Lets see your pre 64 model 70's
- Thread starter crazy_davey
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I hope Rod won't mind my posting this up. These are the tips he was generous enough to share with me. I generally go through this procedure as well as cleaning and oiling all the metal when I get home from a few weeks of tough hunting. The following are the tips as he sent them to me.
Here's a proceedure that I do to maintain the original finish and to keep it from getting dry and brittle and to protect it from temperature and moisture changes. This not a refinish, but a maintenace proceedure.
- dismantle the stock off the gun
- remove the hardware
- clean the stock to remove grease and dirt, tooth brush in the checkering
- go to the store where artists buy their painting supplies and buy a smallcontainer of the sun dried linseed oil they use to clean their brushes and thin their paint.
- don't use the paint store type of linseed oil, only the artist stuff. it's a little expensive but worth it.
- after gun is cleaned and the checkering is cleaned with a tooth brush, rub a very, very small amount of the sun dried linseed oil on the stock
- do small areas at a time being very sparing and pushing with your thumb into the grain, get it to go as far as possible.
- when the complete stock is done, wipe it off gently with a soft cloth and let it sit over night,
- rub it all again with your thumbs and the palm of your hand, rub til it gets warm
- wipe the stock down with that cloth again and rub the stock down with your hand until it's not the least bit sticky
- let it sit for a few days before you handle the stock
- the linseed oil will have softened the original finish and rejuvinated it
- after a few weeks, apply some min wax or some johnsons paste wax, very sparingly, rubbing it all off with a soft cloth
- one other thing, use a tooth brush to very sparingly brush some linseed oil into the checkering. use a soft cloth to blot away if you put on too much.
This is only a maintenance proceedure and not a refinish, but does keep them looking their best
Here's a proceedure that I do to maintain the original finish and to keep it from getting dry and brittle and to protect it from temperature and moisture changes. This not a refinish, but a maintenace proceedure.
- dismantle the stock off the gun
- remove the hardware
- clean the stock to remove grease and dirt, tooth brush in the checkering
- go to the store where artists buy their painting supplies and buy a smallcontainer of the sun dried linseed oil they use to clean their brushes and thin their paint.
- don't use the paint store type of linseed oil, only the artist stuff. it's a little expensive but worth it.
- after gun is cleaned and the checkering is cleaned with a tooth brush, rub a very, very small amount of the sun dried linseed oil on the stock
- do small areas at a time being very sparing and pushing with your thumb into the grain, get it to go as far as possible.
- when the complete stock is done, wipe it off gently with a soft cloth and let it sit over night,
- rub it all again with your thumbs and the palm of your hand, rub til it gets warm
- wipe the stock down with that cloth again and rub the stock down with your hand until it's not the least bit sticky
- let it sit for a few days before you handle the stock
- the linseed oil will have softened the original finish and rejuvinated it
- after a few weeks, apply some min wax or some johnsons paste wax, very sparingly, rubbing it all off with a soft cloth
- one other thing, use a tooth brush to very sparingly brush some linseed oil into the checkering. use a soft cloth to blot away if you put on too much.
This is only a maintenance proceedure and not a refinish, but does keep them looking their best
to add to those excellent instructions, I have found Schaftols Red and/or Dark Brown to be very good for blending color back into faded areas of the stock, or darken up pale and plain wood. From thehighly scientific smell test, Schaftols seems to be mostly tung oil, and also softens and penetrates through the original finish, and then hardens up
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- AB foothills
I recently added another pre 64 to the gun safe although this one is a bit different than my others... 
Put together for RickF by Bill Leeper. The only thing I can take credit for is talking Rick into selling it to me and that was not easy
-Pre 64 in .270 Winchester (1947 action)
-7 pounds 7 ounces as pictured above
-Legend edge stock, endura paint by Mitch Kendall.
-Action honed and massaged by Bill
-Post-64 type gas block installed to block the left raceway
-23" factory barrel turned down, bore and throat look new with Bill's standard recessed crown.
-Bolt stop built up and checkered
-Factory trigger a dead crisp 2 1/2 pounds
-Bottom metal is the early thin factory steel
-S&K rings and bases
-FXII 6X with LR reticle
Before paint:
Put together for RickF by Bill Leeper. The only thing I can take credit for is talking Rick into selling it to me and that was not easy
-Pre 64 in .270 Winchester (1947 action)
-7 pounds 7 ounces as pictured above
-Legend edge stock, endura paint by Mitch Kendall.
-Action honed and massaged by Bill
-Post-64 type gas block installed to block the left raceway
-23" factory barrel turned down, bore and throat look new with Bill's standard recessed crown.
-Bolt stop built up and checkered
-Factory trigger a dead crisp 2 1/2 pounds
-Bottom metal is the early thin factory steel
-S&K rings and bases
-FXII 6X with LR reticle
Before paint:
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Hhhmmm, I knew she was going to show up here sooner or later.....man i agonized over selling that one...hope you put her to good use. As consolation I did get what I wanted..a late 50's 300H&H!! I'll post pics here where I get my s&*t together
I like that stock Dave....my 300 could end up in one of those if Im not carefull.
I like that stock Dave....my 300 could end up in one of those if Im not carefull.
Update from my previous post in Sept above...... I'm very proud to say I'm finally in the Pre '64 Model 70 club!
My recently arrived "new to me", 1961(?) mfg, Model 70 in .270 Win:
I've thrown on a vintage B&L Elite 3000 3-9x40mm that was spare for now. The optics are nice & bright. I'm looking forward to getting out soon with my "new to me" acquisition......
NAA.
BigUglyMan
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- New Scotland
I've put off showing these off for long enough.
First, my 1953 that started life as a 257 Roberts. Then it turned into a 250 Ackley Magnum and finally a 257 Weatherby. It's living on borrowed time...eventually it'll get torn down and built into something else. Any suggestions? I should have bought that McMillan from Rembo when I bought the rifle. At the time I was thinking that I would build a "real" custom but I might go with a "modern" custom when the dust settles.
And here is the 1960 300 H&H that my dad gave me this past Christmas. It has a 25" barrel as opposed to the 26" that came on 300s standard. From what the Old Man figures it was likely a special order. I wish there was some way to research them through Winchester. Sorry I didn't pack them out into the bush behind the house to get nice pics like Davey does.
Interesting marking on the bottom of the 257's barrel. I was too lazy to tear down the 300 to see if there is something similar on it. Maybe one of these days.
First, my 1953 that started life as a 257 Roberts. Then it turned into a 250 Ackley Magnum and finally a 257 Weatherby. It's living on borrowed time...eventually it'll get torn down and built into something else. Any suggestions? I should have bought that McMillan from Rembo when I bought the rifle. At the time I was thinking that I would build a "real" custom but I might go with a "modern" custom when the dust settles.
And here is the 1960 300 H&H that my dad gave me this past Christmas. It has a 25" barrel as opposed to the 26" that came on 300s standard. From what the Old Man figures it was likely a special order. I wish there was some way to research them through Winchester. Sorry I didn't pack them out into the bush behind the house to get nice pics like Davey does.
Interesting marking on the bottom of the 257's barrel. I was too lazy to tear down the 300 to see if there is something similar on it. Maybe one of these days.
I recently added another pre 64 to the gun safe although this one is a bit different than my others...
Put together for RickF by Bill Leeper. The only thing I can take credit for is talking Rick into selling it to me and that was not easy
-Pre 64 in .270 Winchester (1947 action)
-7 pounds 7 ounces as pictured above
-Legend edge stock, endura paint by Mitch Kendall.
-Action honed and massaged by Bill
-Post-64 type gas block installed to block the left raceway
-23" factory barrel turned down, bore and throat look new with Bill's standard recessed crown.
-Bolt stop built up and checkered
-Factory trigger a dead crisp 2 1/2 pounds
-Bottom metal is the early thin factory steel
-S&K rings and bases
-FXII 6X with LR reticle
Before paint:
Boy Davey, that's going to be a nice all weather rig. I did my all weather gun with one of the CRF Classic actions. I thought I lived in some pretty country but the setting in your photos is beautiful.
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- AB foothills
Thanks Matt! The top picture is mine and the bottom two were sent to me by the previous owner.
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- AB foothills
Nice rifles Bum!
If and when you do build something with the 257, keep me in mind to buy the stock as I need one like it from the same vintage
BigUglyMan
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- New Scotland
How did this thread end up on the 6th page?
SHAME!!!
SHAME!!!
Bittermansbro
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- Calgary, AB
My 1950 Win Model 70 in 30-06. Original Weaver scope and rings. Darned nice old rifle.
longbranch*
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- Victoria,BC.
.300h+h m70
Here's one I really regret letting go!. My gunshop buddies still rib me about it. A 1954 M70 in .300H+H. An absolute tack-driver. Only objection is the 26" tube.
Miss it so much I'm currently having a mid-90's Super-Grade re-barreled (24") to .300H+H, can't wait.
Geoff
Here's one I really regret letting go!. My gunshop buddies still rib me about it. A 1954 M70 in .300H+H. An absolute tack-driver. Only objection is the 26" tube.
Miss it so much I'm currently having a mid-90's Super-Grade re-barreled (24") to .300H+H, can't wait.
Geoff
BigUglyMan
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- New Scotland
Yup. Selling rifles, especially Pre-64s, is for suckas!
longbranch*
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- Victoria,BC.
Suckas
There's a little "sucka" in all of us. Oh well, at least I brought some joy to another gunnut.
