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Jeffbird,
Thanks for taking so much time and effort into getting all of those pictures and information for us.
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Jeffbird,
Thanks for taking so much time and effort into getting all of those pictures and information for us. +1. Great info.
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I'm starting to hate this thread. Are you going to have to take a drive to Kalispell too?
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jeffbird,
Thanks for the pics.
I'm curious if the bolt body has transverse holes... if so, which direction do they point when the bolt it closed? Down and into mag, or into the left raceway?
That left-side add-on baffle looks very similar to the Winchester.
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Jeffbird,
Thanks for taking so much time and effort into getting all of those pictures and information for us. +1 I may have to sell a few rifles and get one of these; excellent!
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Damn......now I am thinking I may need more than one of these
Jeffbird......thanks for taking the time for that
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I may have to sell a few rifles and get one of these; excellent!
This could quite possibly become a common practice.
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Is the bottom metal steel? Could it be swapped out for a ptg alloy replacement? If so, and if the new stock saves 6-8 ounces you might save 10-12 ounces off the weights listed above, right?
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Never mind, just realized that the longer mag box probably won't work with other bottom metal...
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Everyone is very welcome. While the MRC is obviously a reincarnated inspiration of the pre-64 M70, answering the questions and taking the photos has made me notice details that previously were unnoticed differences between the two and other rifles as well. So, this has been an interesting and informative exercise for me as well. Jason's question made me notice another difference again illustrating the difference in the gas handling changes. So those of you thinking this thread has cost you money, make room for me, as my safe is going to be rearranged as well as the MRC's bump out a few others. I'm curious if the bolt body has transverse holes... if so, which direction do they point when the bolt it closed? Down and into mag, or into the left raceway?
That left-side add-on baffle looks very similar to the Winchester.
Jason, I only have a pre-64 M70, having sold my more current vintage years ago. If someone has some photos of the bolts of the current M70 and Kimber Montana, those might be of interest. Are these the holes to which you refer? They are at the 9 o'clock position on the pre-64 M70 i.e. they empty into the left raceway. Here is the MRC - much larger, and they empty into the 6 o'clock position with the bolt closed.
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Do the MRC long and short actions have the same exact guard screw spacing as the Winchester post64 actions?
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Larry also confirmed that the new stock is the same as the Colorado Buck edition rifle on their site, although colored black with grey specks. Anyway, there are a few more pics on thir website of the stock for those interested.
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I have been looking at an MRC recently, they seem very easy to work with and will twist your tube in anything available and also cut your barrel to any length you'd want as well. Larry has been very helpful and the extra charge for that stuff just barely puts it above the price of an EW..
They are also pretty friendly to active military as well.
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Good info right there. We might get all the info on this rifle peiced together yet. This has been a good group effort and really great information gathered. I would still like hear from anyone who gets to handle one with the new stock as my choice has come down to that.
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If they will do a standard XWR-SS in 35 Whelen I'll be ordering one!
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If they will do a standard XWR-SS in 35 Whelen I'll be ordering one! Take a look at the Extreme Vantage. It's pretty much the same thing. http://montanarifleco.com/?page_id=182
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I saw that. I just don't want or need open sights.
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I expect they can put one together without them. I've found MRC pretty easy to deal with.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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will twist your tube in anything available Might want to check with them on that. I wanted them to build me the CBE in 264WM with an 8 twist. They said 264WM was no problem, but it would be a 9 twist. I decided to build instead. Seem like nice folks. loder
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Fantastic thread jeffbird, thanks for posting it.
Have to say a LH XWR in 264 Win Mag would be super nice to have, I contacted them to suggest they use a faster twist instead of the 1 in 9 but in reality it would work for the vast majority of 264 diameter bullets.
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