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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Skillet on November 25, 2015, 10:39:37 PM

Title: Win model 70 Mannlicher?
Post by: Skillet on November 25, 2015, 10:39:37 PM: Anybody ever seen/owned/built one? I have a 30-06 M70 FWT Classic that is redundant in my safe, and have always hankered for another full stock gun after I sold my Sako. Thinking of building a 20" barrel 35 Whelen - that should do the trick.
Where would I find a gunsmith to do this? Stock options?
Title: Re: Win model 70 Mannlicher?
Post by: AWS on November 26, 2015, 09:47:23 AM: They used to come from the factory like that. I didn't care for the look as they didn't have a barrel band like the Sako and had a much longer barrel making the look like they had a lot of wood out front.

JES can rebore your existing barrel to 35 Whelen and MPI made a synthetic Mannlicher stock that would make a nice light weight hunting rig. Their stoçk had a wood grain Finnish.
Title: Re: Win model 70 Mannlicher?
Post by: AWS on November 26, 2015, 11:47:41 AM: Sorry I went over to the MPI sight and they have dropped the wood grain finish bit still carry the Mannlicher design.