In a hunting rifle action, what is your favourite classic AND modern design?

[The Kurgan]

For me, it has always been M98 Mauser and Tikka T3.

(with very honourable mention to small frame Martini single shots)

Curious to see what combinations you guys provide in this thread, and what you consider "classic". There are no rules.

(all three are also, by far, the most accurate rifles/actions I have ever owned/shot/handled)

 

[Dorian Gray]

Old: Mauser 98

New: Tavor

 

[Boomer]

To me all turn bolt and straight pull actions are modern . . . well sort of. Ultra Modern rifles by contrast fill a particular narrowly defined niche, but aren't much good for anything else like ultralight mountain rifles, beanfield rifles, dedicated 12 ga bolt actions like the Tar-Hunt, and rifles, regardless of action type, that are chambered for extremely powerful cartridges like the .700 Nitro Express, and the .585 Nyati.

Classic = single shots like Sharps, Ballard, Farquharson, & Martini, double rifles like Holland & Holland, Chas. Osborne, Joseph Lang, Westley Richards, and lever actions like the Winchester 71, 86, 94 & 95.

 

[SuperCub]

I like older vintage 700s, T3s and 98s.

 

[Hitzy]

98 Mauser old.
Rem 700 new.

 

[CV32]

Classic - Ruger No.1 falling block
Modern - Sako 75 (M75) bolt

 

[rokoro]

Old = 98 mauser hands down
New = Tikka very good buy for the money

 

[reomack]

Old M98
New M 70 Winchester w/CRF

 

[manitou210]

remington 30s

 

[Eagleye]

Old - Ross 1910
Newer M700 Remington.

Dave.

 

[heronfish]

Old: Marlin 1893
New: (if the mid 60s count as modern) the husqvarna 1900 push feed action

 

[hoytcanon]

Both of my favourites are modern... Ruger M77 and Ruger No.1... I also like pre-64 M70's... but they are "modern" also.

 

[Dogleg]

For a classic, pure hunting rifle action I'll pick the pre-64 and post '90 M70 Winchester, the minaturized Kimber version, MRC and others of that ilk. I'm aware that they are basically scope friendly Mauser knock-offs but that isn't such a bad place to be.

For modern, and again strictly as a normal hunting rifle I'll take the same things. Not a lot has changed.


For a more accuracy intensive action, something that got badly scared by a 700, but abandonned the extractor. The BAT, out what I own but there are others.

 

[Gatehouse]

Classic would be the CRF M70's and similar.

Modern would be the AR15

 

[SuperCub]

Modern would be the AR15

WIKI says the AR-15 is almost 60yr old. Hardly modern.

 

[Canuck Bob]

Classic, traditional lever action, exposed hammer and tube magazine. iron sights.
Modern, traditional lever action, exposed hammer and tube magazine, modern cartridge design. Personal favorite 444 but the 308 rimmed clones are very interesting. Scoped if one chooses too.

 

[dgradinaru]

Old: mauser 98

New: Ruger m77 or winchester M70 w/ CRF

 

[hoytcanon]

... but the 308 rimmed clones are very interesting.

What is a .308 rimmed "clone?" Are you referring to the .307???

 

[Superbrad]

What is a .308 rimmed "clone?" Are you referring to the .307???

.307 & .308 Marlin express....... also the .356, but not exactly a clone....

 

[H4831]

A bit hard to keep things in order here, when age in years is also part of the equation.
I agree with Boomer's post here on ages.
We often see on some post, that heavy loads should only be used in modern bolt action rifles. I will usually then give my version of a modern bolt action rifle, which is anything from World War One and later.