Briman, although the Mauser 98's remain incredibly popular, there aren't many true controlled round rifles still produced, at least not by american manufacturers...Many are controlled round PUSH FEED rifles (hence the CRPF mentioned in my last post), which basically feeds like a controlled round rifle from the magazine, letting you cycle the action on your back if you wish, but they ALSO allow give up a little control in having a float/flex built in to allow you to drop a round in the chamber or open action and close the action with no damage to your gun...you'll note that in 1911's if you drop a round in the chamber and close it, it wears out (sometimes breaks) the claw extractor, and often does BAD things to the cartridge rim....

For educational purposes in class's I've helped teach, I used to have a round that a buddy of mine used to keep in his 1911...he had 8rnds of HP ammo that he kept for home defense purposes...everytime he went out and shot his gun, he'd take out the mag, then jack out the one round, then when he was done he'd load these back up when he got home, instead of properly loading his gun, he'd drop one in the chamber, let it close, then load a full mag....so the same round took all the abuse...after he went through four extractors he asked me what was wrong, I knowingly asked him how he loaded it and we found out...there was basically NO RIM left on that round, I used it and some broken extractors and that story to illustrate how you should KNOW YOUR GUN.

I did say it could be possible, but I still don't picture anyone doing it...one thing that would make things "easier" would be to have the magazine positioned as close to the chamber as possible, so that the bolt only carries the round as far as necessary, instead of at the back of the action where it intuitively should go...my point is that the round needs a LOT of direction, and it better be feeding into the chamber by the time it disengages the mag lips otherwise it's not going in.

If it could be done in a budget rifle of good quality and was marketed with budget target practice in mind (similarly to how the Ruger 77/22 or the 22/45 are marketed as "practice guns" for your big bores), then it might be feasible that someone might buy them. Might be a cool new direction for "Cricket" rifles, granted they're single shots, (although I have seen a 3rnd conversion done!!!), but they'd set the market.

Personally, on a side note, I'd like to see more .45auto semiauto carbines out there...between Thompsons and 1911 conversions, I'm not aware of many other options? Either of those two are basically as expensive as a good AR-15, while a 9mm carbine or .40S&W carbine can be had for a couple hundred bucks...never have understood why they don't just make one of those budget carbines in .45 also....I'd be all over one!