Your favorite action to use

I shoot a Tikka Whitetail s/s synthetic . Great accuracy and very slick action.  Never been bothered with "plastic' parts. fairly heavy gun seems to settle down well unlike too light a gun. I tried several makes and models and found this gun fit me very well. I chose 30-06 as I find the balance and feel bettethan the mags with the longer barrel.

Jay;

The Mauser and pre-64 Winchester are, with minor exceptions, the same.  The current classic Winchester is simply an update of the pre-64 & can thusly be considered a Mauser type also.

The single most notable difference between the German Mauser & the Winchester is the location & operation of the safety.  The trigger is also different & the Winchester is almost universally considered to be the better of the two.  The bolt release is also effected differently. 

However, notwithstanding those noted differences, the base actions are the same.

900F

I like the model 70 axtions.

     I like the classic action or the pre 64. The mausers a great too but it is hard to get a decent hinged floor plate. I haveno problem with te remington actions for most porposes. But for reliability sake i prefer the Model 70s...tj3006

I like the small diameter bolts, Sako L-579 and the Kimber are my favorites.  The Short Action M700 is a great action.

BEAR

I voted for the Winchester Model 70.  I've thought about why I voted that way and my reason is this.  I like the look and feel of the Winchester.  I do enjoy shooting the Remington rifles I have, but the way the Winchester works for me is just about perfect.  I only have one at this time, but I hope to change that in the future. 

"Yes dear, it's another rifle.  This is one I Need."    Seems to work like a charm.    

I just HAD to vote for Savage.

I actually like Mausers the best, but for those of us without a lathe, you can do almost anything within reason with a Savage 110 family action. You can buy bolt heads, new barrels, triggers, all sort of other crap and you don't need to have a machine shop to make it all work. Clunky, sorta ugly, but they are the shade tree gunsmith's buddy.

Lawdog,

Interesting that you suggest the Weatherby, I assume you mean the markV.  They make a good rifle and stand behind their product.  In addition they started the accuracy guarantee.

I mention the kimber and Sako as they have small diameter bolts.  the opposite is true for the Weatherby.  They got the fatest bolts shaft I've ever seen, they machine the multi lug  (interupted threads) out of the bolt shaft.  It seems huge to me, but it does really make for a non-binding bolt operation.

BEAR

Rem for all the reasons Kingpin said.Sako a close second of the alternatives available.

Barnard out of New Zealand is my new choice for a custom rifle.These are a very high quality action machined to close tolerances that are doing very well in competitive shooting.

Macca