Very nice rifle in a very good, classic cartridge. I would change NOTHING. - dan
Help identify custom rifle
- Thread starter fastex
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I see I'd better do some checking on this Mon.
Hopefully you have all the info on the guy you bought it from. Your comment that the person you bought it from got it from: "Some guy" set off alarm bells. It is too nice a rifle to not have any provenance.
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PHUCK ! wouldn't that be a KICK in the NUTS ! Good LUCK ! RJ
Sure ruined my day ! ha
Thank you , if I had lost it I'm sure I would want it back , we shall see where it goes from here .
can't say i've ever checked a sn on the rcmp website from a used firearms purchase, which is odd since I have checked buying used outboards and quads
but is a good practice i will start going forward....just checked my used guns on the rcmp site and no hits thankfully
but is a good practice i will start going forward....just checked my used guns on the rcmp site and no hits thankfully
Yup, I thought at first it was an Enfield but I did not see the pictures of thee action proper, just the stock, so came to that conclusion!
Cat
To the Winchester aficionados (which I am not one) the safety and tang indicates that it is a 64 transition model 70. Winchester only use that safety lever in 1964 and the shape of the tang was changed mid way through the year. Possibly because they were trying to use up the old inventory at the beginning of 1964?
I have seen Keane marked rifles for sale but I have no infomation about that company and can only speculate. I believe that it might have been some sort of retailer that just rebraned a model 70 in the same way CIL, Sears and Eaton rebranned the firearms they sold. I don't believe that Keane is a barrel maker otherwise there would have been some sort of record and I don't believe they are stock makers just because there is nothing special about the stock in the pictures aside from a pronounced monte carlo cheek piece. There is no checkering and the quality of the wood is below the grade of a standard model 70. This seems to be a common practice by manufacturers like Winchester during that time. I have a Sear model 200 which is a Winchester 1200 fitted with funiture made from 2x4 lumber. I wish I was exaggerating but the forend is just a rectangular piece of wood but atlease all the parts are interchangable.
I have seen Keane marked rifles for sale but I have no infomation about that company and can only speculate. I believe that it might have been some sort of retailer that just rebraned a model 70 in the same way CIL, Sears and Eaton rebranned the firearms they sold. I don't believe that Keane is a barrel maker otherwise there would have been some sort of record and I don't believe they are stock makers just because there is nothing special about the stock in the pictures aside from a pronounced monte carlo cheek piece. There is no checkering and the quality of the wood is below the grade of a standard model 70. This seems to be a common practice by manufacturers like Winchester during that time. I have a Sear model 200 which is a Winchester 1200 fitted with funiture made from 2x4 lumber. I wish I was exaggerating but the forend is just a rectangular piece of wood but atlease all the parts are interchangable.
Hey any UPdate ? RJ
The wheels are in motion ,made the call this morning but have not heard back yet . I'll keep you all informed .
