Neilson rifles

[sixmill]

G,day,
I need some info on a Neilson 600 rifle, i understand they are Australian built, When & where were they built? how do they rate? compared to other actions. Also what value range do they sell for?
I have spotted a 308 range rifle with laminated stock & maddco barrel suitable for converting to F-class, however i can't find any info about them.
Cheers sxml

[bartman007]

I had a brand new MN600 back in 1992. It came with a Mastin stock, and was a great rifle.

It is a big improvement over an Omark, and a very good action. I had a Davies trigger on it, and it was reliable!!!

Compared to an RPA or Barnard, you will find the action is not as smooth when operating the bolt. This is not a criticism, as I regularly shot possibles with the Neilsen. It's just that the more you pay for things, the better finished they are or should be (IMHO). Like a BMW vs a Commodore.

If the New Barnard action is $1800, and an Old Omark action is $300, then I'd put the used Neilsen action around $500 - $700.

Then you add $ for the stock and barrel.

[sixmill]

Cheers bartman,
So did mastin stocks come standard? Doesn't really suit shooting off sandbags, maybe some sort of 3" plate could be mounted off the rail.

[johnk]

Phil Mastin built all or most of the originally supplied Lloyd Neilsen's stocks to Lloyd's design & bedded quite a few of them too (with Araldite K138). Lloyd did the final bedding tapering or preloading himself.

[jerryatric]

hi sixmill , i bought a nielson rifle 2 years ago to convert to a open f class rifle - but it just shoots too good to pull apart , so i used my omark action instead to build my 6.5x47 open open .
my nielson rifle is fitted with a maddco stainless 28 inch barrel in 308 cal . still has original wooden stock with adjustable cheeckpiece fitted , im currently shooting the new dwyer 155gr & i must say its good enough for me as it ussually shoots a 53 out of 55 // 63 out of 66. i did get a 65 from 66 droping one point - proberly me !.
action closes & opens much much better than my omark does . these take the same bolt head im sure .
i only paid $450 for complete rifle without scope .
if u dont want the action im up for another one to build my next project from .
from what i gather of these rifles they seem to be the DUCKS NUTS . :lol:

[victor]

hi sixmill , i bought a nielson rifle 2 years ago to convert to a open f class rifle - but it just shoots too good to pull apart , so i used my omark action instead to build my 6.5x47 open open .
my nielson rifle is fitted with a maddco stainless 28 inch barrel in 308 cal . still has original wooden stock with adjustable cheeckpiece fitted , im currently shooting the new dwyer 155gr & i must say its good enough for me as it ussually shoots a 53 out of 55 // 63 out of 66. i did get a 65 from 66 droping one point - proberly me !.
action closes & opens much much better than my omark does . these take the same bolt head im sure .
i only paid $450 for complete rifle without scope .
if u dont want the action im up for another one to build my next project from .
from what i gather of these rifles they seem to be the DUCKS NUTS .

evening jerryatric, i have a mn600 turn up after 12 years in safe,im researching to sell for mates son.can you help.victor

[Woody_rod]

MN600 is a very nice piece of kit.

[victor]

thanks DannyS your help is much appreached to find a good home for this neilsen moved on today to member.victor.