Mr. 79S: I just returned from an Alaskan goat hunt and I used a re-barreled pre-64 model 70. My son worked for Phil Shoemaker in both the spring and fall hunts this year and Phil allowed him to carry his 9.3x62 as a back-up rifle which is a re-barreled pre-64 model 70. One of Phil's guides is a model 70 man. I spent a couple hours looking over his bear rifles when I was in Kodiak and while he uses the classics, he's wanting to put a pre-64 together in .35 Whelen. He thinks it just might be the ultimate back-up rifle. Then there is Dick Rohr who has outfitted on Kodiak for many years. According to his son Sam, his dad still uses his old 70 in .375 as his back-up rifle. Perhaps there might be more old 70s being used up north than you might think.
