To buy this pre-64 M-70....
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=314571941
......and then publicly burn that abomination of a stock.
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......and then publicly burn that abomination of a stock.
That guy had a real Weatherby fetish. I wish I wasn't old enough to remember when that style was "in".
Holy crap! Abomination is right!
What a [bleep] waste.......The whole rifle, not just the stock....
You young guys would be surprised how popular those Lawson thumb-hole stocks were years back....among some people 
It was the same waive of popularity that started with the Weatherby styles but took it all to extremes,and made Weatherby stocks look conservative by comparison.
Another was the Winslow rifles....equally garish.Back then you had the haughty and elite school of the Classic designs, spearheaded by guys like O'Connor.These guys had a fit when they saw a Lawson....I couldn't disagree.
The trend sort of followed car designs of the 50's and early 60's, with the big sweeping fins, excessive chrome and stuff.
I remember being at the SCI show in Vegas and seeing the Lawson booth..(this was in the 80's and the style had started to wane by then).....from what I recall, and despite the wild appearance,Lawson stocks actually displayed surprisingly good workmanship.
Putz around enough sites and you will run into Lawson stocks that were traditionally "classic" in design.
BTW you would be surprised at how comfortable a thumb hole stock is to shoot...
It was the same waive of popularity that started with the Weatherby styles but took it all to extremes,and made Weatherby stocks look conservative by comparison.
Another was the Winslow rifles....equally garish.Back then you had the haughty and elite school of the Classic designs, spearheaded by guys like O'Connor.These guys had a fit when they saw a Lawson....I couldn't disagree.
The trend sort of followed car designs of the 50's and early 60's, with the big sweeping fins, excessive chrome and stuff.
I remember being at the SCI show in Vegas and seeing the Lawson booth..(this was in the 80's and the style had started to wane by then).....from what I recall, and despite the wild appearance,Lawson stocks actually displayed surprisingly good workmanship.
Putz around enough sites and you will run into Lawson stocks that were traditionally "classic" in design.
BTW you would be surprised at how comfortable a thumb hole stock is to shoot...
Bob you should bid on it! 
What a waste of a good walnut blank.
Just look at it as a representative piece of art from a bygone era..................like an airbrushed mural on the side of a fan.
Just look at it as a representative piece of art from a bygone era..................like an airbrushed mural on the side of a fan.
Originally Posted by EricM
Bob you should bid on it!
Eric not a chance!
Wow, total garbage.
Originally Posted by BobinNH
You young guys would be surprised how popular those Lawson thumb-hole stocks were years back....among some people
It was the same waive of popularity that started with the Weatherby styles but took it all to extremes,and made Weatherby stocks look conservative by comparison.
Another was the Winslow rifles....equally garish.Back then you had the haughty and elite school of the Classic designs, spearheaded by guys like O'Connor.These guys had a fit when they saw a Lawson....I couldn't disagree.
The trend sort of followed car designs of the 50's and early 60's, with the big sweeping fins, excessive chrome and stuff.
I remember being at the SCI show in Vegas and seeing the Lawson booth..(this was in the 80's and the style had started to wane by then).....from what I recall, and despite the wild appearance,Lawson stocks actually displayed surprisingly good workmanship.
Putz around enough sites and you will run into Lawson stocks that were traditionally "classic" in design.
BTW you would be surprised at how comfortable a thumb hole stock is to shoot...
It was the same waive of popularity that started with the Weatherby styles but took it all to extremes,and made Weatherby stocks look conservative by comparison.
Another was the Winslow rifles....equally garish.Back then you had the haughty and elite school of the Classic designs, spearheaded by guys like O'Connor.These guys had a fit when they saw a Lawson....I couldn't disagree.
The trend sort of followed car designs of the 50's and early 60's, with the big sweeping fins, excessive chrome and stuff.
I remember being at the SCI show in Vegas and seeing the Lawson booth..(this was in the 80's and the style had started to wane by then).....from what I recall, and despite the wild appearance,Lawson stocks actually displayed surprisingly good workmanship.
Putz around enough sites and you will run into Lawson stocks that were traditionally "classic" in design.
BTW you would be surprised at how comfortable a thumb hole stock is to shoot...
Bob ol buddy, it's not really the stock that bothers me. Did you take a close look at the saftey and what they did to it to make it look even more weatherbyish (I know that's not a word but you get the drift)......By the way, that stock would never be comfortable for me to shoot, seeing how I shoulder it from the oppsite side you do...
What the heck is that thing behind the trigger?
That is a period piece...sort of an offshoot from the Weatherby branch of the tree. High gloss finish on wood and metal. Extreme lines. I remember seeing Lawson's work featured in the Conetrol ads of my father's hunting magazines. If I'm not mistaken, the rifle I'm seeing Conetrol's. The bolt shroud looks like it's been replaced with one emulating the weatherby's or later Sako's streamlined look. That thing behind the trigger I'm guessing is the safety which was removed to clean up the lines for the replacement bolt shroud. Lawson's look never caught on big, which is why they seem so out there today (although someone was mass producing look-alike composite stocks at one time (B&C?).
I can't figure out whether it's actually a pre-64. In some of the pictures it looks like there's the claw extractor, and in some it looks like there isn't one. I couldn't find "pre-64" in the description...but I've been know to overlook such things more than once.
I wonder if the future generation will look so kindly on some of the things that we think are pretty cool today. What will they say in 50 years about McSwirly's, Fluted barrels, AR's with Picatinny rails on every square inch?
I can't figure out whether it's actually a pre-64. In some of the pictures it looks like there's the claw extractor, and in some it looks like there isn't one. I couldn't find "pre-64" in the description...but I've been know to overlook such things more than once.
I wonder if the future generation will look so kindly on some of the things that we think are pretty cool today. What will they say in 50 years about McSwirly's, Fluted barrels, AR's with Picatinny rails on every square inch?
It's a pre 64....just bad pictures.The extractor and bolt body are jeweled,making them blend in...the bolt guide is on the bolt body and serial number is 6 digit.
I'll bring the gasoline and the lighter..... Thumbholes are like sleeping with fat girls or riding a moped IMHO!