Recommendations for Pre-64 Model 70 Bottom Metal

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22 September 2024, 08:40

loud-n-boomer

Recommendations for Pre-64 Model 70 Bottom Metal

I am building a .416 Remington on a Pre-64 Model 70 action that someone had turned into a .300 Weatherby. Who makes decent bottom metal these days? I noticed Swift says that theirs needs front hole modification to fit a .375-length action. Anyone know what that is all about?

22 September 2024, 09:33

kendog

quote:
Originally posted by loud-n-boomer:
I am building a .416 Remington on a Pre-64 Model 70 action that someone had turned into a .300 Weatherby. Who makes decent bottom metal these days? I noticed Swift says that theirs needs front hole modification to fit a .375-length action. Anyone know what that is all about?

https://www.sunnyhillgunparts.com/70win.html

22 September 2024, 18:46

Jim Kobe

When Ted Blackburn passed, his bottom metal was taken over by Swift bullets. Ted's original design moved the front guard screw hole location forward by about 5/16" which necessitates drilling and taping a new guard screw location in the action. Supposedly it added some strength to keep that area from developing a crack.

22 September 2024, 20:55

airgun1

There is absolutely nothing wrong with using the factory 300 H&H bottom metal on a 416 Remington. I built one and many others have too and I never heard any complaints. That is a great option to build a 416 from a 300 Weatherby conversion; that is exactly what I used when I did it. I wish I still had that 416! There are a lot of guns I wish I still had! LOL

22 September 2024, 21:27

Duane Wiebe (CG&R)

quote:
Originally posted by Jim Kobe:
When Ted Blackburn passed, his bottom metal was taken over by Swift bullets. Ted's original design moved the front guard screw hole location forward by about 5/16" which necessitates drilling and taping a new guard screw location in the action. Supposedly it added some strength to keep that area from developing a crack.

That would be a new one on me....Seems to me the reason for the front guard screw re location was (is) the longer floorplate, which of course, moves the hinge forward.

When I was making them, the gentleman doing thew programs, rearrangaed the hinge geometry and we kept the original hole.... ( How's that for worthless information?) HAR!

23 September 2024, 17:52

Jim Kobe

Don't recall where I got that info but the pre-64's were prone to cracking between the guard screw and mag box; the extra 5/16 of wood should have some effect. I still have a jig I made for locating that new hole

01 October 2024, 09:38

Alec Torres

I have used Sunny Hill bottom metal (one dropped, one straight) on a couple of my Model 70 builds. They need some finishing and refinement but they work well.