The pic on the right shows the thumb cut in the receiver of the second rifle. Most certainly a military receiver (the thumb cut was there to assist with loading the rifle from the top). The first rifle does not have this cut, which suggests that it was either a commercial action, or that a gunsmith filled the cut in with metal at some time. My bet is that the first rifle uses a commercial action, while the second is clearly a military model.Here are the better pics of the second action. This is the Fabrique Nationale
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