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Don't forget to add the recoil lug to the m700 since the m70 has it built in. I love the m70 SA push feed. Building a 6.5saum on one right now. I'll try to get a weight.

that's an early classic with PT&G fp/tg

A M70 will go 3.100 magazine if you take out the spacer and fiddle with a couple other things. I've made a 7x57 on one.

I was hoping you'd jump in on this one!Perfect platform for a 7x57, or a Roberts!

We are getting closer on the M70 push feed weight....

Thanks for posting!!

M70 SA- WSM Action with ptg bolt knob and bottom metal. Going to be a 6.5saum very soon!

I didn't even think about the 3+" mag box. If one added the cost of mag box conversion, three position safety conversion, trigger work to a 700 to equal what a push feed M-70 already has, it's quite a contrast.

I would think the push feed M-70 would be a hair lighter than the CRF with its long extractor.

DF

That's what I was talking about in my earlier post. You're already there for several hundred dollars less. Push feed 70's are the way to go.

A sleeper.

DF

The longer mag box is a real plus with many cartridges, not to mention other features already on the SA M70....

Thanks 805, push feed SA? I can't tell with my old eyes....

Except that the PF extractor is a weak point, and replacements are unobtanium.

If you're going to put a lot of money into a M70 PF, you may want to consider having an M16 or Sako extractor conversion done:

Post-'64, push feed, Model 70; Sako extractor install

And BTW, a Williams claw extractor weighs less than an ounce, so the weight difference between a CRF and PF M70 action would be negligable.

Yea push feed short action. It is barreled now and will be done soon.

Thanks for the information!!

Good info.

So 38.8 oz. vs. 36 oz. based on data posted.

The PF SA M-70 is just 2.8 oz heavier than a SA M-700.

Interesting.

DF

What does a 700 recoil lug weigh? That weight should be added to the weight of 700 when comparing...

I was assuming those 700 weights included the recoil lug.

If not, that does change the equation.

DF

Also, if 308's M70 action had aluminum PT&G bottom metal on it, the weight would be higher with SS or CM bottom metal.

Mine does have aluminum ptg bottom metal. So factory would be more but I don't have any to weigh.

Well, I've shot a few thousand rounds through five different pushfeed 70s in various calibers, and have yet to see a broken extractor. Never have had one fail to extract either. So I think you're setting up a straw man.

Second, if you need one of the little easy-to-replace extractors, you can buy them right now on eBay for dirt cheap. They are easily obtainable.

A Sako/M16 extractor would be the last thing someone should do, just as it is unnecessary for a Remington action.

I am a huge pre 64 Win 70 fan. That said, I have seen a few claw extractors break on Mausers, Springfields, and my beloved pre 64's. I honestly never saw a pushfeed M70 or Rem 700 extractor break. Rem 721/722 yes but 700 no.

It is like everything else modern metals, and modern machinery allow miniaturation.