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Yep.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Winchester-Model-70-Post-1964-Long-Action-ALASKAN-rifle-gun-stock-RARE/401008928907?hash=item5d5dfea88b:g:OfUAAOSwA4dWGbSf

This one.

Bump.

Price not going down.

Those NH guns are said by some to be a project in a box, suggesting they all need tweaking. Maybe some truth, but they're good guns, IMO.

I like mine. Some replace the extractor with Williams replacement part, made out of better material. I didn't like the "hot glue" bedding, jerked it all out with pliers, drilled holes to cause the new bedding to trap itself, as bedding doesn't stick very well to Tupperware plastic. Steel Bed is tough, much better than EOM bedding.

The EOM 24" barrel, IMO, is too heavy, but too good a shooter to replace. Chop and flute helps a bunch, really transforms these barrel heavy guns.

They used the same contour with .375, 416 and 458. Of course, the smaller bore left more steel and more weight forward.. Probably not as big an issue with .458.

Overall, a solid rifle, about bullet proof when tweaked to suit.

DF

i love mine. I paid 900 for mine a few years ago. Buy it

I just got a m70 Alaskan stainless laminate 375HH for 900 dollars off a buy this morning. Not sure which I like better, the new one or my stainless classic.

Congrats. That was a hell of a deal.

Yep.

Would like a side by side comparison when you get the time. I've read the newer one has a more reasonable barrel weight.

DF

Hello would you be interest in selling this Alaskan Laminate 375HH mag?

Sheesh

Three Classic Stainless 375's sold from $2000 to $2300 since Nov. on G.B. Are we talking the same rifle's here?

Three year old thread.

Classic stainless - New Haven; old style trigger; truck axle barrel.

Alaska stainless laminate - BACO, limited edition SHOT special; enclosed moa trigger; more reasonable barrel contour but with dog knot; similar to a p-64 barrel.

Oop's.Didn't catch that

I love to have, at a give away price, the Classic. Either re-barrel it or turn down the factory barrel and reinstall the sights and put the front sling swivel attachment on the barrel! And, while at it……rechamber to an AI! memtb

Chop to 21” and flute cheaper than replace. And, IME, those barrels shoot way too good to discard.

DF

A very valid point…..but 21” might handicap my AI a bit too much! But, it would be a darn handy little rifle! memtb

I like AI, my Hornet is a K-Hornet. Cut it out myself.

The .375 H&H is such a slick feeding round, I don't think I'd AI mine. It'll feed cases as fast as I can cycle it. Yep, cases without bullets.

A few extra fps in that round may not be that helpful, IMO.

Those USFA "truck axle" barrels do shoot pretty well. Here's a CEB Raptor group, haven't tried Hammer yet.

DF

I actually haven’t tried your “cycle drill” with my AI…..may have to try that!

My AI works great with a bullet in the case……and I’m pretty pleased with my 270 grain LRX’s @ 3100 mv, and 3 shot groups running right @ 1/2”.

But, I’d really like to have an all stainless steel Model 70……mine’s a hybrid! 😉 memtb

That is an accurate round. How much bonus speed from AI?

DF

Easily 200 fps with most bullets…..though, I haven’t made a direct comparison in my old H&H since it’s retirement!

In looking at load data for the H&H I exceed those numbers pretty good. Though, for liability reasons theirs may be a bit tame…..and my AI loads may be a bit warm! I do my load work only on hotter days (90+ F) allowing the rifle and the loads to reach ambient, though not in direct sunlight....knowing that I’ll be at/near max loads when development is done. My thoughts are, this should keep me in “the safe zone” should I be hunting/shooting on a hot day!

That’s just my method, and may not work for everyone! memtb

I saw that it was a three year old thread and I also started a new one in search of this elusive rifle but I noticed a few people on this thread had these rifles so I wanted to start somewhere. And you are correct it is the Alaskan laminate that I am looking for not the classic stainless.