Winchester 670 30-06

24fan

Can I put this action and barrel on a model 70 stock and get the floor plate and magazine parts and make it all work.

Old Gunny

Yes you could, and Dennis Cucinich could be our next president. Why not buy a pre-l964 30-06 M70 instead?Doing what you propose would be practical (and cost effective) as putting aa $5000 milk coat on a $5 hooker,

tsr1965

If I am not mistaken it can be done, as long as the magazine well and everything fits. All you will need is the bottom metal. floor plate, and spring. I do believe Hogue makes a rubber overmolded stock for this that has an aluminum bedding block...how neat.

RCrosby

I'm not aware of any differences, 670 to 70, other than finish on the metal and the woodwork. Should be quick, easy and inexpensive proposition. If it were mine, that's the way I'd be heading. Have fun. You won't end up with a rifle to make collectors drool, but it should be a damn fine looking and shooting piece of artillary, and much cheaper than looking for a pre-64. (Which is a whole 'nother story. I love the pre-64's but when collectors prices become the norm, the logic escapes me.)

Old Gunny

Why would you want to buy a $5000 mink stole for a $5 hooker. A friend had a l935 Win Model 54 reworked to the M70 (pre-War) configuration- Bolt, Bolt release, safety, trigger, magazine plate and guard bow, M70 stock with SuperGrade checkering and details- and after he was done two things occured to him: (1) for the money he spent he could have kept the M54 and bought two used std. grade pre-l964 M70's in 30-06 (the most commonly produced cal.) and (2) he started with a rifle worth possibly $750 and ended up with one that he could maybe sell to a knowledgable M70 person for $900. I sold a "twin brother" std. grade M70 30-06 to a dealer in TX, only because my son-in-law, who really wanted it, but is a Southpaw- won a new Weatherby at a QDMA Banquet, and the donating dealer let him exchange it for a LH action- nice guy that dealer, by the way.