New 270 on a Pre-'64 model 70

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22 August 2023, 19:22

Jim Kobe

New 270 on a Pre-'64 model 70

Just finished this one. American black from Cecil Fredy, new bottom metal, ebony tip, inletted sling swivel bases skeleton grip and butt, checkered 22LPI wrap around fore and aft, new checkered bolt knob, rust blue by Greg Gress, 14 1/4 lop, custom scope bases for Talley rings.

Sorry for the bad pics: to follow

Jim Kobe
10841 Oxborough Ave So
Bloomington MN 55437
952.884.6031
Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild

23 August 2023, 04:41

JeffreyPhD

Beautiful rifle. I like the way the cheek piece is blended with the stock above the grip. A bit unusual.

23 August 2023, 17:47

450 Fuller

Very nice and rare skeletal metalwork with first rate stock. All a very pleasing rifle.

Has me thinking about a newly obtained 1954
M-70 in 270 WCF.

On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died.

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch...
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling

Life grows grim without senseless indulgence.

28 August 2023, 09:45

Use Enough Gun

Beautiful work Jim! I love the wood that you got for the rifle from Cecil Fredi. Cecil's a good friend of mine and lives about 8 minutes from me. I'm always over when I can be, drooling over his 30K+ gunstock blanks stored rack by rack in his huge warehouse and drying containers. For me, I'm a happy kid in a candy store when I'm at Cecil's.

28 August 2023, 18:54

Jim Kobe

Those pics were taken by me with my cell phone, they do not portray the wood's beauty

Jim Kobe
10841 Oxborough Ave So
Bloomington MN 55437
952.884.6031
Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild

18 September 2023, 09:51

surefire7

quote:
Originally posted by Jim Kobe:
Those pics were taken by me with my cell phone, they do not portray the wood's beauty

Wow, they look superb. They must be absolutely stunning then in person!

Congrats on a gorgeous rifle build.

18 September 2023, 22:55

eamyrick

How light can you build a wood stock pre-64? 6.5lbs would be amazing.

19 September 2023, 18:12

Jim Kobe

quote:
Originally posted by hivelosity:
newer version model 70

WTF does this have to do with the original post? Thanks for nothing!

Jim Kobe
10841 Oxborough Ave So
Bloomington MN 55437
952.884.6031
Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild

22 September 2023, 20:37

dogcat

What Jim said....

Very inconsiderate way of co-opting a nice thread...

Just to look at an old POS that is not custom...

23 September 2023, 05:25

surefire7

Wow! Great looking rifle. What a beauty!

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23 September 2023, 06:52

Michael Robinson

quote:
Originally posted by dogcat:
What Jim said....

Very inconsiderate way of co-opting a nice thread...

Just to look at an old POS that is not custom...

+1.

The poster should show some respect and delete that post.

Mike

Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer.

23 September 2023, 20:44

butchloc

i saw this and the wood is the finest i have seen even had to bring wifemate to see it

01 October 2023, 15:59

handwerk

Thanks for the pics Jim, as per usual beautiful work.