My first safari rifle

[Bert01]

I have and have had many Win 70s in all the varieties but only experience with building one rifle on the Montana ‘99 action. I assume you are referring to the MRC action? The MRC is a good action. Very similar to the Win 70 with same trigger and safety designs. But the 99 does not have the bolt alignment, anti-bind design feature. IMO, that feature is a much underrated plus of the post-‘86, IIRC, M70s. Comparing the two actions, my personal preference remains with the late New Haven Win M70. If on the other hand you find a magnum length 99 action that would simplify any magnum build.

I found your last sentence for a good price to boot!

 

[fourfive8]

technical point of errata typo in my previous post. First year of Win 70 anti-bind was '68 not '86- doh! A design modification that began in the post '64 era and included the '68 to '92 push feeds. Of course it's a non-issue if looking at all post-64 Win 70 CRFs because they all will have the anti-bind design. I've always been surprised the anti-bind was not incorporated into the MRC 1999 from the get go. The story is that the '99 action was modeled after both the Mauser 98 and Win 70.