Thanks for the expert evaluation, Jim. I know that you have owned at least several of these rifles so your opinion really counts. I did notice the wood was really plain so the bubba'd stock might not mean that much. Drop it in McMillan or locate a nicer wood stock and it wouldn't be a bad way to a nice LH M70.
I just don't have any gaps that this would fill or I would have looked a little closer. I did notice the Rem 700 LH heavy barrel .223 with a LEUPOLD 4x12 AO for a reasonable price-I could fill a gap with that.
Thanks,
Steve