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Rifle floorplate and magazine question
26 July 2009, 20:11
bwanamrmRifle floorplate and magazine question
I am building a .340 Weatherby on a Winchester 70 LA Classic and ran into an issue with the factory magazine not being long enough for the cartridges. What custom bottom metal and magazine would you suggest for this project. BTW this is going in a Mac stock as a functional elk rifle not a showpiece. Thanks!
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26 July 2009, 20:31
ForrestBI'd probably bite the bullet and go with a Sunny Hill unit. It's a nice unit that includes the box. I think Macmillan will inlet one of their stocks for this combination. How are you planning to finish the metalwork--blued or coated?
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26 July 2009, 20:40
McCrayA factory STW/H&H/300 Weatherby box should be long enough unless you are reloading to some non-standard OAL. What box is in there now?
Most Model 70 parts are still available through Winchester/Browning parts.
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26 July 2009, 23:15
DavidReedBlackburn's No. 4 will work too. However you'll have to make sure that your smith knows how to open up the bottom of your M70 to accommodate the new magazine box.
27 July 2009, 04:49
bwanamrmThanks guys... it will be coated.
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.