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ChrisF, mine is actually just a m70 short action push feed I shoot Palma with.

I do have a friend with a stash of Boot's barrels.
I told him at our last 1000 yard practice that I'd buy another if he wanted to sell. I think I caught him at a weak moment with the first one.

I have heard that there was a true solid bottom M70 action made for target rifles that is likely the rarest. Grant U. had owned one I heard. I didn't think they were sold as complete rifles. I should email him, he was a Winchester sales rep for years. Wondering if that is the Palma 1976...

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MikeS,
As few aa were produced, the ‘76 Palmas are fairly well documented. Google returned some pretty good hits and there are even some good print articles to refer to. It doesn’t appear that the ‘76 was a solid bottom. But I’d be interested to hear more about those if you ever track down more info!
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Seeking guidance. Picked up the Win m70 International Army Match rifle this morning. It has the two small Allen screws in the tang ( external adjustment trigger).

Which hole does what? I presume one adjustment screw is over travel, and the other is sear or trigger pull. Which one is which, and is there anything special I should know about adjusting it? I would like to remove some over travel.

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Originally Posted by buttstock
Seeking guidance. Picked up the Win m70 International Army Match rifle this morning. It has the two small Allen screws in the tang ( external adjustment trigger).

Which hole does what? I presume one adjustment screw is over travel, and the other is sear or trigger pull. Which one is which, and is there anything special I should know about adjusting it? I would like to remove some over travel.

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You have one of the legit international army match rifles. When I told seafire those 179 rifles have something others don’t, and you just said what it was. Congrats on a rare find!


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Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego.

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if 'boots' made the bbl, youll be just fine.


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Any shooting to report?

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Originally Posted by mathman
Any shooting to report?


Not yet. Waiting on a 2-piece set of steel "Weaver-style" bases. I did take it apart for a thorough cleaning, and trigger adjustment ( to remove a bit of over travel). The bedding ( bisonite?) looks very well done. I am very happy with it. Will post a range report after the initial sighting in trip.

With all the love and history of pre-64 model 70 actions ( I have owned two), I hope people can give a little attention to the post-64 (G s/n prefix series) actioned-rifles. They may be the "Rodney Dangerfield" of actions: "no respect.". I like the way this action looks and feels. I just may have to name it " Rodney."

Stay tuned for shooting results ( 2 weeks??).


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Not yet. Got sidetracked. Adopted an eight week old Brittany Setter mix two weeks ago and have been having fun playing with her. Hope to get to the range by end of June.



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That's a fun sidetrack.

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I finally caught up with my friend Dennis. Dennis shot for the USMC International and US teams. While he did shoot 300m 3P and CISM, he did not shoot the Winchester M70 Intn'l Army Match. He shot a Remington 700 or 40x bedded into a Standard Rifle stock (probably an Anschutz) by the RTE Armorers (2112's).
...so while I can't speak directly to the accuracy of the M70 IAM's, I did get a peek at the accuracy requirements of a competitive 300m rifle. Dennis says that they were striving for multiple 1.5" 10 shot groups at 300m out of the test cradle at Quantico. His rifle shot tested at 2" and he set the half course prone record at that time, which means his rifle was shooting 10's for 20 shots (the 10 ring is roughly 3" at 300M). His teammates Gary Andrade shot a M700 as well and DI Boyd preferred an M70 (that he shot lefty). Their rifles tested similarly and Andrade broke Dennis' record shortly after.

I know the 2112 who was building these rifles and I just recalled a story he told me that is relevant. He had installed a barrel from one of the "name" barrel makers and it had tested the tightest he had seen on a 300M rifle at 10 shot 1". Problem was it was printing one target over. He called the barrel maker who said it was impossible.

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One of these is listed on gunbroker now.


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Originally Posted by buttstock
Not yet. Got sidetracked. Adopted an eight week old Brittany Setter mix two weeks ago and have been having fun playing with her. Hope to get to the range by end of June.



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Maybe this week. Family visit season....and a 4 1/2 month Brittany / English Setter puppy that needs petting.


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I get it. Lately I've been kept away from the loading bench and range too.

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I've been loading and shooting this week. How about you? grin

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I will try to get to the range this weekend. Have been cutting/splitting wood on my days off. There's always something to do.


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Sorry to be a pest, it's just that the rifle has me fascinated.

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