One thing I would say is that the new gunsmith fired the rifle with some Hornady 225gr sst super performance ammo, and he said that there was about 1/16 inch clearance in this magazine. So, I am kind of old school on my bullets, but have heard a lot of talk about newer bullets and long magazines. So I may leave it alone until I have a chance to load 338 win mag for it and to see how it works. BUT I am pretty sour on the hole experience and think I want to go back to as original as possible. I have three other New Haven M70s - a stainless featherweight 7mm Mag (fwt stock, normal barrel contour), 25-06 sporter, both of which I love, and a 243 stainless featherweight that I recently picked up and am very excited about. I am pretty excited to turn this on into a functional 338 as well - it's been a long time coming.
Sorry for droning on - I hope it is helpful.
Last edited by Slope77; 06/03/17.
