Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
[Re: Bruce T]
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01/21/22 08:33 PM
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Both are beautiful, but it's hard to beat a good synthetic stock for hunting in weather, and rough country. You won't cry over plastic if you scratch it.
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Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
[Re: Bruce T]
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01/21/22 08:34 PM
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$1,500 for just the stock?
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Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
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01/21/22 08:35 PM
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Both are beautiful, but it's hard to beat a good synthetic stock for hunting in weather, and rough country. You won't cry over plastic if you scratch it. Lol....Them scratches are just beauty marks to me.
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Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
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01/21/22 08:40 PM
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$1,500 for just the stock? The whole rifle.
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Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
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01/21/22 09:09 PM
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There's a scene in the movie The Highwaymen, where a gun store clerk asks Texas Marshall Frank Hamer (Kevin Costner) which gun(s) he wants. He answers, "All of them." That's how I feel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jevEf3U7Kws
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Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
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01/21/22 09:12 PM
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$1,500 for just the stock? The whole rifle. A Winchester super grade AAA model 70 winchester in 6.8 western is running at $1800.
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Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
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01/21/22 09:19 PM
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RECEIVER – Steel; Polished blued BARREL – Hammer forged steel; Polished blued finish; Free-floating; Target crown ACTION – M.O.A. Trigger System; Pre-64 action; Three-Position Safety; Controlled Round Feed; Controlled ejection STOCK – Gloss finish AAAA Maple; Ebony forearm tip; Shadowline cheekpiece FEATURES – “Super Grade” engraved hinged floorplate; Jeweled bolt body; Knurled bolt handle; Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad; Sling swivel studs Item Number 535218299 UPC 048702022326 Action Length Short Action Caliber 6.8 Western Barrel Length 24" Overall Length 44 1/4" Length of Pull 13 3/4" Drop at Comb 1/2" Drop at Heel 1/2" Weight 8 lbs 0 oz Magazine Capacity 3 Twist Rate 8" Barrel Finish High Gloss Stock Finish Gloss Wood Grade AAAA Receiver Finish High Gloss Chamber Finish Polished Barrel Material Steel Barrel Contour Sporter Stock Material Maple Recoil Pad Pachmayr Decelerato
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Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
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The featherweight is running at $1,100.
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Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
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01/21/22 09:42 PM
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Barrels made today are consistently more accurate. In 1963 and older model 70's some rifles were tack drivers and some just adequate. Modern machining is almost unbelievably more precise. A newhouse 3 was a coyote catching machine in 1930 but a modern duke is a better trap performance wise. Those old model 70's were/are a marvel but just like with the old newhouse, improvements have been made.
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Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
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01/21/22 09:43 PM
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I have a soft spot for walnut but if i found the right deal maple is very nice too.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
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01/21/22 09:46 PM
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Blonde guns don’t do it for me,…..but then again ,Iam not the one buying it Agreed. Put some aqua fortis on it and apply some heat. Make that curl pop. I'm a sucker for a featherweight. To me that maple looks cheap.... I agree on that. Curley Maple should look like this… Un-stained curly maple should be illegal! You fellas have better cameras than I do... Mike
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Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
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01/21/22 09:48 PM
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In the military learned oz. make pounds, pounds mean pain. Add on scope, mounts, swivels, sling and ammo then figure the weight. But that is military thinking however the older you get the more you feel it even getting it to the shoulder. Me never bought a gun for looks its all about performance and durability. You never mentioned the price difference?? What would that be just out of curiosity?? Maple super grade 6.8 western around $1,800 and the walnut featherweight 6.8 western around $1,100
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Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
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01/21/22 10:08 PM
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Top one top one top one .
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Re: Model 70 super grade maple or walnut featherweight
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01/21/22 11:49 PM
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I like the darker wood. Seem like walnut will be stronger also. According to the charts maple is stronger than walnut it’s also a little heavier. One thing I didn’t see mentioned, is recoil, that cartridge with 175gr bullets is going to be comparable to a 300 Winchester short mag. Be a shame to have to put a muzzle break on the featherweight. I like both walnut and maple but the maple stock in the picture is a poor example of 4A (unequal figure, left vs right). Ammunition Will be an issue. Plan accordingly. Just ask anyone that owns a RSAUM 7mm or 300 lol Good luck and congratulations on the new rifle witch ever you choose. Hope it shoots clover leafs.
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