Very nice thread on the "RIFLEMAN"S RIFLE". It's always nice to see them still in action after all these years!

Paladin- Is there a story as to why your '49 rifle has a monte carlo stock?

Dick Burg- The article on M70 #1 is in the June '90 Rifleman (what else?). #2 is mentioned in Rule's book, but not in my first edition ('82), as the gun didn't come to light until '87.

BTW, you'll be interested to know that it was purchased in a hardware store in Durango, CO., around a year and a half after it was made.

Of my M70s, the favorite is a Special Order '54 .308 FWT. my father ordered with a factory installed Lyman 48 and a leather covered pad.

Good M70 shooting!