting.
Can't help with the value question.
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David, I bought my 1st M-3000 Mauser in 1975 for the princely sum of $225.00. I sold it about 10 years later for more than double that. More recently, (in the last 5 yrs) I have bought another .243 Win, a .308, and a .270. I paid $350-$500 for each of them. And I'd buy another 1 or 2 if the opportunity should arise. Being you mentioned M-3000L, I am assuming the left-hand version. I would expect the left hand to bring a bit more. Just guessing here, but I'd think a bare action would bring $350 + and a complete rifle, likely $500-$600. But it's very hard to say, as not enough of them get sold to establish a hard line price. Sorry, that's the best I can do... GH
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i have one in 270. really smoth action. i dont care much for the safety. kinda ugly but works. too bad they didnt do a swing safety
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Yes, the 3000 was built by Heym. There was also a 2000, and later a 4000 (short action). I believe only the 3000 was made in a left-hand action. The action has Sako, Remington, and Weatherby features. The extractor resembles the Sako's, for example. The trigger is very good, and the action itself is smooth to operate. The safety is a little unorthodox, but it functions well, and it blocks the firing pin! By the way, that 3000L barreled action in .340 Wby on the GB is worth every penny.
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I have had a 3000 action for many years that I am finally going to use for a .257 Weatherby build. The biggest issue with the action is finding a stock for it.
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Richards will machine stocks for the 3000. Wenig's probably will, too.
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McMillan will make one for this action if you send it to them.
I'd think long and hard before I ordered a Richard's.
Then I wouldn't.
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I know where you're coming from, but Richards is about the only game left if you need a walnut or laminate stock for an obscure action.
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Unfortunately you're correct 270.
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FWIW - When I've sent a blank to Richards for machining, the results have been very good indeed. I had no issues with the two laminates I purchased from them. Their Classic stock pattern isn't the best, but the Rollover pattern is just about perfect for that style.
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My expereince with Richards is limited to one stock, buy if I had one sister working in a whorehouse and the other sister working at Richards I would help the latter get a new job first.
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I've seen and heard this sort of sniping for years. Perhaps I've been lucky. The only problems I've ever had with a Richards stock have been a result of my own poor abilities.
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try Joel Russo he may be able to help...sorry i dont have his phone # handy. you should be able to find him on the net.
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I've seen and heard this sort of sniping for years. Perhaps I've been lucky. The only problems I've ever had with a Richards stock have been a result of my own poor abilities.
Richards may be like a big auto body/paint shop. It isn't the shop which determines the final quality but instead the final quality depends on which employee actually did the work.
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