The XTR series guns from the late 70s and 80s were nice rifles out of the box but were push feed M70s
These are the real sleepers of the push feed world. CRF is not as critical to me these days. A fine tuned one (mauser, un-molested Pre-64) is a work of art as it slurps cartridges from the magazine, but push feed is much simpler, and I like simple. A lot less tuning to make it work. With a PF M70, you get the old-style trigger, best safety in the business and no puny 700 style extractor.
