Author Topic: Duplicating a Model 70 safari (Read 779 times)

msorenso · « **on:** February 19, 2006, 03:44:30 AM »

If a person wanted to duplicate a winchester model 70 safari, what action, and stock.. Who and what would use or go thru. I noticed Midway usa sell factory stock but since they are closing quantities are not guaranteed and I want to buy them over a little time.

PaulS · « **Reply #1 on:** February 19, 2006, 03:50:03 PM »

I suppose a model 70 action, for the caliber you wanted, the midway stock - buy it now while it is available. Get a barrel in the appropriate contour for the rifle and caliber and have it all put together as a custom rifle.
I wonder if you might not be able to get one second hand in a pawn shop or off the net . . .

msorenso · « **Reply #2 on:** February 20, 2006, 02:07:04 PM »

Cannot find any on aution arms, gunsamerica, gun broker.. Trust me I have tried everything..

PaulS · « **Reply #3 on:** February 21, 2006, 09:59:11 PM »

Quote from: msorenso

Cannot find any on aution arms, gunsamerica, gun broker.. Trust me I have tried everything..

What caliber are you wanting?

msorenso · « **Reply #4 on:** February 22, 2006, 10:48:56 AM »

all 3
375h8h
416 rem
458 win

PaulS · « **Reply #5 on:** February 24, 2006, 10:48:03 AM »

Well that makes it EASY!

Three long magnum actions in Winchester model 70.

Three barrels from Douglas, one in each of the three calibers

Three each trigger assemblies, safeties, mounts and scopes

Three stocks - reworked to fit the barrel profiles

A smith to do the truing of actions and bolt lugs, barrel fitting and chambering and then the time to assemble the rifles and put together some starter development rounds.

All thats left then is to finish working up good loads for them and a nice trip to use them on.

msorenso · « **Reply #6 on:** February 24, 2006, 12:35:43 PM »

What to use if the actions are not available.. I was able to order 1 gun stock? Who to ude for a second? Thanks

PaulS · « **Reply #7 on:** February 25, 2006, 11:23:20 AM »

When I was working on my custom I found a use (up) rifle at a pawn shop with the same action that I wanted and bought it cheap. Sometimes smiths will be able to find the action for a good price too. If you switch to an action that is different than the same manufacturer you will have to use a stock to fit the action and duplicating the "factory rifle" will be a bit harder to do with any sense of reality. It can be done but it takes a bit of hand crafting to get the fit and feel of the original. On the good side if you have to use a different action there are usually Remington 700 actions that can be had for reasonable prices with "shot out or damaged barrels" and stocks are easier to come by because they are often rep[laced with after market stocks. You can take a standard stock and modify it for your gun without a big expense for a "custom" stock which is what you will end up with anyway.