Not seen it mentioned, but isn't the availablity of modern M70's in stainless steel potentially a big plus over a pre 64?

A friend had a very early (pre war) pre '64 in .270win and while it was a nice rifle, the fit and finish wasn't up to a post war Sako or even a Brno he had...The stock in particular was quite clubby and the chequering "crude"...

Even Finn Aargard commented that people tend to look back at pre-64's with rose tinted glasses when in fact many were quite rough and needed quite a bit of TLC to get them up to standard...

Last edited by Pete E; 12/30/10.

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