Yes children, it is once again "educate chet" day! :lol:
I'm on a quest to become a model 70 expert (Drmike is my hero :wink: )
Feel free to humiliate, harrass, bash, flame, and generally make fun of my ignorance.
And thanks for putting up with all my banter!
I have some questions regarding parts interchangability (sp?) and changes made over the years.
basically we have: pre 64, post 64, and pre 64 classic. (I'm leaving out the new MOA models for now)
the classics had a claw extractor, but they also made some push feed 70's during the sam time period.
#1 Do all push feed m70's have the same barrel thread, regardless of production year? (I found a new take off bbl from a circa2005 push feed coyote, and might want to put it on a circa1988 action)
#2 Can you put a CRF barrel on a push-feed action? Would the slot in the breach cause an issue? (assuming the threads are the same) I'm pretty sure the answer is "no", just trying to expand my knowledge here.
#3 How does a WSM action differ from a short action? (I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that they are somehow different)
#4 Were any M70's button rifled?
#5 Was there a time period that the barrels were of lesser quality than the rest?
I'm sure I'll have more questions pop up, but we'll start with these.
thanks again for all your knowledge!
I'm on a quest to become a model 70 expert (Drmike is my hero :wink: )
Feel free to humiliate, harrass, bash, flame, and generally make fun of my ignorance.
And thanks for putting up with all my banter!
I have some questions regarding parts interchangability (sp?) and changes made over the years.
basically we have: pre 64, post 64, and pre 64 classic. (I'm leaving out the new MOA models for now)
the classics had a claw extractor, but they also made some push feed 70's during the sam time period.
#1 Do all push feed m70's have the same barrel thread, regardless of production year? (I found a new take off bbl from a circa2005 push feed coyote, and might want to put it on a circa1988 action)
#2 Can you put a CRF barrel on a push-feed action? Would the slot in the breach cause an issue? (assuming the threads are the same) I'm pretty sure the answer is "no", just trying to expand my knowledge here.
#3 How does a WSM action differ from a short action? (I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that they are somehow different)
#4 Were any M70's button rifled?
#5 Was there a time period that the barrels were of lesser quality than the rest?
I'm sure I'll have more questions pop up, but we'll start with these.
thanks again for all your knowledge!