Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Not impressed with the new Model 70's

Dang Dave, you and Swampy must have some long ass arms.

The loop is supposed to be forward. You can still unhook the rear.

I don't think you understand what I was trying to explain.

forget that though, who's rifle is that?

He does that alot Dave...

Heres a pic of him all grown up...( that IS him as a child in his avatar...)




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An image I found with a quick google search.



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The loop in the rear just makes it handy for a "full sling" shooting suport. Which I am not sure I've ever used for hunting with this sling... yet.

But it is an available option to me while carying that rig.

You can take the man out of the Marines But you can't take the Marine training out of the man.

Oh dear, succinct, yet very turdlike....and funny

I shot 1907's, Turner slings in the military. They are designed for rear loop use.

The Montana ain't. That was me point Jethro.

As for the rifle, I thought it was yours...with the Montana sling on correctly.

My montana sling is on my 264

That's a nice 88 you posted, figured it was yours maybe. For a moment there I thought A-bolt man was going to move up a notch in my book.

Why fool with one of those when you can have a BLR?

I had a BLR, once.



Don't get me started on BLR's it'll ruin my whole day.

You probably put the bullets in the magazine backwards, (like the sling

This will cause feeding issues.

I always thought Marines were brave, just not very smart.

My problem was with a plastic bushing that the intermediate action gear rode on, the POS would hop out of time & jam up frequently. God I hated that BLR.

Was that a push feed ?

Pete , great pics

Dave, you gotta get the older steel receiver model 81's man.

No plastic.

The sling is on right. It was as stiff as a shoe sole because it was 1/4 inch thick.

That is a Montana if I am not mistaken. It has only one loop in it.

That loop attaches to the forearm of the rifle.

It bees backerds.

Wrong....but I ain't surprised

Mine was a straight grip short action steel receiver 81.

There is a twin gear wheel in there about the size of a quarter.

A small diameter gear face that's on one side which rides on the half moon lever gear & the OD of the overall wheel has a gear face that interfaces with the bolt rack.

This all rode on a receiver pin & the gear had a plastic bushing in it. The gear teeth were so tiny that there was little room for error & you would be hopping gear teeth. Which was very bad because those actions are timed so the bolt rack is in a particular position in relation to the lever. The POS would let the bolt rack over travel rearward and it would lock up on you in the open position.

My buddy had one in a long action that did this to him while hunting. 270

He shot at a deer and either hit poorly or missed I don't remember but he went for a quick follow up shot and it locked open on him. Adrenaline & despair set in as he watched his buck bounding out of range & he forced the lever hard. He stripped the fragile little gears in the action while doing so.

His hunt was over.

Broken rifle.

His was also a steel receiver 81.

yep, backerds.

Mine is on backerds in this photo but it's intentional.

I know the gear you are referring too. It's the cocking gear assembly. I have seen them made out of a hard nylon type material but mine is steel.

That plastic does suck though.