Winchester Pre 64 Model 70?

SP45

July 01, 2015 10:04

Would a 1958 made 300 H&H have the standard Winchester steel butt plate with the tear drop inletted at the heel and would both the front and rear receiver bridge have been factory drilled and tapped.

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  richarda

  July 01, 2015 10:53

  1. No; would have red factory solid recoil pad.
  
  2.Yes.

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  MG1890

  July 01, 2015 12:40

  Well, this is my take on it, after a review of the Rule book:
  
  Change form metal buttplate to composite buttplate in 1959.
  
  300 Win Mag, 375 H&H Mag, 264 Win Mag, 338 Win Mag and 458 Win Mags have rubber recoil pads, either vented or solid, depending. 300 H&H never has a recoil pad as standard.
  
  So, 1958 should be a steel buttplate on a 300 H&H.

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  Ambrose

  July 01, 2015 13:49

  I haven't found anything, either, in the Rule book that indicates a recoil pad "as issue" on a .300 H&H. Both of mine have after-market recoil pads so they are no help.
  
  As an aside re MG1890's post: Per the Rule book, the .264 "Westerner" did not have a pad while the .264 featherweight did. And my 1960 .264 Westerner has the composite plate.

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  Fairlane66

  July 01, 2015 14:57

  To chime in:
  
  - A steel butt plate would be appropriate for a 1958 rifle.
  
  - Unless a Standard Grade 300 H&H rifle were special ordered, a rubber recoil pad would NOT be appropriate.
  
  - A 1958 rifle would have the action factory-tapped for scope mounts, both fore and aft.

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  SP45

  July 01, 2015 15:18

  Thanks all, that's what I thought but wasn't positive.

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