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Beautiful rifle!

The two conversions I have are this model 70 308 Norma Mag. Converted to left hand by the Kerr Sport Shop in Beverly Hills.





It has a little history.



And my model 70 converted to left hand by Bob West and rebored to 35 Whelen by Cliff LaBounty. I put it in a modern LH take off stock. It took a little work as the old actions are different than the new.





It gets hunted a little.

Man, that 256 Mannlicher is SWEET. I've always wanted one of those.

That's the coolest thing I've ever seen on this website.

I went the build route. Purchased an M38 Turkish Mauser action from a guy online. Because of it unique threading (large ring small threads), I sent it to Shaw to be barreled. They did a really great job. Can't thank them enough. Added a Houge stock, Timney trigger and safety.

Two things about this build I wanted to share with you in case you go the build path:
1) Its a Mauser so there is the hump on the receiver to deal with. Instead of grinding it down, I was able to source a base that went over the hump
2) She's old (1940'ish) and if I try to cycle the action too fast, I miss picking up the extractor groove; the round is pushed into battery; and the bolt won't close. I spoke to several smiths and was told that may not be a fixable situation.

Good luck in your quest.

HaYen