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Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s #13570153 02/16/19
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,587 Alberta - Wild Rose Country harv3589 OP Campfire Regular
OP harv3589 Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,587 Alberta - Wild Rose Country	Thinking of putting a real nice wood stock on my M70 but would like to see some and if you don’t mind posting who built it. Rob

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Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13570351 02/16/19
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,668 Either Texas or Idaho E EdM Campfire 'Bwana
EdM Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,668 Either Texas or Idaho	A 1939 270 Win. Conduct is the best proof of character.

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13570425 02/16/19
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cv540 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 3,235 Coulee Country	Stunning rifle "Put none but Americans on guard tonight." -George Washington

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13570596 02/16/19
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,587 Alberta - Wild Rose Country harv3589 OP Campfire Regular
OP harv3589 Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,587 Alberta - Wild Rose Country	Beautiful rifle! Who built the stock? Rob

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13570666 02/16/19
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Milwroad Campfire Regular Joined: May 2009 Posts: 616	Really nice! The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.- Albert Einstein

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Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s EdM #13570778 02/16/19
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Jericho Campfire Outfitter J Joined: May 2002 Posts: 9,964	Very beautiful rifle Ed, thanks for sharing the pictures

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13571290 02/16/19
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas 1911a1 Campfire Tracker
1911a1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas	Gorgeous rifle EdM. Figures don't lie, But Liars figure Assumption is the mother of mistakes

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13571311 02/16/19
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas 1911a1 Campfire Tracker
1911a1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas	4 digit pre-war. Unknown builder. Not as nice as Ed's Figures don't lie, But Liars figure Assumption is the mother of mistakes

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13571320 02/16/19
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas 1911a1 Campfire Tracker
1911a1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas	Don't know much about this one either, just an old man's rifle pedaled of by his grandkids. It's a 270 and was hunted with a fair amount. Figures don't lie, But Liars figure Assumption is the mother of mistakes

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13571328 02/16/19
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas 1911a1 Campfire Tracker
1911a1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas	One I'm currently working on. There is a thread about it below. It's a Dale Goens 280 rem. barreled action bought here on the fire, Figures don't lie, But Liars figure Assumption is the mother of mistakes

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Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13572131 02/17/19
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,929 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle
elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,929 Southern New Mexico	Winchester made. The rifle does go hunting. I killed the deer and my daughter went along for the fun. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13572157 02/17/19
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bt8897 Campfire Regular B Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 2,228 MS	.270 FW 7x57 Last edited by bt8897; 02/17/19.

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13578610 02/18/19
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,199 Bushmaster1313 Campfire Regular
Bushmaster1313 Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,199	Just a factory stocked .270 from 1958 with a plastic butt plate Tger striped fiddles front to back Last edited by Bushmaster1313; 02/18/19.

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13579531 02/18/19
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AKwolverine Campfire Ranger A Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 17,838	Bushmaster, Thanks for sharing! If you don’t mind, what are the first 2 of the serial? This is topical for a conversation in another thread about when the change to the plastic butt occurred...

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13580218 02/19/19
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Jkob Campfire Tracker Joined: May 2003 Posts: 3,279 minnesota	A 9.3x62 I did a while ago https://i.imgur.com/TZMqPpB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/JRrXGPN.jpg +Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13580247 02/19/19
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patbrennan Campfire Regular P Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2,672 BC	I dream of the day I find a fwt with wood like that 270!

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s patbrennan #13596829 02/23/19
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,199 Bushmaster1313 Campfire Regular
Bushmaster1313 Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,199	Originally Posted by patbrennan I dream of the day I find a fwt with wood like that 270! I bought it because of the wood

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13598334 02/24/19
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,587 Alberta - Wild Rose Country harv3589 OP Campfire Regular
OP harv3589 Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,587 Alberta - Wild Rose Country	Beautiful rifles fellows... Rob

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13625116 03/04/19
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 7 W woodscratcher New Member
woodscratcher New Member W Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 7	Howdy Gents, I do a lot of reading here and not much posting, due to not having a lot to contribute. You guys are usually way ahead of me! This thread caught my eye though, and I hope it is OK to post this info here, as I could not find a better place to do so. This is old work, nothing new, so the maker isn’t around anymore to make another one for you. I thought I'd show you a Model 70 that is an oldie but a goodie that I got from my father recently. The stock was made by John L. Hutton, likely in the 1940's. The Hutton's were my next door neighbors when I was a kid growing up. My dad purchased this rifle from Mrs. Hutton in 1965 when John passed away. Hutton worked as a stock maker for Griffin & Howe before going to work for T. Whelen's The National Target and Supply Co. in the late 1930s. There is also a chapter on Hutton in M. Petrov's book Custom Gunmakers Of The 20th Century, Vol. 2. Hutton's picture was featured on the cover of the Jan. 1939 edition of The American Rifleman magazine. The action's serial number indicates it was made in 1938, and the .220 Swift's barrel markings indicate that it is stainless steel and was made in 1942. The stock was a nice grade of French Walnut. The inletting, shaping and checkering were superb for the time. What really makes this Model 70 interesting is that the action and a lot of the major components have been shortened by 3/4" to better fit the .220 Swift cartridge. Where a normal Model 70 has a 7-1/2" CTC front/rear action screw spacing, this one is 6-3/4" CTC. Other components that also had to be shortened were the bolt body, the firing pin, the floor plate and the magazine box. All were expertly done, with even the Winchester logo being re-engraved on the action's LH side. When, where and by whom this metal work was done is unknown. Thanks for looking! Clint

Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s harv3589 #13625166 03/04/19
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,587 Alberta - Wild Rose Country harv3589 OP Campfire Regular
OP harv3589 Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,587 Alberta - Wild Rose Country	Beautiful rifles fellows. I’m jealous. Rob

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