![]() ![]() It was for this reason of the best rifles and ctgs for the sheep hunter, that I asked Woodleigh to bring out bullets in 6.5mm which they did. ![]() The 1640 action does have a good position into days highly specialised custom gunmakers market as they are highly desirable for the guy that wants the best in a sheep rifle and demands the reliability of a controlled feed action. The actions that replaced the 1640 was designed by Gunnar Larsson in 1965 and did not go into production until 1967 this was the Model 1900 and as nice as this NEW action is, it could not be mistaken for a Mauser action as it is a push feed action. Remember that the receiver ring on the Model 98 is 1.3' and these on the 1640 is 1.290'. It is a long and vary interesting history and far to long for me to try and improve on the work of Stuart Otteson. ![]()
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