All 700's had pressed checkering until '72 or '73. I'd like to see the date code on bwitty72's 270 LH.
It's just ahead of the receiver on the left side of the barrel. Two letters together. If it is 1973 the second letter will be X
'72 would be W

A few years ago I tore apart a stainless barreled 7 Mag that dated 1970


"after the bullet leaves the barrel it doesn't care what headstamp was on the case"
"The 221 Fireball is what the Hornet could have been had it stayed in school"