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The recoil pad on the rifle is of course a replacement. The color, and the gap in the date are the indications needed to confirm this. The gun was most likely redone when the new pad was attached. The RCS guns that I have seen were all highly engraved, Griffin & Howe scope base, and rings along with Lyman scopes. The attention to detail was on the highest level! These guns were featured in the late 1940s, and early 1950s Model 70 pamphlets in the Custom section. So, in 1957 was Doctor Smith on a budget, and he only had his initials RCS placed on the trigger guard? It is a wonderful gun, and if I was a younger Man I would of liked to take it on an Elephant hunt in Africa.
Tedk, You are not concerned with the slight space between the 6, and the 1 in 1922?
Bo,
No concern at all, the pad on the African is as right as rain.
A couple pads I have laying around…..
l to r
Pic#1 An original pad on the left and a repro pad on the right
Pic#2 Pat. Date on original pad June 6.1922
Pic#3 Pat. Date on repro pad June 6, 1922
Pat. Dates on original and repro pads differ in that the original has a period (.) and no space between the 6 and 1922 while the repro has a comma (,) and then a space between the 6 and 1922.
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Tedk said
Bo,No concern at all, the pad on the African is as right as rain.
A couple pads I have laying around…..
l to r
Pic#1 An original pad on the left and a repro pad on the right
Pic#2 Pat. Date on original pad June 6.1922
Pic#3 Pat. Date on repro pad June 6, 1922
Pat. Dates on original and repro pads differ in that the original has a period (.) and no space between the 6 and 22 while the repro has a comma (,) and then a space between the 6 and 22.
Thanks for that clarification Ted. Relieved to hear that the pad is correct.
Don
Tedk, As slight, as it is the spacing is different that what is on your original pad. The color is also slightly different. The 6.1922 have no room between them. I have seen replacement pads like you have shown. I have also seen them that were corrected later, but do not quite match the originals.
To my surprise, I got a call from the gun shop regarding a little bit of provenance (in first two photos) to go with this very special rifle. If anyone needs me to clean their rifles for them…just sayin’
. Lou Leonard bought the entire RCS collection back in the early 1970’s. Anyway, I finally got to bring it home a few days ago and finally got around to taking a few decent photos of it rather than on the gun shop floor. It started to get dark on me, so photos aren’t the best quality.
Don
Don,
Until you take that rifle out for a session of Varmint extermination, it is a “fantasy” rifle. That rifle becomes the “real deal” when you kill something with it. The good news is that you can probably miss the varmint by a full foot and still knock it senseless… especially if you are shooting the 550-grain factory loads. I will bring by Model 70 Super Grade 22 K-Hornet so that we can show case the book-ends of the Model 70 spectrum
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
Forgot to mention, my local gun shop paid a whopping $3,500 for both this model 70 African and a 90%+ 1946 model 70 in 220 Swift. Evidently, the seller inherited A LOT of guns from his uncle and has been selling them a little at a time to my local gun shop. The shop also bought about a dozen model 70 actions (including magnums) and two beautiful unfired Al Beisen deluxe custom rifles built on model 70 actions–asking $5K a piece. Very sad that someone would liquidate an heirs entire collection for pennies on the dollar…
Don
Bert H. said
Don,Until you take that rifle out for a session of Varmint extermination, it is a “fantasy” rifle. That rifle becomes the “real deal” when you kill something with it. The good news is that you can probably miss the varmint by a full foot and still knock it senseless… especially if you are shooting the 550-grain factory loads. I will bring by Model 70 Super Grade 22 K-Hornet so that we can show case the book-ends of the Model 70 spectrum
Bert
It’s very tempting Bert. I might get the urge to gently break it in one day. I imagine I could, at the very least, add some craters in the Oregon high desert. That super grade 22K Hornet is certainly one to admire as well. If I remember correctly, it has a bit of provenance too.
Don
deerhunter, The new pictures taken of the pad looks much better to me. The color looks much better then the first photo, and the slight spacing between the 6, and the 1 in 1922 does not appear to be a concern.
Bo Rich said
deerhunter, The new pictures taken of the pad looks much better to me. The color looks much better then the first photo, and the slight spacing between the 6, and the 1 in 1922 does not appear to be a concern.
That’s great news. Appreciate the critique and evaluation.
Don
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