AM TH HH act aaa 3 Ure sans A DESIGN SINCE - Tess aoe p a ig i PEE CE) MPO Reig eli) plus hundreds of variants including: How they function; Bere TEU CESS i weaknesses; dimensional specifications.Frank de Haas 1916-1994 FRANK DE HAAS died December 19,1994, just a few days aftr finishing this book. That fina illness was sudden, and he died where he was bom, in ‘Orange City, lowa, During his writing career, from 1943 through 1994, de Haas wrote nine books about guns and hun- dreds of articles in a wide range of publications, He ‘wrote much of this immense output from a gun- smithing point of view. De Haas never considered himself « professional ‘gunsmith. For a time he took in work, his shop in a ‘comer of plumber’ shop, later in his basement at ‘home. Whether for himself or not, with a Craftsman lathe and drill press, he remodeled, restocked, rechambered and rebarreled all kinds of guns. For the last thirty years or so, de Haas gunsmithed for his readers, dong jobs he could write about. He vas good enough to design single shot rifle actions and did so, and some of those are shooting today. Indeed, he was called "Me. Single Shot” in some cir- les for his abiding interest in that classic sort of American rifle Frank de His was.a Life Member ofthe National Rifle Assocation, a lifelong chureh-goer and a fami- ly man, He is survived by his wife, Katie, by a ‘daughter and a son and five grandetiléen, Ase 0-87349-168-8 | | | 90000 ° 149 1686!UY tal ui ilies“SENIOR STAFF EDITORS, Harold A. Murtz Ray Ordorica PRODUCTION MANAGER John L. Duoba EDITORIAL/PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE Holly J. Porter EDITORIAL/PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Laura M. Mielzynski ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING MANAGER Nancy J. 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Library of Congress Catalog Number: 73-16310-S ISBN: 0-87349-168-8Acknowledgements A special “thank you" goes 1 the following persons who have helped me move than they know in preparing this book: My son, Mark, who made the bare shank drawings and helped me withthe photo- sgzaphic work; Ronald Van't Ho, who was my man Friday; Gilbert Blum and Wiliam Johnson, who loaned me many ofthe fies ils trated inthis book. 1am also grateful to te following individuals and firms for their technical and material assistance and for los of rifles and actions Elmer Bogh, George Burgers, Bob and Frank Brownell, Burdette Beers, Jim Carlson, George L-Casswell, Raymond De Jong, Lloyd Doiphin, Ellwood Epps, Albert Hancock, Lambert Holling, Harold Langenhorst, Dean Miller, Gene Miller, Arlo Neumann, Roger Richardson, Boyd Robeson, Arnie Te Stet, Gordon Tet, Floyd Yan Kley, Tom Willoth, Se, Paul Vander Wowie, Peter Ver Malm, to Wolhowe, E-. Bishop & Sons, Inc, Maynard Buehler, In Champlin Arms Co,, Reinhart Fajen, Inc, Firearms Intemational Corp, Inierarms Li, JL. Galef& Son, ne, Ranger Arms Co. Rem- ingion Arms Co, Savage Arms Corp, Smith & Wesson, Ine, Stu, Ruger & Co, Ine, Sooger Arms Corp, Tradewinds, Ins, Waffen: Frankonia, Weatherby’, ne, and Winchester- Wester, Ludwig E- Olson deserves special thank you for writing that won- erful book, Mauser Bott Ries, for without this book the Mauser haps in my book would have been ke poorer In preparing the third and enlarged edition ofthis boo, 1 also want to thank the following individuals and firms forthe whoe-hearted assistance given me: Bob Anderson, Browning Arms Co, R.Bickel Colt Industries Jerry Brink ‘Cooper Ans George W. Burgers Dakota Arms Richard Dietz Tnerarms RC. Fessler Ithaca Gun Co. Albert Hancock Kimber of America, Inc. ‘Wr. Hobaugh Kleinguenther, Ine Albert Hostert Precision Sports, Ine. G. Patterson Sako, Ine. Mims Reed Smith & Wesson Roger C. Rule Steyr Ametica Warren Sehelby Talo Distrbutors. Harvey Vander Pol Harold Van Zandbergen ‘A very special "thank you'” goes to my secretary, Janice Wiekamp,Introduction .. . Enfield Rifles ....... French Miltary Turnbolts German Model 88 Commission Rifle . German Model 98/40 .... Greek Model 1903 Mannlicher-Schoenauer . Italian Carcano Rifles Japanese Arisaka Rifles KragnJorgensene: U.S. Danish and Norwegian Lee-Enfield Rifles . Mauser Miscellany .. Mauser Model 98... Mauser Models 71 & 71/84. Mauser Models 92, 93, 94, 95 & 96 . Mauser Smokeless Powder Actions Models 88, 89, 90 & 91 . Mauser—Siamese Mauser . Russian Mosin-Nagant Rifles Springfield Models 1903, 1903, Anschutz Classic Centerfire Rifle. Blank Custom Rifle ....... Blaser Model R84 Takedown Rifle... Brno (Czech) Sporting Rifles Browning A-Bolt II BOSS Rifle . Browning BBR Rifle ..... BSA Royal, Majestic, Monarch, Herter’s U9 Rifles Champlin Firearms, Inc. Colt Sauer Rifle Cooper Model 38 Centerii Dakota Arms Model 76 FN Actions & Rifles . . French Model 36 MAS Sporter Golden Eagle Model 7000 Herter’s Piinker Rifle Husqvarna and Smith & Husqvarna Model 8000 . . Interarms Mark X Mauser. Interarms Mini-Mark X Ithaca Model LSA-55| Contents ! Kimber Model 82 Hornet 2 eR Wu RNS Seatac 272 | Kimber Model 84 Kleinguenther Improved Krico Mode! 300 Hornet . Mathieu Left-Hand Rifle . Mauser Two-Shot Shotgun . Mauser Model 98 Sporters Mausers, Miscellaneous Commercial . Mossberg Model 800 ....... A Newton Original Turnbolt Omega Ill Remington Model 788 / Remington Model Seven Carbine & Model 700 Mountain Fifie Remington Models 30, 30S and 720 . : Remington Models 721, 722, 725, 700, 600, 660 and 40-X . Ruger Original Model 77 ............. Ruger Model 77 Mark II. | Ruger Model 77/22 Homet oo. eeccc essen SER Rileapin stare ay. onnunnas rw seinen, Savage Model 1920 Savage Model 238, C & D ... Savage Models 40 Sporter & 45 Super Sporter . Savage Model 110 Series Savage-Stevens Model 340 .. Schultz & Larsen Rifles ... Smith & Wesson and Mossberg Model 1500 - Sportco Model 44 Target Rifle... Steyr-Mannlicher Model SL Rifle . Texas Magnum Rifle ‘Tradewinds Series 600 Action | Weatherby Mark V Rifle ..... / Weatherby Vanguard Rifle Winchester Model 43 Rifle... Winchester Model 70 Classic . Winchester Model 70 Post-’64 Winchester Models 54 & 70 Barrel Shank Drawings Appendix—Magazine Guard Screw Sizes & Threads . Bibliography A—American Rifleman 1933-1995... Biblogrepty B—Gun Digest 1944-1096 . Index.