Thread: Walnut and blued steel,

Another one of my projects, a new stock for my old Winchester 70 fwt in .30/06. To me the Winchester model 70 was always the handsomest of rifles. She always shot well, any weight of bullet into exactly an inch group. This rifle has always been lucky which is very important in a hunting rifle. She still has to get a horn or ebony black foreend tip. Or maybe I'll leave it. Not sure...
Plainly I have gone old school here. Obviously all the fleur de Lises will make shooting deer easier.

[QUOTE=JohnDuxbury;1290119]Another one of my projects, a new stock for my old Winchester 70 fwt in .30/06. To me the Winchester model 70 was always the handsomest of rifles. She always shot well, any weight of bullet into exactly an inch group. This rifle has always been lucky which is very important in a hunting rifle. She still has to get a horn or ebony black foreend tip. Or maybe I'll leave it. Not sure...
Plainly I have gone old school here. Obviously all the fleur de Lises will make shooting deer easier.


Now that John Duxbury is just LUVERLEY!!

And a very good point about this rifle being 'lucky'. Some just are, and some just aren't eh.

This rifle and scope package had a short working holiday with me a few years ago
I repaired a couple of small faults and had the joy of getting it all going reasonably well
Range shot it a bit and even shot a hare that wandered through my 100m range one day

But it went back to its owner and was definately not for sale
There was still a serious problem to solve with the extremely tight match chamber
But because that involved some hand reaming to sort I did not undertake the repair

Yesterday morning I was advised it was mine to buy at a very reasonable price
I arrived at the specified time with the money and here it is

Now to consult the .22 LR rifle chamber guru on this forum and tickle out a micron or two from the lead of the chamber

The thing about a High Wall .22 rifle is that it's pretty tricky to get a tiny case into the chamber !

The Winder musket third variation were all made in a low wall receiver and a lot easier to load and unload

It's a long way into the chamber
Odd decision for a target training rifle
But they wanted to have the weight and balance of a Springfield bolt action

Following a thread I started a few weeks ago WTB,tidy BSA Hunter triple two ,I,ve got to scratch the trebly itch.Thanks to the numerous replys from various jokers, particularly big up to @akaroa1 who as middle link in the chain put me onto this purdy one circa 1959.Done no work on the hill with low round count.Having been a safe 'Queen' it's in fact a Regent model from the Royal line that succeeded the Hunter line approx 1956.I,m yet to fire it,but have discovered it's got an apawling glacial lock time due to a weak main spring which I suspect may not even strike the primer with enuff oompf.Possibly caused by being stored in a safe for decades in the cocked position loading up the spring tention?As you do I,m wanting to strip open the bolt to investigate possible oxidized storage oil gumming up the lock time.Being a modified mini Mauser action,I'm attempting to unscrew the striker clockwise past the fully cocked detent to spring it open ,but don't have the talent to get it spun past this point.Anyone know how to pull one of these bolts down? Note it's not like a conventional Mauser action where you first engage the cocked safety , withdraw bolt,to anticlockwise unscrew the bolt striker.Got me stumped...