I have a 1951 M70 in 30/06 that is in great shape, BUT...
The floor plate is giving me trouble. When I close the plate, its hard to push past the latch pin. Sometimes it pops open when firing, sometimes I can’t hardly open the plate at all. It seems like the plate isn’t gong down far enough, but I’m not sure and I don’t want to monkey with it without some more reference on what’s going on. The gun is very clean and I’d hate to damage it.

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