A facelift for an older girl....

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This was the first rifle I ever bought new. I later sold it and regretted not holding on to it - so when I had the chance to buy it back I did! It was originally blued/walnut, but I put it into a factory Tupperware the first week I had it so the wood is still mint. I wanted to give it a slightly updated facelift and this is what I came up with:

I added the 4th hold to allow for 2-piece mounts, fluted the bolt body, added a 700 shroud, had it all gunkoted. Then I found a KS stock that I repainted and bedded to the rifle and finally found a minty vari-xiii 1.75-6 (before they stretched them in length) and dropped it into a set of slightly modified talley extra low rings. Hopefully it will stay in the safe this time. It's a 708.

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Thanks Ardent, not sure if it will actually see much use, but I couldnt leave it the way it was. These early model 7's had a 18.5" barrel, without the sights they really look odd. I swapped the standard front sight with a hooded 700 version which I like the look of aswell. As pictured it weighs in at 6.25lbs and is very compact. Some day perhaps I will have a son to start on it.
 
I was sighting it in today and it sure is a handy little bugger, and it's special to me as I took my best whitetail to date with it. So it may still see the field for the odd hunt. You will of course recognize the stock... :)
It's been in the works for some time - but finding the right scope took some time - another CGN find.
 
Why the drive to get that particular scope for it? OCD I suspect. :)

The std one would work fine as would a VX2 2x7 or FXII 4x or similar.
 
I always run flip up covers on my hunting rifles, I bought a 2.5-8 with leupold flip ups but couldn't keep the rear sight if I wanted the covers to clear. These original 1.75-6's have the shortest front ends I know of. (Burris also made some darn short scopes in the short mag and timber line series but somehow this was the one I really wanted.) I had to reverse the front mount and mill a little off the base portion to get it to clear the objective. But now I can run flip ups and keep my sights. I'm sure there are others as you mention that would work aswell. So long story short, yes OCD. :)
 
I think going Leupold over the Burris was a good choice.

I have one of the Burris 3-9X Short Mag scopes while it is short I am not overly thrilled with the optics = tough to see thru them at low light.

I knew there was a difference to these 1.75-6X Leupolds but didn't realize they had lengthened them.

I run quick detachable Warne or Leupold scope bases/rings on any of my rifles that have irons sights.

Is there a reason you didn't go with quick detachable rings?
 
The 1.75-6 started out like the one shown, but I read guys hated how short they were when trying to mount them. Then Leupold stretched them and they have been longer ever since.

I despise 1-piece bases, and haven't found any 2-piece models that the rear base doesn't overhang the ejection/loading port. (The m7 rear bridge is very very short) That, and I wanted to keep this rig light, and simple - I also don't worry too much about charging whitetails where I hunt. The sights on this one were only for aesthetic reasons.

I did machine a set of stainless 2-piece bases for the m7 project that I am currently working on and they will accept talley quick detach rings but the rear ring/base does still over hang probably 1/4" - which bugs me but still better than most offered versions.
 
Great job on that rifle double gun.
I thought I was the only one that had overhang issues.
Drives me batt-chit crazy seeing a set up like that.
Just dunt lewk prupper.
 
I use the Leupold QRW and Warne 2 piece Maxima bases and QD rings do you know if these bases would fit or do they overhang?

Reason I'm interested in the bases on your rifle is some day I'd like to score/put together a sst model 7.
 
I believe they would overhang. I believe I could make a set of bases for the warne rings that wouldn't over hang, nothing over the counter. I think they (warne) are narrower than the talleys at least the maxima series. The only store bought mount I have seen that doesn't over hang is the talley lightweights as pictured.

* I just looked up the bases/ring combo you mentioned. They wouldn't be too bad, if you measure the width of a ring I could tell you forsure.
 
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Reminds me of the only new-in-the-box gun I ever bought, a Model 700 243 ADL in 1976.
 
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