Had to replace an extractor on a pushfeed M70 in .223 to cure an ejection problem. Also had to bend the upper lip of the mag box out a little because it kept barfing the next-to-last round during feeding. The rifle was previously owned.
Sorry, gents. I missed the "pre" in the thread title.
I have only one PRE-64, a 1959 or '60 Westerner in .264 Win Mag. Its only shortcoming is the ugly stock that came with it---which someone here pointed out shortly after I posted pics of it...the buttstock had been recontoured.
Now, had no one said anything I would have never been the wiser, but it began to eat at me every time I looked at it. The poor ugly thing has had a facelift, though.
Before...
After...