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my model 70 push feed actions owe NO apology to any Remington 700 Receiver...

The XTR pushfeeds have always been very nice IMO. My XTR FWT is named "Old Reliable" for many reasons.

I had a model 70 pushfeed target in 06 I shot highpower with and shot my best 600 prone ever with that rifle and I kick myself because I sold that rifle. Great rifle.

The reason I asked, I just picked up a push feed in 30/06 for $250- I can restock, refinish and re barrel it as necessary and still not be into it for an obscene amount of money, having a rifle twisted and throated the way I want.
I don't know if it's just old age or what, but I am being disillusioned with the current crop of new factory rifles.
Start out paying over $600 for new, then have to have it bedded, trigger work done, try to find a round that is short enough to feed in the mag and still be in the same zip code as the rifling, and then it might or might not shoot. Whether it shoots or not, it often takes half a bottle of copper cleaner to get the bore clean.
Some good info here, thanks everybody.

Fred

The information below is taken from Stuart Otteson's book - The Bolt Action. His book is recognized as a definitive work on bolt action designs. It is well worth a read and a great reference book if you can find one at a reasonable price, otherwise Wolfe Publishing sells them on CD for around $25.00 or so.

The following is taken from the section on Pre-64 Winchesters but the same applies to the post-64 Winchester since there were no changes made that would have an effect on the rigidity of the action, unless you would want to consider that a short action would be more rigid than the longer action.

The drawings referred to in the quote will not copy so you will have to rely on the text. It is too bad that they would not copy because it is clear from them just how stiff a model 70 receiver really is.

"One occasionally reads how siderail receivers lack the rigidity of cylindrical types, this conclusion usually supported by comparing the Remington Model 700 and Mauser M98. Yet, the Model 70 proves that the siderail type can also be made very stiff. As the accompanying drawings show, its deep girder-like midsection makes it one of the most rigid bolt-action receivers
ever designed."

drover