30.06 rifle ID
Hello,
I would like some assistance in identifying the manufacturer of the following rifle:
- 30.06 caliber
- bolt action
- to release the bolt, there is a spring loaded latch on the left rear side of the receiver
- the plastic butt piece has Fajen imprinted on it
- the plastic pieces such as the butt piece and bottom of hand piece have a yellow and white trim
- there is a horse's head stamped on top of the barrel
- no sights on it at all, it has a Simmons scope mounted on it
- you load it through the top (with the bolt open) although there is a release in the trigger guard which opens a hinged plate to reveal the magazine area
- at the end of the fore stock there is a plastic trim abouit 2" long also trimmed in yellow and white
Again, I would appreciate any help with identifying this rifle.
Regards,
Nuno
Edited by - viriato on 10/21/2002 11:57:05
I would like some assistance in identifying the manufacturer of the following rifle:
- 30.06 caliber
- bolt action
- to release the bolt, there is a spring loaded latch on the left rear side of the receiver
- the plastic butt piece has Fajen imprinted on it
- the plastic pieces such as the butt piece and bottom of hand piece have a yellow and white trim
- there is a horse's head stamped on top of the barrel
- no sights on it at all, it has a Simmons scope mounted on it
- you load it through the top (with the bolt open) although there is a release in the trigger guard which opens a hinged plate to reveal the magazine area
- at the end of the fore stock there is a plastic trim abouit 2" long also trimmed in yellow and white
Again, I would appreciate any help with identifying this rifle.
Regards,
Nuno
Edited by - viriato on 10/21/2002 11:57:05
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Nuno--for a new guy you sure ask tough questions! Fajen was a large stockmaking company, now out of business for several years; and while they did make stocks for some of the large gunmaking companies, I never saw one that had a Fajen buttplate. For example, I have a Harrington & Richardson Ultra Rifle in .30-06 for which the stock was made by Fajen, but the buttplate is marked with the H&R logo. I have to assume therefore (never good to do), that your stock was ordered for either a custom rifle project such as customizing a military rifle into a sporter, or as a replacement stock for a commercially made rifle. The horse's head is a clue, but doesn't ring a bell with me. The most common horse is Colt, but the Colt stamp shows the whole body, and the mouth is holding an arrow. Perhaps if you disassemble the barrel and receiver from the stock you will find some writing or markings, and then we'll have a little more to go on.
Edited by - Der Gebirgsjager on 10/21/2002 12:11:170 -
Thanks for the reply Der
The horse's head is stamped on the barrel right where it meets the receiver. I don't think this is a military to sporter conversion. I think you may be right about the custom stock though as the stock has a part that sticks out where the cheek meets the stock.
(I hope I don't confuse you with my technical terminology )
Thanks for replying.
Nuno0 -
Sounds like a MAUSER ACTION to me...! The Spring Loaded Lever for releasing the Bolt from the Action is typical Mauser...The FAJEN Stock with the Monte Carlo Cheek Piece is/was the typical Do It Yourself stock for many years...Bishop was another Mail Order Stock Company doing business at the same time as Fajen...
Captain Kirk, Tech Staff0 -
Cap't Kirk,
Aren't Mauser actions used by many manufacturer's? Does the horse's head mean anything to you?
Nuno
PS thanks for clarifying the name of the cheek piece on the stock.0 -
Viriato, I had to shift through a pile of about 50 lbs of catalogs but I may have found your rifle. In the early 1970's Reinhart Fajen acted as distributor for a line of rifles which they called the "ACRA' series. Fajen had the barreled actions made by a firm named Small Arms Mfg. Company of Bridgeport, Penn., I beleive they used a horse head (or simular) as their logo.
These rifles were available in many configuartions: rifle, varmint, Manlicher carbine and "classic Mauser" and they featured a choice of several Fajen made stocks, all hand fitted according to this list. The prices ranged from $119.95 up for the rifle, to $189.95 for the carbine. All were available in .30-06. This may be your rifle...or it may not be. These things can be a nightmare to research!
Mark T. Christian0 -
need a better discription of the HORSE HEAD...as there are quite a few Proofs and Makers Marks that use the Horse Head....
Many Mauser Actions are still used by Makers around the World to this very day....and laying in Wherehouses and Arsenals are 1000's of Actions waiting to be made into Sporting Rifles and Target Guns...
Captain Kirk, Tech Staff0 -
an apendum: ACRA, Tradename used by FAJEN in the Late 1960's thru Early 1970's... Barrels used were Santa Barbara Barrels on S24 Mausers Actions Three Models of Rifles were Offered by FAJEN...
1. RA, Came in Various Calibers and had a Checkered Stock..Sold for $200.00
2. S24, was named for the Action Used, came with Fancy Checkering and sold for $225.00
3. M18, Came with a Mannlicher Stock..and sold for $275.00...
Hope this little information is of some help to you.....Best....
Captain Kirk, Tech Staff0 -
For captkirk--just a note relative to the horsehead barrel mark--I was looking at an old takeoff barrel (just figgerin') and noticed that it had a horsehead like viriato's but with an "f" stamped in the horses neck . Looked some more and found that it was also stamped very lightly (almost buffed out) "Federal Firearms Oakdale Pa." Looked some more and saw a star with an "f" stamped in the star in two places; preceding and following "R W". Federal used to advertise barrels in Shotgun News years ago as did Star but at different times as I remember it. A real mox nixer, but confirms the use of the horses head by lots of folks. 0
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