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Stock ID please

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11 February 2015, 16:55
Andrew Maxwell
Stock ID please
I picked up this stock recently and for the quality of the work put into it, I couldn't turn down buying it. I've been known to buy stocks and cool parts for guns that I don't own yet. Anyway, I am 99% sure this is a LA model 70 stock, but what is confusing me is on the left side of the stock there is a shelf like you might find on a 98 mauser for the ejector box, which a model 70 does not have. Any ideas or thoughts on this stock?





11 February 2015, 17:08
tiggertate
I'm not real good a looking at inletting and calling the shot but I will say that the MRC 1999 action has a raised boss around the bolt release in that location and is very similar to an M70 in overall shape; the front ring being the major difference. But the bolt release has rounded corners and doesn't square off like that.


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11 February 2015, 18:15
Glen71
MRC is my guess also.
11 February 2015, 20:09
tiggertate
Could be a Model 70 stock that was adapted to fit an MRC.


"Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson.
11 February 2015, 23:24
Glen71
Any chance it is for a Kimber (of Oregon) Model 89 BGR? Guns Intl Picture Pic 2
12 February 2015, 00:35
faraim
Perhaps a M70 with a cutout for an iron sight base?
12 February 2015, 02:25
Glen71
C'mon guys, tell me I solved the riddle! It's a stock off a Kimber 89 BGR. The checkering pattern looks identical to the pictures in my previous post.
12 February 2015, 02:33
ramrod340
Have to agree with Glen71. Sure looks like the Kimber. Doesn't look like the MRC pattern inletting I have in the basement.


As usual just my $.02
Paul K
12 February 2015, 05:27
Andrew Maxwell
Looks like you nailed it Glen. Many thanks
I might try and morph a model 70 into it and put a receiver sight on the ejector box notch
12 February 2015, 09:13
Dennis Earl Smith
It IS a Kimber 89(BGR) stock.


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12 February 2015, 17:58
Glen71
quote:
Originally posted by Andrew Maxwell:
I might try and morph a model 70 into it and put a receiver sight on the ejector box notch

It might have some resale value to someone who needs a replacement or upgrade for their Kimber. I would think that M70 stocks would be much more plentiful. Just a thought.