A friend of mine inherited several rifles and shotguns. He wanted to get rid of the ones he was not going to use. One was a 1958 Model 52, that I helped him sell for lots more than he thought it would do. In turn, he let me in on this Model 70 for a really low price. My wife and I are going to give it to a nephew that loves to shoot, but his current hunting rifle is not much fun.
Here is what I think I know about this rifle. But unsure at best.
Serial Number 776xxx, puts it in the 1964-65 time frame.
The barrel is stamped 308 Win, also has RJG stamped on it which I’m guessing is the gunsmith that installed the barrel. It is a 1 in 12 twist.
The stock has been cut off. The action is bedded and the barrel free-floated.
It has a can-jar trigger.
It had some sort of peep-sight system.
When given to the nephew, it will be used for hunting deer, with a long shot being 250-300 yards. When he comes up to shoot with us, we usually shoot out to 6-700 yards.
We will help him (he is in college and has no money) with a recoil pad to get length in the stock; also will help with cutting and recrown of the barrel.
What length should the barrel be cut to?
What can be done to this stock? Can he just rattle can it?
I put this scope on yesterday just to see what it would do. It shot around 1 moa with 5 different loads, the best of which was factory Hornady 150 btsp.
I know it may not be much, but compared to his current rifle,,,,,
Thanks for any help / advice.
