Pre 64 M70 help

sharp shooter

sharp shooter

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Hi ladies and gents,

I am looking at possibly (more than likely) getting a 1955 300 H&H.... The steel is great but the finish on the wood is not as nice. Would I be crazy to restore the wood properly? What would I use to redo the wood if I went that route?........

Also, what are some good load recipes for these guns? I have tons of RL22 and 180 accubonds....

Thanks in advance.
Steve
 
if it was mine and the metal was good and the stock was rough I would redo the stock myself ,why not ,,the gun is a shooter not a collector ,finish it the way you like it and hunt with it and enjoy it for what it is ,A very good bolt action big game rifle ,,,,,,Dutch
 
seems we have two schools of thought on this ....can you post us a picture of this gun ...In this case the gun is well used ,the metal is okay but the wood is rough ,so as a shooter and no longer a collector why not redo the wood to a nice finish and enjoy this fine rifle for many years to come ,I can see leaving a old original firearm that has some collector value alone ,but real good shooter that could use some freshening up in the wood why not Have a gun you can show your buddys and be proud of .He is not going to change the value of the gun by redoing the wood ,,,,Dutch
 
sharp shooter,
I can solve this controversy for you real easy. You really don't want to buy some old M-70 with a beat up stock in 300 H&H. It will look just terrible with the beat up stock, and if you decide to refinish there is all that work of stripping and sanding and recutting the checkering. And the countless hours of applying endless coats of finish. Then after you get that done there is the issue of getting 300 H&H brass. Not impossible but yo won't find any at Pro Bass or Cabela's.

No you certainly do not want to put yourself through all that aggravation. Just buy the gun and sell it to me (at a small profit of course) and your worries are over. I have a M-70 in 375 H&H and the 300 H&H would compliment it nicely.
 
I could look up the recipe ( friend used to cobble them up for me B4 he " passed) basically a load we found in the " Ken Waters " pet loads book . 165 gr. nosler w ? Cranking above slightly 3000fps. Used that load for years in my 1948 super grade . Stoned!! Moose , and so mild a recoil u can shoot her all day . Sadly like an idiot I sold the rifle but still have the dies and ? 50 or so loaded rounds and brass . Enjoy the rifle . They r nice !!! ( heavy buggers) but deadly accurate .
 
Being a shooter grade reducing the stock would be fine ? Mark is the quality in which the stock is done . If it looks like a amateur job then that will devalue the gun even as a shooter grade if it is properly refinished then it will not be devalued
 
If it was me I would refinish the stock (or have it done) if I wanted to hunt the rifle in a wood stock. I am not into collecting or buying as an investment, I just want to hunt them.
Heathen that I am I'd also think hard about a decent synthetic for it, to hunt with!
 
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