Late last year I found a bolt action 444 in a LGS. I spotted it sitting in the corner behind the counter because of the stock being painted like the American flag. The action is a Mauser 98 and the bolt face and extractor was expertly opened up for the rimmed case. The frame rails were also worked over to feed the fatter case. The barrel is an unknown brand at 24 inches and is varmint weight. I suspect the rifle was originally built back in the 60's as it has the early 1 in 38" twist which I don't like because it forces me to use bullets no heavier than 300 grains. On the plus side, it's Ballard style rifling rather than Marlin's "Micro-groove". To date, I can regularly hit the steel pigs at 300 yards using the Hornady 300 grain XTP pushed by 50 grains of IMR 4895 giving me a velocity of 2289 fps. I'd post a picture of the rifle but for some odd reason I'm not being allowed to post pictures?