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winchester 70 question
Dokey
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Howdy from Texas! Sorry to be forever buggin' you guys! I have a Win. Model 70 in 7 Mag. It has a lightweight synthetic stock, and no ploorplate. If I want to restock this rifle, do I have to find a stock that has no opening for a floorplate, or can I have this rifle altered to have a magazine floorplate that opens from the bottom? I hate this stock, but I haven't seen a replacement that didn't have an opening in the bottom for the magazine floorplate. Any suggestions are very much appreciated, as usual. Thanks, Barry L.
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Thank you.
There were 581,471 Pre-64 model 70s made. 14,644 were Target Models (does not include Nat'l Match). I do not find a further breakdown of that number by chambering but there is a Relative rarity of chamberings within the "Target" model (1= rarest, 10= most common)
1- .35 Rem (least common)
2- 7mm
3- .22 hornet
4- 250-3000
5- 300 H&H
6- .270 WCF
7- .257 Roberts
8- .220 Swift
9- .243 Win
10- .30-06 (most common)
The vast majority of Target rifles were 30-06. The only specific quantity available for this list of 10 was for the .243 which was 683. Therefore the .257 Roberts is fewer than that and the 06 would be in the thousands. Not exactly the answer you seek, but a little closer.
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You should clarify #2 7mm, means 7x57 Mauser. A lot of folks will think that means 7mm remington Magnum.
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7mm is how it was stamped. 7mm mag was 50 years later.
Well not quite 50 years , more like 11 if you use 1951 as the stop date . The Mauser was the only 7mm around at that time !
......and the 7mm mag was never made in the pre 64 Winchesters. 7mm (7x57) has been around since the 1800's
But you're right that that M-70 model was only chambered in the 7x57 Mauser.