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<Vek>
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...what's wrong with these rifles? Sometime back I read someone complaining about the extractor...I have one in 30-06 and it's no tackdriver, but it's brutally consistent with good hunting accuracy with anything I feed it. I like the function of the bolt, the safety, and the trigger is quite good - unmolested it's lighter than my remingtons. I also like that each fall when it goes to the range for brushup after a few months' rest, it requires exactly one shot to verify its clean barrel zero, and things don't wander from there.

Reason I'm asking - a thrashed one is for sale cheap in these parts, and I'm sort of looking for a rebarrel project.

Thoughts?

Thanks, gentlemen and ladies.
 
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Bigdaddytacp
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...what's wrong with these rifles? Sometime back I read someone complaining about the extractor...I have one in 30-06 and it's no tackdriver, but it's brutally consistent with good hunting accuracy with anything I feed it. I like the function of the bolt, the safety, and the trigger is quite good - unmolested it's lighter than my remingtons. I also like that each fall when it goes to the range for brushup after a few months' rest, it requires exactly one shot to verify its clean barrel zero, and things don't wander from there.

Reason I'm asking - a thrashed one is for sale cheap in these parts, and I'm sort of looking for a rebarrel project.

Thoughts?

Thanks, gentlemen and ladies.
The good pushfeed M70's are nice guns compared to other pushfeeds but come in second to the quality P64/Mauser style Mod 70 and its extractor and simple ejector.....as far as I'm concerned it's almost the blonde vs. redhead .....each has its place and appeal to different persons......I have several P64 70's and will keep them...for push feed it's accuracy type guns in Sakos and Rem 700's.....I wouldn't pass up a good push feed mod 70 but keep in mind the money invested will have a smaller return/market that the same in a P64 type.....at least in my limited experience...good luck and good shooting!!!!
 
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<Don Martin29>
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A friend that just started shooting bought a M-70 made about 1966 in .243. It shoots very well even when it's barrel is hot. I am impressed.

I did break the extractor on my dad's push feed M-70 by chambering a reload that had not been FL sized and then closing and trying to open a very tight bolt. When I did open it the broken extractor, spring and pin lay in the magazine. The dovetail part of the extractor is only .050" thick (same as the rim on a 30/06) but the extractor broke and not the case rim.

Winchester sent me a new one right away.

I don't have any push feed M-70's anymore.
 
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Need Just 1 More Gun
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Vek,

There are a fair number of high-power competitors that like the push feed action for their rifles. These rifles shouldn't really be compared against the pre-64 type, but rather against the Rem 700 rifles.

If it's a good price, go for it.
 
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I like the push feed M-70 s . I have had three of them , all excellent shooters and flawless in feed and function . I also think it's a very slick action ........
 
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get it.. rebarrel it, and do NOT use it as a DGR.

You can have tons of fun with it, and can get parts (stock, sights, barrel) etc, really easy
good hunting
jeffe
 
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