Excellent, thanks, these are the answers I'm looking for. Sometimes you just have to throw out incorrect assumptions in order to get the correct answers.

So, this begs the next few questions: Since it's the three position safety, how do I tell if it's the "Block Safety".

As far as the action, your description is correct, and the pin is spring loaded. This gun's pin profile is the same as the Batavia Leader's on the photo section of the Baker website. I think of the three pin pattern in the center kind of as "Orion's Belt", its easier to remember that way. The pin pattern is different from the pictures of the early A and B grades, but is like the Paragon 518 and the higher model number Paragons. So, how do I tell if this is a Hollenbeck designed action with a draw bolt, or the later, simplified action? Any chance to linking to pictures?

Thanks
Ken

Last edited by Ken61; 04/03/14 12:23 PM.

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