Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/16/19
Thinking of putting a real nice wood stock on my M70 but would like to see some and if you don’t mind posting who built it.
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/17/19
A 1939 270 Win.
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Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/17/19
Stunning rifle
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/17/19
Beautiful rifle!
Who built the stock?
Who built the stock?
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/17/19
Really nice!
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/17/19
Very beautiful rifle Ed, thanks for sharing the pictures
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/17/19
Gorgeous rifle EdM.
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/17/19
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4 digit pre-war. Unknown builder. Not as nice as Ed's
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/17/19
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Don't know much about this one either, just an old man's rifle pedaled of by his grandkids. It's a 270 and was hunted with a fair amount.
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/17/19
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One I'm currently working on. There is a thread about it below. It's a Dale Goens 280 rem. barreled action bought here on the fire,
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/17/19
Winchester made.
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The rifle does go hunting. I killed the deer and my daughter went along for the fun.
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The rifle does go hunting. I killed the deer and my daughter went along for the fun.
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/17/19
.270 FW
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7x57
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7x57
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/19/19
Just a factory stocked .270 from 1958 with a plastic butt plate
Tger striped fiddles front to back
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Tger striped fiddles front to back
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/19/19
Bushmaster,
Thanks for sharing!
If you don’t mind, what are the first 2 of the serial? This is topical for a conversation in another thread about when the change to the plastic butt occurred...
Thanks for sharing!
If you don’t mind, what are the first 2 of the serial? This is topical for a conversation in another thread about when the change to the plastic butt occurred...
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/19/19
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/19/19
I dream of the day I find a fwt with wood like that 270!
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/24/19
Originally Posted by patbrennan
I dream of the day I find a fwt with wood like that 270!
I bought it because of the wood
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 02/24/19
Beautiful rifles fellows...
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/04/19
Howdy Gents,
I do a lot of reading here and not much posting, due to not having a lot to contribute. You guys are usually way ahead of me! This thread caught my eye though, and I hope it is OK to post this info here, as I could not find a better place to do so. This is old work, nothing new, so the maker isn’t around anymore to make another one for you.
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I thought I'd show you a Model 70 that is an oldie but a goodie that I got from my father recently. The stock was made by John L. Hutton, likely in the 1940's. The Hutton's were my next door neighbors when I was a kid growing up.
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My dad purchased this rifle from Mrs. Hutton in 1965 when John passed away.
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Hutton worked as a stock maker for Griffin & Howe before going to work for T. Whelen's The National Target and Supply Co. in the late 1930s. There is also a chapter on Hutton in M. Petrov's book Custom Gunmakers Of The 20th Century, Vol. 2.
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Hutton's picture was featured on the cover of the Jan. 1939 edition of The American Rifleman magazine.
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The action's serial number indicates it was made in 1938, and the .220 Swift's barrel markings indicate that it is stainless steel and was made in 1942.
The stock was a nice grade of French Walnut. The inletting, shaping and checkering were superb for the time.
What really makes this Model 70 interesting is that the action and a lot of the major components have been shortened by 3/4" to better fit the .220 Swift cartridge.
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Where a normal Model 70 has a 7-1/2" CTC front/rear action screw spacing, this one is 6-3/4" CTC. Other components that also had to be shortened were the bolt body, the firing pin, the floor plate and the magazine box. All were expertly done, with even the Winchester logo being re-engraved on the action's LH side. When, where and by whom this metal work was done is unknown.
Thanks for looking! Clint
I do a lot of reading here and not much posting, due to not having a lot to contribute. You guys are usually way ahead of me! This thread caught my eye though, and I hope it is OK to post this info here, as I could not find a better place to do so. This is old work, nothing new, so the maker isn’t around anymore to make another one for you.
I thought I'd show you a Model 70 that is an oldie but a goodie that I got from my father recently. The stock was made by John L. Hutton, likely in the 1940's. The Hutton's were my next door neighbors when I was a kid growing up.
My dad purchased this rifle from Mrs. Hutton in 1965 when John passed away.
Hutton worked as a stock maker for Griffin & Howe before going to work for T. Whelen's The National Target and Supply Co. in the late 1930s. There is also a chapter on Hutton in M. Petrov's book Custom Gunmakers Of The 20th Century, Vol. 2.
Hutton's picture was featured on the cover of the Jan. 1939 edition of The American Rifleman magazine.
The action's serial number indicates it was made in 1938, and the .220 Swift's barrel markings indicate that it is stainless steel and was made in 1942.
The stock was a nice grade of French Walnut. The inletting, shaping and checkering were superb for the time.
What really makes this Model 70 interesting is that the action and a lot of the major components have been shortened by 3/4" to better fit the .220 Swift cartridge.
Where a normal Model 70 has a 7-1/2" CTC front/rear action screw spacing, this one is 6-3/4" CTC. Other components that also had to be shortened were the bolt body, the firing pin, the floor plate and the magazine box. All were expertly done, with even the Winchester logo being re-engraved on the action's LH side. When, where and by whom this metal work was done is unknown.
Thanks for looking! Clint
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/04/19
Beautiful rifles fellows. I’m jealous.
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/04/19
Clint,
Thanks for sharing. Beautiful rifle.
Thanks for sharing. Beautiful rifle.
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/04/19
Originally Posted by woodscratcher
Howdy Gents,
I do a lot of reading here and not much posting, due to not having a lot to contribute. You guys are usually way ahead of me! This thread caught my eye though, and I hope it is OK to post this info here, as I could not find a better place to do so. This is old work, nothing new, so the maker isn’t around anymore to make another one for you.
I thought I'd show you a Model 70 that is an oldie but a goodie that I got from my father recently. The stock was made by John L. Hutton, likely in the 1940's. The Hutton's were my next door neighbors when I was a kid growing up.
My dad purchased this rifle from Mrs. Hutton in 1965 when John passed away.
Hutton worked as a stock maker for Griffin & Howe before going to work for T. Whelen's The National Target and Supply Co. in the late 1930s. There is also a chapter on Hutton in M. Petrov's book Custom Gunmakers Of The 20th Century, Vol. 2.
Hutton's picture was featured on the cover of the Jan. 1939 edition of The American Rifleman magazine.
The action's serial number indicates it was made in 1938, and the .220 Swift's barrel markings indicate that it is stainless steel and was made in 1942.
The stock was a nice grade of French Walnut. The inletting, shaping and checkering were superb for the time.
What really makes this Model 70 interesting is that the action and a lot of the major components have been shortened by 3/4" to better fit the .220 Swift cartridge.
Where a normal Model 70 has a 7-1/2" CTC front/rear action screw spacing, this one is 6-3/4" CTC. Other components that also had to be shortened were the bolt body, the firing pin, the floor plate and the magazine box. All were expertly done, with even the Winchester logo being re-engraved on the action's LH side. When, where and by whom this metal work was done is unknown.
Thanks for looking! Clint
I do a lot of reading here and not much posting, due to not having a lot to contribute. You guys are usually way ahead of me! This thread caught my eye though, and I hope it is OK to post this info here, as I could not find a better place to do so. This is old work, nothing new, so the maker isn’t around anymore to make another one for you.
I thought I'd show you a Model 70 that is an oldie but a goodie that I got from my father recently. The stock was made by John L. Hutton, likely in the 1940's. The Hutton's were my next door neighbors when I was a kid growing up.
My dad purchased this rifle from Mrs. Hutton in 1965 when John passed away.
Hutton worked as a stock maker for Griffin & Howe before going to work for T. Whelen's The National Target and Supply Co. in the late 1930s. There is also a chapter on Hutton in M. Petrov's book Custom Gunmakers Of The 20th Century, Vol. 2.
Hutton's picture was featured on the cover of the Jan. 1939 edition of The American Rifleman magazine.
The action's serial number indicates it was made in 1938, and the .220 Swift's barrel markings indicate that it is stainless steel and was made in 1942.
The stock was a nice grade of French Walnut. The inletting, shaping and checkering were superb for the time.
What really makes this Model 70 interesting is that the action and a lot of the major components have been shortened by 3/4" to better fit the .220 Swift cartridge.
Where a normal Model 70 has a 7-1/2" CTC front/rear action screw spacing, this one is 6-3/4" CTC. Other components that also had to be shortened were the bolt body, the firing pin, the floor plate and the magazine box. All were expertly done, with even the Winchester logo being re-engraved on the action's LH side. When, where and by whom this metal work was done is unknown.
Thanks for looking! Clint
Wow! Thanks for posting.
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/04/19
Originally Posted by elkhunternm
Winchester made.
The rifle does go hunting. I killed the deer and my daughter went along for the fun.
The rifle does go hunting. I killed the deer and my daughter went along for the fun.
Fantastic factory rifle. I see that you can still get those special models, I've been tempted to get one.
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/04/19
Very neat rifle Clint. That’s darned cool.
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/05/19
Just some beautiful rifles... The old swift is super cool!!!
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/05/19
My 358 Win. It went to Africa in 2012 taking a number of plains game by my middle son and I. The 200 gr TTSX was impressive.
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Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/05/19
That old shortened Swift is amazing, not to mention all the other beautiful rifles on this thread.
EdM, can you tell us a bit more about the scope mounts on your .358? Given the effort to put such nice and functional iron sights on it, that must be a quick detach mount of some kind?
EdM, can you tell us a bit more about the scope mounts on your .358? Given the effort to put such nice and functional iron sights on it, that must be a quick detach mount of some kind?
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/05/19
Rings are by Matte Williams and the bases are from Michael Sherz.
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/05/19
Heres one i had but sold to my nephew,358 featherweight reworked by Griffin & Howe.
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Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/06/19
Originally Posted by Loggah
Heres one i had but sold to my nephew,358 featherweight reworked by Griffin & Howe.
A Humdinger !
IE: Spectacular in redneck parlance
Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/09/19
I am posting my pretty Featherweight here as well. It is a 1955 pre 64 Win Featherweight in 30-06. It is a killer and went with me to Africa. The stock is a Rheinhart Fajen (second) done by them years ago. There are a few pin knots that I purposely didn't show here. The grip cap and forend tip are a specific kind of "grained" rosewood that escapes me.
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Re: Let’s see your custom wood stocked M70’s - 03/10/19
sbrmike, That is a fantastic rifle!