Show me your Musgrave

**Benn** · 31-03-2015, 13:05

Thanks Apie,
Wow I never knew that. Again why I love forums like these!
Ben

**Trayton** · 31-03-2015, 13:54

Originally Posted by Apie

There is a lot of people with better knowledge but I'll share what I know.

The santa barbara is a K98 buildt in Portugal iirc
It is a casting.
Purists will prefer that an action is machined out of a single piece of steel though
The RSA action and Remington 700 is castings as well and superbly accurate.
It has a safety on the side which is more convenient than the normal Mauser flag type safety when a scope is fitted.

Fit and finish normally very good and thats why I think Musgrave used them as well

Nice action IMHO

O and they normally have adjustable triggers

ive been following this thread thinking "what the hell kind of musgrave do i have! this spells it out as does Benn's pics. i too have a .308 built on a santa barbara action it would seem. no model number on my rifle. but serial starts with R-XXXX

**Benn** · 31-03-2015, 14:31

Fantastic.

**Boomstomp** · 31-03-2015, 15:35

Originally Posted by MyLani

That is definately a Santa Barbara K98 action. I have the same on my Musgrave 243.
The serial number on the Santa Barbara actions also started with an R

Same here!

Originally Posted by Apie

There is a lot of people with better knowledge but I'll share what I know.

The santa barbara is a K98 buildt in Portugal iirc
It is a casting.
Purists will prefer that an action is machined out of a single piece of steel though
The RSA action and Remington 700 is castings as well and superbly accurate.
It has a safety on the side which is more convenient than the normal Mauser flag type safety when a scope is fitted.

Fit and finish normally very good and thats why I think Musgrave used them as well

Nice action IMHO

O and they normally have adjustable triggers

I think they were actually made in Spain, cast as you said. I have a PDF or picture of an article about them somewhere that I will give a link to later tonight, if I remember.

**Apie** · 31-03-2015, 21:00

Originally Posted by Boomstomp

Same here!

I think they were actually made in Spain, cast as you said. I have a PDF or picture of an article about them somewhere that I will give a link to later tonight, if I remember.

Ok ok so geography wasn't my best subject bit you get the idea!

**Kosie_Nel** · 02-04-2015, 11:15

Here is my Musgrave 308 Santa Barbara after some much needed TLC by the local gunsmith. Now just the paperwork and a new Vortex scope before she is ready to race! My serial number is R-76309. Any ideas on how I can find out the year it was made?

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**FNBROWNING** · 02-04-2015, 12:58

The Santa Barbara actions seemed to vary in quality. The heat treatment thereof was reportedly sometimes an issue. Just what I have read over the years.

**Apie** · 02-04-2015, 13:54

Originally Posted by Kosie_Nel

Here is my Musgrave 308 Santa Barbara after some much needed TLC by the local gunsmith. Now just the paperwork and a new Vortex scope before she is ready to race! My serial number is R-76309. Any ideas on how I can find out the year it was made?

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Netjies!

**Apie** · 02-04-2015, 13:57

Another thing that I like on the Santa Barbara is that its supposed to be more rigid than a normal k98 as there is no cutout for loading stripper clips

**dsmerrills** · 02-04-2015, 14:33

Originally Posted by Kosie_Nel

Here is my Musgrave 308 Santa Barbara after some much needed TLC by the local gunsmith. Now just the paperwork and a new Vortex scope before she is ready to race! My serial number is R-76309. Any ideas on how I can find out the year it was made?

20150401_150941.jpg 20150401_151036.jpg

who was your local gunsmith?