My first pre 64 Model 70?
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:57 pm
My first post on here - thanks for any help/feedback.
I’m looking at a Model 70 pre 64. Got the serial number and it looks like the action was made in 1957. The bore looks good and from what I can tell the lands seem pretty sharp, etc. What do you make of the wear marks on the bolt, extractor (see closeup) - seem normal? The stock has weird checkering (like it’s been messed with) and an after market butt pad but I’m thinking the wood could still be original to the gun. Somebody gutted the wood around the barrel to make it free floating I guess
The guy says the scope is a good one (Leupold) although I don’t really care about it much. I want to go back to original iron and maybe even add a peep at some point.
I thought I could buy it, clean it and take it to the range just the way it is to see how it shoots with the scope off the bench. Might be fun for a test. Then remove the scope and replace the iron sights (Lyman seems to still sell iron sights that are close to original for this year gun?). Strip the stock, try to determine how bad the checkering is and then maybe do a simple oil finish. Then find an original steel butt plate at some point, or just put a decent simple Pachmayr, etc. on. I don’t think the length (stock) has been messed with. Maybe even find another stock at some point? A project gun.
Any opinions? image issues - please see next post
I’m looking at a Model 70 pre 64. Got the serial number and it looks like the action was made in 1957. The bore looks good and from what I can tell the lands seem pretty sharp, etc. What do you make of the wear marks on the bolt, extractor (see closeup) - seem normal? The stock has weird checkering (like it’s been messed with) and an after market butt pad but I’m thinking the wood could still be original to the gun. Somebody gutted the wood around the barrel to make it free floating I guess
The guy says the scope is a good one (Leupold) although I don’t really care about it much. I want to go back to original iron and maybe even add a peep at some point.
I thought I could buy it, clean it and take it to the range just the way it is to see how it shoots with the scope off the bench. Might be fun for a test. Then remove the scope and replace the iron sights (Lyman seems to still sell iron sights that are close to original for this year gun?). Strip the stock, try to determine how bad the checkering is and then maybe do a simple oil finish. Then find an original steel butt plate at some point, or just put a decent simple Pachmayr, etc. on. I don’t think the length (stock) has been messed with. Maybe even find another stock at some point? A project gun.
Any opinions? image issues - please see next post