A bit of a story here but what the heck...Several years ago I picked up a custom stock and planted pre-64 M70 action into it. It is a 270 and a little on the heavy side. That got me thinking that a 300 H&H would be better in the stock than the 270 so I started looking for a rifle that would fit the bill. This turned into me just lusting for a 300 H&H. Well, I came across a decent prospect. It is a Pre-64 M70 that has had some work done to it. Checkered bolt release, barrel band sling swivel and front site added to the factory barrel, custom oberndorf style bottom metal. All of this in a nice custom English stock. Supposedly all done by Clayton Nelson. Here is where it gets interesting (and a smarter man may have returned the rifle?). The stock has a piece of wood fitted in front of the bolt handle. Took a minute but my best guess is that the stock is not original to the gun. I think this stock was originally on a rifle with straight bolt handle and not the dog leg M70 style. Also, the follower was binding and causing the rifle to jam. This is the point where I considered sending it back. Instead I pulled it apart. I put a bevel on the rear of the magazine box to stop the follower from binding when cartridges were pushed down into the magazine. I was still having some issues so I rounded off the front of the follower and polished it. This did the trick and it feeds nicely now. Finally, the mag box is just a touch short for full length cartridges. Not by much but could be an issue. I plan to try some bullets that like to jump. The Barnes tipped triple shocks loaded to full length are too long but I can seat the same bullet without the tip and it fits just fine. Distance to lands is the same so I hope this will solve that issue. I just liked the way the rifle fit too much so decided to take a chance on it. We will see how it shoots...So is it a Franken-rifle with a mix match of parts???

Nice looking piece!

Every custom rifle is a mix of parts. They just have to all be in sync to operate correctly. Yours looks nice.

Thanks Biebs.

Thanks dpcd...it sure did not operate correctly at first. I think it is sorted out now. But you are correct of course. Just more fun to describe it as such.

I like the wood colors and wish I could find a similar blank. Nice style and if Clayton made the stock he made it look great.

A patch is a piece of added wood that looks like the original wood area. I have made a patch to cover a knot and you could not find it if you didn't know it was there. Sometimes a small oil painting brush with a few colors of oil can hide most defects repaired.

A superbly grained piece of English. Incredible actually. It would be nice to see a shot of the inlay work and the bolt release. How much is it?
Just kidding. No need for another .270W here.

Hi Custom Bolt, it is actually a 300 H&H. Here is the "patch"

Oh. That's right. A 300 H&H Sorry I missed that. The patch kind of looks a little bit Frankenstein-ish.
But, I still like the superb wood.
Thanks for the pictures. Neat gun.

What a beautiful rifle!

It originally probably had a straight-down bolt on it. I wouldn't mind the mod....great looking rifle.

Not sure if you have a one or two piece magazine box on that one, however, if it is a two peice set up, sheet metal box and rail assembly.
It is entirely possible the box is sitting just a tad too far forward. The reason i say this is the receiver has a ledge in back that the box sits under its a recess. If the box is fully seated back and under then there is no need to bevel the back top of the box. In addition to that you also gain about .050 to .060 more length in the magazine because the bullet points are no longer fighting for space with the bottom of the feed ramp. This problem shows itself on Pre-64 M70 375 actions as the front recess that truly locates the magazine box to the back had been machined thru at Winchester to make it a 375 length action, this means the magazine box has the opportunity to slip forward without the box recess in front. Take a look at a Dakota Arms 375 action the box location recess fully encompasses the front of the sheet metal box a small detail that Grisel explained to me years ago that does get overlooked.