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Originally posted by Duane Wiebe:
Haven't worked on the "NEW" M-70's for a time now...maybe things have improved.

Does the magazine spring have a "loop" at the bottom (floorplate?)

If so, this loop was put there so you could not get in another round...though there was room...made the rounds "pigeon toed" if you replaced the spring with a conventional configuraion.

In short. though the sound basic design was there, the bean counters at US Repeating Arms designed a generiac action..supposedly capable of feeding a wide range of cartridges...which meant, of course, it fed nothing real well.

The action is damn fine, but I found that making a new magazine box, using pre 64 follower and spring and modifying the rails (ala pre 64) you had essentially a very fine controlled feed M-70 in the finest tradition...Oh yeah! gotta do something about tha buttugly bolt handle!

The 458 had about the same issues, but thrown in was a throat a half mile long..brought velocitie down to about 45-70 class....but...again this can be fixed

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I agree with that. Off-the-shelf rifles are seldom fit for dangerous game purposes as they come from the factory. With the Model 70 Classic--and this is for starters--the extractor needs to be replaced with an aftermarket extractor that's built of real spring steel; the feeding system needs to be adjusted, as does the trigger, plus rebedding can pay big dividends.

At least with the Model 70 and rifles of it's ilk, the basic foundation is there for a very good, reliable, and fully-functional DGR, given the right sort of work by a skilled gunsmith of experience and judgement.

Some factory rifles (Browning A-Hole, for example), might be chambered for DG cartridges, but no matter what you do to them, they'll never become true DG RIFLES.........

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Originally posted by jjs:

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Originally posted by Duane Wiebe:
Haven't worked on the "NEW" M-70's for a time now...maybe things have improved.

Does the magazine spring have a "loop" at the bottom (floorplate?)

If so, this loop was put there so you could not get in another round...though there was room...made the rounds "pigeon toed" if you replaced the spring with a conventional configuraion.

In short. though the sound basic design was there, the bean counters at US Repeating Arms designed a generiac action..supposedly capable of feeding a wide range of cartridges...which meant, of course, it fed nothing real well.

The action is damn fine, but I found that making a new magazine box, using pre 64 follower and spring and modifying the rails (ala pre 64) you had essentially a very fine controlled feed M-70 in the finest tradition...Oh yeah! gotta do something about tha buttugly bolt handle!

The 458 had about the same issues, but thrown in was a throat a half mile long..brought velocitie down to about 45-70 class....but...again this can be fixed

Duane,

Thanks for the feeback. It looks like there is sort of a loop but shows up next to the follower...

Is Sound Metal Products going to make a mag. box and bottom metal unit for the Model 70 "classic"?

FAST996,

From your pics that is a nice looking rifle. I have a custom 404 Jeffery, on a GMA action, in the works....

Appreciate the input and ideas...

Thanks,

Yes we are going to do the M-70's

jjs