Originally Posted by 10Glocks
Originally Posted by ruffedgrouse
And a lot of that is based on my hunts in wilderness settings where reliability is really what you want more that anything else. So the one piece bolt and...


And I forgot to mention, (if by one piece you mean bolt body and handle made out of one piece), the new M70 have one piece bolts, too. I think post-64 push feeds use a handle that was bronze-brazed on like the Remington 700 that influenced it, as well as perhaps the classics and FN SC made guns. But the M70s coming out of Portugal use one piece bolts and handles.

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The pictures clearly show a brazed on bolt handle. Notice that the bolt handle/collar are cast slightly rough and the bolt body is smooth.
I don't care what customer service says.
FWIW the Winchester method of brazing is much superior to Remington's. The bolt collar is knurled and pressed onto the body with a copper washer. The whole works is then heated in an induction furnace to join the pieces together. They have failed, but very rarely

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