one piece floor plate for Pre64 that fits a classic stock

[Xkv8r]

Hi all

I am starting a very interesting project, building a 404 Jeffery on a 1952 pre-64 M70. The M70 was originally a 220 Swift, converted to a 7x64. The stock was sold when I shot out the barrel and I just kept the action for just such a build.

Metal work is all sorted,

I managed to source a stock which comes from a 375 H&H Win M70 Classic, and I am faced with a couple of problems. It's easy enough to fit the receiver to the stock, by elongating the rear stock guard screw hole 1/8" forward, but the two piece floor plate leaves an ugly gap where the new stock is inlet for the one piece floor plate. Plus the area around the front guard screw is way too deep for the pre64 metal.

Does anyone manufacture a one piece floor plate for a Pre-64 that will fit a classic stock that fills those gaps and is a drop in to the classic stock

 

[Dusty Stevens]

If you use a fiberglass/graphite or some sort of composite stock you can make anything fit. Once its all inletted and filled paint it

 

[shortgrass]

Hi all

I am starting a very interesting project, building a 404 Jeffery on a 1952 pre-64 M70. The M70 was originally a 220 Swift, converted to a 7x64. The stock was sold when I shot out the barrel and I just kept the action for just such a build.

Metal work is all sorted,

I managed to source a stock which comes from a 375 H&H Win M70 Classic, and I am faced with a couple of problems. It's easy enough to fit the receiver to the stock, by elongating the rear stock guard screw hole 1/8" forward, but the two piece floor plate leaves an ugly gap where the new stock is inlet for the one piece floor plate. Plus the area around the front guard screw is way too deep for the pre64 metal.

Does anyone manufacture a one piece floor plate for a Pre-64 that will fit a classic stock that fills those gaps and is a drop in to the classic stock

No. No one makes "drop-in", 1 piece bottom metal for a pre-64 model 70 that will fill the gaps in a post '64 LA stock. It'd be a "one-off", where the part would have to be individually made to fit the application. What you need is a Pre '64 stock.

 

[Xkv8r]

The unfortunate thing is that there are very few pre 64 stocks available and of those that are, the styling is not conducive to comfort when shooting a 404 Jeffery. The post 64 stocks, particularly the 375 and 458 stocks from the Win M70 Classic models, are way better in form and function.

Pity about the Floorplate, I think someone is missing a good bet, because it does open up stock choices for a prospective builder

 

[Dusty Stevens]

But how many would they actually sell?

 

[shortgrass]

The unfortunate thing is that there are very few pre 64 stocks available and of those that are, the styling is not conducive to comfort when shooting a 404 Jeffery. The post 64 stocks, particularly the 375 and 458 stocks from the Win M70 Classic models, are way better in form and function.

Pity about the Floorplate, I think someone is missing a good bet, because it does open up stock choices for a prospective builder

A "builder" would probably make a custom stock. When you start talking pre '64 Model 70 you're no longer in the 'drop-in' world.