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I have no doubt you are correct. If you go to the site below you’ll see ‘work’ being done to what they claim is an M70. I don’t see any notch cut out for an extractor claw. Confusing.
https://rifleshooter.com/2016/02/rebarreling-a-winchester-model-70/
Cheers,
Mike
I think you will find the rifle in article is a post 1964 push feed model 70 which does not use a claw extractor. The post 64 rifles have a completely different extraction design with the extractor built into the end of the bolt body.
Steve
November 7, 2015
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Funny thing about the video is they went to all that trouble and expense to install a take-off R-word barrel! There’s a good reason that barrel was screwed off that R-word action. There have been long periods of time when the folks in Ilion simply couldn’t make a decent barrel. Investing the time and tools to adapt it to a Winchester action is good money after bad, IMHO. I figure they knew that, they didn’t bother to remove the tacky green paint while it was in the lathe.
And yes, the rifle in the video appears to be a push-feed.
Mike
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