Winchester Model 70?
08-25-2008, 09:44 AM
#12
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: Winchester Model 70?
ORIGINAL: bigbulls
It is actually very easy to fix. Take the firing pin out of the bolt bodyand thenremove it from the bolt shroudand at thefront right of the cocking pieceyou will see a "cut out" in the cocking piece where the safety engages it and pulls it off of the sear. Mark the "cut out" with magic marker and reinstall it in the gun and work the safety back and forth. It will wear away the magic marker. Take it back out andwhere the marker is worn away is where you will need to use a fine file and ceramic stone to very gently enlarge the "cut out". It will only take a few thousandths of an inch of material removed to make it work properly.
Shouldn't take more than about 15 minutes.
If you do not feel comfortable messing with the safety let a gunsmith do it for you.
You DO NOT want to remove too much steel.
This is an aftermarket part but you can see where the cut out is in the pic. The arrow is where you want to remove material. The safety is likely hanging up right on the edge.
It is actually very easy to fix. Take the firing pin out of the bolt bodyand thenremove it from the bolt shroudand at thefront right of the cocking pieceyou will see a "cut out" in the cocking piece where the safety engages it and pulls it off of the sear. Mark the "cut out" with magic marker and reinstall it in the gun and work the safety back and forth. It will wear away the magic marker. Take it back out andwhere the marker is worn away is where you will need to use a fine file and ceramic stone to very gently enlarge the "cut out". It will only take a few thousandths of an inch of material removed to make it work properly.
Shouldn't take more than about 15 minutes.
If you do not feel comfortable messing with the safety let a gunsmith do it for you.
You DO NOT want to remove too much steel.
This is an aftermarket part but you can see where the cut out is in the pic. The arrow is where you want to remove material. The safety is likely hanging up right on the edge.
Excellent!.................Thanks, BB!
08-25-2008, 10:17 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Southeast Alabama
Posts: 1,625
RE: Winchester Model 70?
ORIGINAL: bowhunter79deer
Retaks Im happy for you. You must have a lot more time and money then me. $1200 on rounds just for your 300 thats a lot of money. I have flung well over 10000 aroows this year. Shooting agun is easy. Archery now thats a chalenge.
Retaks Im happy for you. You must have a lot more time and money then me. $1200 on rounds just for your 300 thats a lot of money. I have flung well over 10000 aroows this year. Shooting agun is easy. Archery now thats a chalenge.
08-25-2008, 10:43 AM
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: Winchester Model 70?
Retaks Im happy for you. You must have a lot more time and money then me. $1200 on rounds just for your 300 thats a lot of money. I have flung well over 10000 aroows this year. Shooting agun is easy. Archery now thats a chalenge.
Archery is a challenge when your using a longbow or recurve bow.
08-25-2008, 01:30 PM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: Winchester Model 70?
I dont agree oeh...you've never seen me shoot a compound
Without hijacking this thread
I started outwith a recurve(Ben Pearson) and after months of practice and lessons became a decent shot to 20 yards or so but never killed a deer. Then I bought a compound and shot great but never saw a deer or when I did flat out missed them. Then I took up archery elk hunting and killed a elk on the first archery hunt I ever took. That poor elk was the unluckiest elk God ever put on this green earth. One year of shooting a compound and I could easily shoot 2x as far as I ever shot with a recurve but I found myself feeling like a mechanic and not an archer. Just too complicated for my tastes
