We talk about smooth actions and I think we all like them. What do you all say is the smoothest boltaction rifle ever made? My pics are all older guns.

I think it is the 1903 Mannlicher Schoenauer followed closely by an 1892 Krag-Jorgensen and 1903 Springfield

you've never tried a Tikka T3 have you?

I have never handled any of the ones you mentioned but of the ones that I have played with I would say the Colt Sauer is the smoothest.

I own 2 Tikka T3 and they are rough compaired to the Mannlicher

That's a really good question. I look forward to all the answers-I don't think I have owned enough different kinds of bolt actions to be qualified on the subject.

I can tell you a Savage is definately NOT the smoothest bolt action! All three of the ones in my safe will let you wobble the bolt all the way to battery....But they sure shoot good after that.

Krag 30-40

Colt Sauer

I have not handled many but my m70 is the smoothest and locks up tighter than any of the other bolt actions I have felt. I mean this thing is TIGHT

BAT actions

Borden

Short of the high end customs my FN commercial Mauser and 1903 are really smooth. Out of the newer bolt actions made by the bigger companies I'd say Sako/Tikka are up there.

Sako/Tikka

Weatherby Mark V or Mark VII

I think its going to be hard to beat the Mannlicher Schoenauer with a factory rifle.

Of the ones I have.

1.Remington 721
2.Remington 722
3.Springfield 03
4.Remington 03
5.Weatherby MK V
6.Ruger 77
7.Remington 700
8.Remington 600
9.Winchester 70
10.Styer Prohunter (the tightest of all but by far the most accurate)
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Mauser 98 & 96, most everything made in the last 80 years owes something to the bolt jerkers.

If you have never felt a Krag action you don't really know what smooooth is.

Pre-64 Model 70

Krag.

That I own it's a race between a slick old enfield and a tikka. I have shot an older Sako that was noticeably finer than the tikka and a nice but not significantly better mannlicher.

Remington 770

I'd kick sand in my Tikka and Sako over my Cooper.

Smoothest I have handled is dads rem 700, much smoother than my 700 sendero. It is older though. I have never handled alot of the other guns mentioned on here though.