The serial numbers date the model 70 to 1937 the barrel stamp is 1935. I need to do my homework and research on this one. All original which is great. The rifle is chambered in .30govt.06 which I like that stamp for the thirty odd six.
This one followed me home. I spent the last two days doing a much needed cleanup the rifle was flithy. The M70 came with a Lyman Alaskan scope and mount. I removed that setup I may put it back. I'm too lazy to clean up the scope and mount. I loaded up 100 a rounds to play with this morning.

VERY nice! It'll probably outshoot that Weatherby.

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Originally posted by rimfired:
VERY nice! It'll probably outshoot that Weatherby.

Thanks rinfired
The Weatherby is a nice rifle and a great shooter. However no way does it compare to the M70. I'm taking four rifle to the range. The M70, Weatherby, 1909 argintine mauser and a Sporterized Eddystone. I getting ready for hunting season. Which within a few months I will go on a few hunting trips. I like to get all my gear squared away prior to the trips.

Very nice rifle. Congrats. Let us know how she shoots.

buckwheat01,
My father-in-law gave us an pre-war M70 a few years ago...not a pristine unit like your (congrats by the way).

It is chambered in .270, it's had the barrel bobbed a bit, a scope has been added and it has had the bolt bent to accommodate the scope...other than that...s/n 393xx
built in 1940-41.

It's a tack drivin' son-of-a-gun. I take this one to the woods...I don't know if I'd take yours out beyond the range!

Enjoy.

Very nice. Tell us more about it though. It was “filthy” when you got it? Is there a story to finding it?

Emory

Well I went to the gun club range and it was closed. So I headed over to my buddies farm and did some plinking no target shooting. We had fun I ran 50 rounds through the M70 and it is a good shooter. We were shooting at old hub caps nailed to trees and beer cans. Old school fun.
Hard to tell really how accurate it is without a scope and bench resting that will come later. It was no problem nailing beer cans at 75 yards or at 100 yards hitting the old baby moon hub caps nailed to the trees. My friend and I when we were in our early twenties that is how we gauged our rifles prior to our hunting trips we would walk out the back door of his farm house set up a couple old baby moon hub caps at a 100 yards and if you hit that you were good to go. We always took the game we shot at. Crude way of adjusting sights and scopes however it works.
My friend is really a good shot especially with a pistol. On one hunting trip we were walking along a river in Alaska that a salmon was swimming up stream I mentioned too bad we don't have are fishing gear he said watch this.
The salmon was about 25 yards away out of his pocket he pulled out a old model 10 snub. One shot rite thorough the head. He is a good shot.
Then he waded out and took the salmon and said now we got some fresh fish.
However the funny part he did not look before he bagged the salmon a game warden was watching. It cost us a lot of beer and BS to get him out of that one. They wanted to lock him up. Eventually we cooked the fish and the game warden joined us for dinner.

Crofoot629
These guns turn up when you least expect them to.
The rifle originally belong to a friends father. The guy was a real outdoorsman. He was an odd man he lived to hunt and fish. The guy worked 16 hours a day. Eight hours straight time eight hours overtime. He did this seven days a week for nine months then took three months off to go out in the wilderness in Alaska or Africa on big game hunting trips. The guy was an awesome hunter. Back in the 1960's when I was a teenager. My buddies and I would watch the hunting shows on TV. Shows like the American Sportsman and other similar shows.
My friends Dad would see us watching them and tell us that ain't no big bear (polar bear). These were world record bears . Then his Dad would break out some old home movies showing some of the game he bagged. Sure enough he had shot bigger ones. We would ask him how come you don't show or claim your records. He would tell us I know I shot it that's enough for me. The same with large fish or any other game.
He would watch the shows with us an make funny comments about the hunters on the shows. Stuff like that guy don't know d*ck.
I hope these old home movies show up some day. Anyway my friend is deceased and so is his father. My friends sister called me up and asked if I want some of her dad's guns. I had dealings with her in the past and helped her out on a few guns. One time she uncovered two very nice model 21's along with some other nice hunting rifles she had no clue as to the value. She would have taken two or three hundred a piece. I told her those two shotguns are worth between ten to twenty K each. To say the least she was shocked. I put her in touch with a gunsmith friend of mine who has the clientele who will purchase these in a heart beat. At the time I had two kids in college at the same time. I could not afford to drop close to 40k for two shotguns. She called me up on Saturday morning she had some nice model 12's and the M70 and a couple nice old remingtons. Again she had no clue as to the value. I helped her out and purchased a couple and steered her to a couple buddies that purchased the other guns. All the rifles and shotguns were filthy they had been sitting in gun racks in their family cabin since the 1970's and appear to never have been cleaned since. Lucky they were well oiled prior to going into long term storage. The M70 had dirt and dust just caked on. I had to do a lot of cleaning which was well worth the effort. It is a nice M70. However it has been drilled for a side mount scope it has holes on the side of the receiver which is not a big deal to me. I will just put screw plugs in the holes. Other than the extra holes the only issue is the wrong period front sight and missing rear sling swivel stud. A friend of mine has an original that I need to pick up. I stopped by his shop he was busy he told me swing by next week and he will give me the swivel. The extra holes in the side of the receiver made the M70 a shooter grade rifle. That is a mixed blessing at least I will not feel guilty taking it into the woods. I can only wonder where this rifle has been. I remember the rifle as a boy going to my friends cabin on hunting trips. I do know that the M70 was taken on many hunting trips by my my friends dad.

Lucky Derby
Thanks it was a lucky find.

VonFatman

These pre war M70's are very nice rifles. Through time some of these have suffered from upgrades. This one is the same as yours this one the side of the receiver was drilled and tapped for a side mount scope. These older guns are what the are. I like them I would much rather have an older M70 to hunt with than a new gun. You need to post some pictures of your M70.
Thanks

Update
I made some time and cleaned up the scope and mount. I am not sure if I want to use it. Much better scopes and bases can be used however it would fill the holes. It's a catch 22 normally I would just sell the scope and mount. Since the rifle is a keeper for me. I will keep it with the rifle. It is amazing to me the prices these scopes nad mounts sell for. I have seen this type scope and mount sell between four to five hundred bucks. I guess if you need it to fill the holes you would pay the going rate. The scope is in perfect shape. I am sure that it could stand a rebuild. It is nice and clear and the adjustments work fine. I would not trust it unless I have it rebuilt with new seals. I just may send it off for an overhaul.

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