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Have any of you done anything to your Super Shadow to make it better? Let's see some pics. I'd like to drop my action into a walnut stock but replacement bottom metal seems very expensive. I wouldn't mind doing without the bottom metal if I could. Mine's a 300 WSM.

WTF?...You own a Super Shadow M70.....?




Is nothing sacred?



Ingwe

$319.00 with scope & nice sling I couldn't say no. I needed a bad weather rifle.

Damn......

You are making more and more sense with every post...



I guess nothing is sacred.....


Ingwe

Did you try Numrich?

CDNN is selling walnut featherweight stocks. You can buy the bottom metal from Winchester. For another $150 to $200 you could make that a nice looking rifle.

I didn't see anything at Numrich's site. You think current production FN bottom metal will fit & that Winchester will sell it to me?

............Swampy owns a Win rifle??? And in a 300 WSM??? Stop the presses!

I thought his world only revolved around Remy 700s and 30-06s. Oh! But he will make an exception IF the deal is good enough!....

I converted a Winchester/USRA 70 Super Shadow with a walnut stock from CDNN and bottom metal from Browning/Winchester for about $160.

I posted the following on this subject on www.wssmzone.com back in February 2010:

02/07/10

I ordered the parts from www.winchesterguns.com for $107+/-.

I'm going to use this bottom-metal to swap a 70 Super Shadow into a 70 Fwt stock that I bought for $50 from CDNN. When I get the parts and get the swap done, I'll let you know how it works.

Jeff

02/10/10

I got the 6 parts today and they fit.

1 - U353150050 - Magazine cover catch
1 - U353150710 - 70 Magazine floot plt WSSM - MAT -
1 - U354100450 - Pin, mag cover hinge plt
1 - U354120150 - Magazine cover catch pin
1 - U356401680 - M70 ss mag cov catch spr
1 - U356602500 - M70 trig guard S/A 1pc WSSM Mat - 03

Browning
3005 Arnold Tenbrook Road
Arnold, MO 63010-4728

You can reach the Parts Department at 800-322-4626 x 2863

I think that the $160+/- cost to convert a Super Shadow to a Featherweight format is $$ well spent.

**** THE PART NUMBERS LISTED ABOVE ARE FOR THE 70 WSSM ACTION, SO THEY WON'T ALL BE THE CORRECT PARTS FOR A 70 SHORT ACTION. ****

Jeff

I ordered a SA checkered featherweight stock with what appears to be the thicker recoil pad from CDNN. It was $79.95.

Now I'll have to see if I can figure out the part numbers for the WSM parts I need.

It's better than a 700. You shouldn't have to do anything.

Tom.......be kind...I think he's on some kind of new medication...and it appears to be working.....


Ingwe

I don't think the CRPF Model 70 is better, it's just different. I do like the 3 pos. safety because the bolt is locked closed.

I made an ugly one still ugly but a little different with some spray paint.
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthread...lentine_s_Day_Makeover_for_a#Post2819786

Is that detached mag rifle?

No it has a plastic stock with a blind magazine well. I need all the metal bits.

Replacement bottom metal is not any more expensive then what is found on a 700 only difference being the Winchester uses real machined steel. Just call them up and tell them you have the walmart model 70 in a short mag and they will get it to you. I did it about 5 years ago or so and bought a featherweight stock from EBay...it really turned out very well.

You will have to inlet the stock for the different barrel profile. The basic one-piece Winchester bottom metal is not machined steel, it is aluminum (not sure how it is made). Nice thing about the one-piece bottom metal, you can get rid of that middle action screw.

I like the CRPF actions better than CRF actions. They single feed easier and still offer CRF feeding out of the box.

I have had a couple of those Super Shadows, I just dug out the can of Krylon camo and went to town.

Current Winchester one piece bottom metal is steel.

Parts of it are, not all of it.