Bolt action rifle

A bolt action rifle comprising an elongated action tube, a barrel having a cartridge chamber secured to one end of the action tube in coaxial alignment therewith, a stock secured to the other end of the action tube, a bolt including firing pin and cartridge case extractor means disposed movably in the action tube and being fully contained and guided therein at all adjusted positions of the bolt during the operation of the rifle, cooperative guide and locking means for the bolt on the action tube and bolt, a unitized body defining a cartridge magazine and a firing and safety mechanism mount attached to the action tube between said barrel and stock, the action tube having a side wall slot in communication with the interior of said body, a pair of internal spaced parallel partition walls on the body between end walls thereof and defining in said body a guide passage across the axis of the action tube and bolt and being in intersecting relationship with said slot of the action tube, a safety bar movably held in said guide passage of said body and including a bolt locking end extension adapted to project through said slot of the action tube and to engage within a locking recess of the bolt, multi-position yielding detent means for said safety bar along said guide passage whereby the safety bar can be positioned in a rifle firing position, a hammer locking position, and a hammer and bolt locking position, a spring-loaded hammer pivoted on said body rearwardly of said guide passage adjacent to said slot of the action tube and adapted to swing through said slot to engage the firing pin upon release of the hammer, a spring-loaded trigger/sear on said body and having a tip adapted to engage in a notch of the hammer to secure the hammer in a cocked position, a stop element for the trigger/sear on said body to positively limit movement of the trigger/sear in one direction, and cartridge lifting and follower means within a magazine chamber of said body on the side of the guide passage away from said hammer and trigger/sear and being aligned with said slot of the action tube, whereby cartridges from the magazine chamber can enter the action tube through said slot when said bolt is retracted.