geologist said:
By quality I meant reliability, durabilty and flawless feed.Sub moa for this rifle not necessary for my purposes
other than the cheesy factory sights, I don't think durability is an issue.
for flawless feed and reliability, like any mass produced gun they need a going over.
If I bought a new one, I would get the following done:
1) have the barrel pulled and the sharp edge where the chamber meets the extractor cut is polished and radiused. THis is a common problem and rounds coming in from the left rail can catch when fed vigorously
2) remove the ejector and polish the slot it rides in, so it isn;t slugglish to pop up when the bolt is pulled back fast. maybe install a slightly stronger spring
3) have the scope holes bored to 8x40 on a milling machine, this is not so much for the stronger screws, but to true up the alignment of all four holes
4)there is another potential problem where, if the bolt is jammed upward with the safety on, the safety will not go forward into 'fire' position. This is repairable but doesn't show up until the worst time.
5) get the safety and trigger smoothed up if they aren't acceptable out of the box
After this and a better recoil pad (and maybe sights) and barrel cut to 21-22" I think you'd have a first class BC bear gun
I've read somewhere on the internet (so it must be true) that by swapping a different magazine spring in, that a current model M70 will hold 4 rounds down. Haven't tried it myself, but my pre-64 holds 4 down and is shallower in the belly than a current model 70.
geologist said:
Sub moa for this rifle not necessary for my purposes
personally I don't think it is necessary for any hunting purposes
