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I did indeed win another eBay auction yesterday afternoon. I've been wanting, searching and trying to get one for years. and yesterday, I finally got one! A Crosman model 70 in pretty solid condition. He says it works. But then again, most eBay auctioneers do. It's complete and pretty solid looking...just the usual wear-n-tear marks from what I see. And from what I could make out of the serial number, and Crosman's usual dating system, that 79 means 7/79. They were built from 1973 to 1980.

I'm planning to restomod it too look more like a pre-'64 Winchester model 70 Standard. Including pre-war Standard checkering. Gotta figure that part out though. Got much of what I need to do the job already, lacking checkering tools. And the manual gives some interesting info on the rifling, barrel length, stock finish etc.

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If that's hand rubbed walnut stain, it's watered down or something?!
 
I did indeed win another eBay auction yesterday afternoon. I've been wanting, searching and trying to get one for years. and yesterday, I finally got one! A Crosman model 70 in pretty solid condition. He says it works. But then again, most eBay auctioneers do. It's complete and pretty solid looking...just the usual wear-n-tear marks from what I see. And from what I could make out of the serial number, and Crosman's usual dating system, that 79 means 7/79. They were built from 1973 to 1980.

I'm planning to restomod it too look more like a pre-'64 Winchester model 70 Standard. Including pre-war Standard checkering. Gotta figure that part out though. Got much of what I need to do the job already, lacking checkering tools. And the manual gives some interesting info on the rifling, barrel length, stock finish etc.

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If that's hand rubbed walnut stain, it's watered down or something?!
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If you've never checkered anything go get a BUNCH of beater stocks to practice on. You don't wanna screw this up. Cool gun, good luck.
 
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Nice win. I had a winchester model 70. My uncle gave it to me when i was a teen. Loved that gun to death. Put 1000s of rounds thru it. Then one day he stops by the house and asks if he can have the rifle he lent me back. Wanted to teach his kid how to shoot. I was crushed. My mom was so pissed. She read him the riot act about being and indian giver. He insisted that it was just on loan. I returned it to him and have barely spoken to him since then. Turns out his kid hates shooting. The rifle was taken to a local shop and sold off. I was never even given the chance to purchase it. But I digress. That stock is way too light. Either someone replaced it or did a heck of a job refinishing it (how would you lighten up the wood to that degree?) That being said it is good looking and I would keep it that light. Man cant wait to see the video of this baby in action. Congrates on a nice score.
 
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It was a very fortunate,...shall we say, happy accident. I just up & decided to cruise-n-peruse the eBay Crosman auctions. A few pages in and O-M-G!!! Nah, no way, this s*** never happens to me. But there she was. Bid $200 that I even told the seller was a very fair price for it in this condition. He agreed and took it. It'll be here tomorrow. It is not an underlever. You lift that lever to put one 12g Co2 cartridge in it and close to pierce. Unlike the 160 that uses two 12g Co2 cartridges. I also went back on eBay this afternoon and scarfed up a Dem-Bart checkering tool kit that'll be here Saturday. I'm going to also use the Minwax #224 special walnut stain which nails the walnut stain Crosman used on the variant 1 760 Powermaster. I'll give it the pre-war model 70 Standard checkering. I've saved a pic or two of, but need more angles of view. And some practice first. I've only just been shown the darker stocked ones today. It has a sort of reddish tone added to the medium walnut. But the wood once again looks like Elm, a light-colored wood, as also used on my 160. I only ever saw pics of these lighter ones. Lighter stain is goin' south. Doesn't belong on a model 70 I ever saw. Winni or Crosman. But the #231 Gunstock stain is a wood color the Winchester model 70's used. And the medium walnut I'm going to use. It even has the 24 3/4" barrel like the Winchester model 70's. Even the front sight is part of the barrel like the original Winchester ones. Those were basically improved K98 Mausers. I found the factory stains are brittle spray on stains...usually. These are described as, " hand rubbed". It is also described as weight about as much sans scope as the 160 with scope. I can't wait to do a comparison of the two!

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The satin finished parts were die-cast alloy, so regular bluing chemicals meant for steel wouldn't work. So satin black paint it was. Already have a Rustoleum spray can of it for this one and the receiver on the 760v4. And the USPS was jerking me around on this shipment. And I paid for priority mail shipping! Bought it 5 days ago and it was still stuck in Elk Grove Village, IL by lunch time. I got an investigator on it, he wanted to know hat it was and where from. I told him what it was and relative worth, what I paid for it. As of 5:29PM, it was at the Cleveland hub. On route to destination. I hope it gets to the local hub during the night to get it delivered tomorrow?! Got the camera all charged up and ready to debut it and my new set up.
 
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And after finally giving it it's first cleaning/Rem-Oil rub down in Lord knows how long, here's what she looks like all cleaned up and ready to go;

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And the 7/8" round patches after cleaning the barrel bore;

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This is one long rifle too. The 66AB Powermaster is about as long as the 160 Pellgun. And this model 70 Pellgun is about 3 inches longer than that! So I'd honestly have to say this is an adult air rifle. Size-wise. But it feels lighter than the 160 Pellgun .22? Balanced though...very nice balance and comfortable grip. I also ordered some Hawk mid-rise dovetail mounts on Amazon yesterday. PA was all out of the dovetail versions I need. Darn it, so much for getting more Bullseye Bucks...

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Thanks. It did take most of a lifetime, since I was 17 when they first started building them to even see a picture of one! Going through decades of heresay, etc. And yes they are, they're hollow ground flexible steel filleting/boning knives. And no, I just poked the tip into my thumb beside the nail. Not even 1/16". Kinda like the way I used to cut my hands up on the dress up section of the small block line at Ford. I'd come home, my wife sees my hands, and askes, " what'd you do to your hands?" typical male response, " I dunno?" So not a big deal to me, I'm used to it. Had the tips of both index finger sewn back on down to the first knuckle too. I'm going to try some lighter pellets in it too. Maybe tomorrow after some business.
 
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Looks real good! I know you would have sorted out the scope issue without any need for me to comment. When you mentioned problems with the lighting in your indoor range I wondered if your stray light was causing ERR messages like mine. My short range is located in my garage and during daytime use on bright days my caldwell was shooting all kinds of err codes along with false readings ( unless my Hatsan torpedo 155 .25 cal can really send my 19.91 gr pellets occasionally at speeds up to 4250 fps). My caldwell uses LEDs not IR lights so I tried eliminating all florescent lighting and still got far too many ERR codes. I then noticed that sunlight reflecting off passing cars would send flickering pulses of light through the garage door windows so I used some string and a sheet of poster board and cut shades that cut off all the stray light from those windows. Results are I can shoot 50 shots and get as few as 3 ERR codes. I wouldn't want to this solution outdoors where a breeze would grab these sails and topple the chonograph, but on my 10yd indoor range they made a substantial improvement.

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Hm...I've got a sheet of poster board laying behind the backstop? Might try that. Got nothing to loose at this point and I'm behind in my chronograph testing. I've got two complete Caldwell set ups. One I bought and one that was parts Battenfeld Technologies sent me. So I've got IR & the white LED lights. New and old wall worts too. I hope it works as well for me, that'd save me the cost of a G2 and eating the two I have. That would allow me to test the 3 pellets the 760's like in the model 70. JSB Exact Express @ 7.87gr, H&N sniper lights @ 7.5gr, & Beeman silver bears @ 7.1gr. Then I'll see where that 679FPS I kept reading comes from? Crosman says 650FPS. They tested the 760's with a 7.9gr pellet. So if this is a constant...
 
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