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Bob, thanks for that.

What's up with the filler screws? Old school scope mount?

Alan: Nice touch!

Remember when rifles came set up for receiver sights?

You pay extree for that today!

A Lyman peep seemed to be the most popular from what I remember.

Looked like this:

Lyman 57's and 48's dominated...

And some of those came with 125MOA of adjustment

bearstalker: Might have answered before you asked.Back when the M70 was designed (1937),scopes were a sometimes thing,and many used receiver sights.Those taps on the side were there for that purpose, to mount Lyman 48's and 57's.Years past I have done much target shooting and hunting here in New England with Lyman 48's and 57's on pre 64's.

The rifles came "set up" for iron sights.

And "yes",some scope mounts used those holes on the side.....can't recall the names though.

Some folks today say the matte finish of the pre 64 receivers is an indication of "poor quality finish",giving the rifle a two tone effect....this makes me smile as they demonstrate ignorance.

Fact is,riflemen used ironsights back then,as well as scopes later on.The matte finish, and the wavy lines on top of pre 64 receivers,as well as stippling on the front sight ramp,were there to prevent or cut glare from stray sunlight for those using iron sights.

This stuff is lost on many of todays riflemen who have never used irons for any serious target work or hunting.There was nothing on a pre 64 that did not have a useful "purpose",given the times in which they were created.

Pretty fond of the Lyman 57 WJS on my 300HH, no notching of the wood and easy on the eyes.

Nice black dog....

Indeed!

Very cool older stuff!

Raybass--why did you give up on the 270FWT Winlite pushfeed that you picked up a year ago?

To me, that was all that you were looking for already. What did you not like about it that you now want to improve?

Just a receiver sight on a 300 HH does not meet my way. To each his own on this.

I got my old M70 300 H&H out of the safe to look it over after seeing your rifle. Besides the open irons they come with its sighted with a Leu. 3.5-10 in Burris rings.
It has the original monte carlo stock with a pad.

It seems like a handicap to me to have to use irons on what might be a longer range rifle.

I think it depends on how and where you hunt, my other pre 64 70 300HH is wearing a 2.5 x 8 Leupy in Leupy rings. I don't have much trouble with peep sighted irons out to about 150 to 200yds.

Nice to know you can put a leupold 3.5-10x40 on a pre 64 without it hitting the rear sight. I like looking at all the different configurations (scopes, peeps sights, just irons etc. etc.). Here's my 1951 with a 3-9x40 on it and it does very well. It's one of my most consistently accurate shooting rifles. When I bought it, it came with a redfield rear peep that was very nice but like a bumb a$$ I got rid of it (live and learn). I also found a stock that was in near new condition that someone had put a pachmeyer decelerator recoil pad on and I thought it would be a perfect candidate for a pillar/glass bedding project (one of the reasons the rifle shoots so well I think ). The stock cost me $130.00 out the door which I thought was a good deal at the time. Now it is paired with my 1951 and contrary to my friends opinion I'm pretty happy with it. I also glass bed, sealed and freefloated the barrel channel, threw in a dummy screw and called it good. I wanted to go mcmillan but at the time just didn't have the money for it. Take a look:






The first group I ever shot with the rifle (I knew it was a keeper).
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When the wind isn't blowing like a banshee around here it shoots very well

DakotaDeer, just seen your question. I actually really liked that rifle, I believe that rifle was sold to help with medical bills after we found out my wife had colon cancer. Not something we were prepared for, she had two surgeries in two years and chemo treatments. I wished I could say things are alot better, we keep hoping for good news though!

since we are doing Pre'64 pics here are a couple of mine...
1960 action rebarreled to 308 Norma with a 24" Shilen Match tube turned to a Douglas contour....575" at the muzzle. McMillan standard fill Classic Supergrade pattern handle...8.5lbs with 3.5-10X Leupy.



I just spoke with the builder of this one a couple days ago and I'm sending him a 1949 270 and a Hunter's Edge....it'll get the barrel turned to match the barrel chanell which is a #2 Shilen, shortened to 23"(maybe), bedded and reblued. Should be a nice one.

Here are a couple pics of my 1959 fwt 30-06,...it'll stay the way it is for now. It's exactly 8lbs with 2.5-8X Leupy.

Rembo that 308 Norma is damn near,friggin' perfect!

Nice!

Bob, that is exactly what I was thinking when I saw it. Holy.......and then I saw the fwt that looks just like mine, I'm going with that scope on my fwt also. 2 Very nice rifles there......

bsa, I had a 300 Win Mag sorta like it;pre 64 H&H action, 24" Krieger stainless throated "long",Brown Precision stock,weighed 8.5# all up.That rifle killed a lot of game in different places back in the 80's and 90's.A real tool....

Today I'd rather have a lighter 30/06, but there is little you can't do with a 308 Norma set up like that.

I'd love to have a 308 norma one of these days. Call me crazy I guess. I've always thought that's what the 300 win mag should have been, but they drug their damn feet just a little too long.

Speaking of a lighter 30-06, you should have seen my dad the last time he was down we took my new rifle (pre 64 model 70 fwt 30-06) out and I had to pry it away from him. It is the same age as him (1956) and he just thought that was the coolest thing. When he started shooting it better than me, that's when I had to draw the line . I should have given it to him right then and there.