Well...several months ago I decided I wanted to give HighPower/Palma a chance as I have always shot with scoped rifles.
My budget was a little tight so I set off to look for a .308 that had some of the accessories already with it.
I was able to find a Winchester Model 70 (.308) that was already tapped for sights front and rear. The seller gave a good description of it and even though unsure of its exact year, it was believed to be a (6) digit Model 70 that had a different stock but had some irons sights with it.
Barrel is marked .308 and is about 25 inches. HEAVY contour.
Sooo we fast forward and I make the purchase. It shows up and as I am reading off the serial number for the A & D book.... We get to noticing that it is in fact a (5) digit Winchester M70.
I kinda figured that at that point it was a tad older than I thought originally but I have only been able to date it around the MID - LATE 40's...
The rifle was in overall good shape and had been sitting the last (40) years... Supposedly it had only had about 200 rounds ever fired and then just put up.
The bore makes me believe that in fact it has been shot VERY LITTLE.
Seeing that the barrel had some VERY minor handling marks and some light speckles of rust, I made the decision to send it out to have it all refinished.
I did go back with the black light shined blueing and also had the stock re-coated, which is a very nice after market oak target stock that came with the Freeland rail system.
The first (3) pics are of the rifle as it came in... no real close ups of the minor rust but it was enough that it HAD to be delt with.
After removing the barreled action from the stock, I learned that it had be professionally bedded and done EXTREMELY well. I made sure that during the refinish of the stock that this was to NOT be disturbed as it is really one of the BEST jobs I had seen.
Soo off to the refinishing and she comes back yesterday.
I went ahead and put the rifle back together and added the front sight back on it. The rear mount is on as well and the rear sight (Olympic) is LIKE NEW with several accessories.
The finish came out VERY NICE. Its hard to see it in the pics but its a very nice black and very smoothe.
I have added the hand stop (VERSA POD SETUP), Turner Sling, TUBB 4 Way Buttpad to help out..
Here are pics of the current setup, (4 pics)
QUESTION:
I have been UNABLE to find a rear sight that actually fits this reciever and ONLY plan to play with a scope on it and NOT leave a scope on it.
BUT... I would like to find a scope mount for the single base that is on there. Does ANYONE know if ther is a (Y) type scope ring setup that could be used to mount the scope utilizing one single base? All help would be apreciated. I have a new 30mm Super Sniper that I would like to be able to QUICK DETACH just for goofing off.
Hope you all like it... she has come out looking pretty nice for me.
Matt (LEO SOUTH GA)
My budget was a little tight so I set off to look for a .308 that had some of the accessories already with it.
I was able to find a Winchester Model 70 (.308) that was already tapped for sights front and rear. The seller gave a good description of it and even though unsure of its exact year, it was believed to be a (6) digit Model 70 that had a different stock but had some irons sights with it.
Barrel is marked .308 and is about 25 inches. HEAVY contour.
Sooo we fast forward and I make the purchase. It shows up and as I am reading off the serial number for the A & D book.... We get to noticing that it is in fact a (5) digit Winchester M70.
I kinda figured that at that point it was a tad older than I thought originally but I have only been able to date it around the MID - LATE 40's...
The rifle was in overall good shape and had been sitting the last (40) years... Supposedly it had only had about 200 rounds ever fired and then just put up.
The bore makes me believe that in fact it has been shot VERY LITTLE.
Seeing that the barrel had some VERY minor handling marks and some light speckles of rust, I made the decision to send it out to have it all refinished.
I did go back with the black light shined blueing and also had the stock re-coated, which is a very nice after market oak target stock that came with the Freeland rail system.
The first (3) pics are of the rifle as it came in... no real close ups of the minor rust but it was enough that it HAD to be delt with.
After removing the barreled action from the stock, I learned that it had be professionally bedded and done EXTREMELY well. I made sure that during the refinish of the stock that this was to NOT be disturbed as it is really one of the BEST jobs I had seen.
Soo off to the refinishing and she comes back yesterday.
I went ahead and put the rifle back together and added the front sight back on it. The rear mount is on as well and the rear sight (Olympic) is LIKE NEW with several accessories.
The finish came out VERY NICE. Its hard to see it in the pics but its a very nice black and very smoothe.
I have added the hand stop (VERSA POD SETUP), Turner Sling, TUBB 4 Way Buttpad to help out..
Here are pics of the current setup, (4 pics)
QUESTION:
I have been UNABLE to find a rear sight that actually fits this reciever and ONLY plan to play with a scope on it and NOT leave a scope on it.
BUT... I would like to find a scope mount for the single base that is on there. Does ANYONE know if ther is a (Y) type scope ring setup that could be used to mount the scope utilizing one single base? All help would be apreciated. I have a new 30mm Super Sniper that I would like to be able to QUICK DETACH just for goofing off.
Hope you all like it... she has come out looking pretty nice for me.
Matt (LEO SOUTH GA)
