Recent content by WCFMetalsmith

By the looks of the shape of the sleeve and the case hardened lever that safety unit is either a PME, or a Ed LaPour. Sadly PME made M70 safeties from 1985 to 2000, and Ed LaPour made M70 safeties from 2001 to 2020 Good luck in your search WCF

The 9.3x64 is a rather odd sized cartridge, thus the hard to find brass I have modified several Mauser 98 actions to it over the years, as well as making a few new machined trigger guards to fit that caliber Changes needed are Open bolt face, and lips, and the extractor hook. Machine the...

I use a P14 bolt for any caliber larger than a standard belted magnum LOTS of spare metal on the left side of the P14 bolt for these big boomers, yes the rest of the rim of the bolt is thin, but the left side is good I have built over a dozen 505 Gibbs on Enfield 14 and 17 receivers, and have...

Mark. Some History is needed. In 1925 Winchester went from the thin .045" hook to the .090" thick hook that we all know as the M70 Extractor Hook, thus the letter A added to the later model 54 receiver serial number to note the change. All M70's have the thicker hook When the USRA Custom shop...

Glad you found a part to get that shotgun running again. LOL last month I had a 11-87 come in, it would not fire, finally figured out what the issue was. Every one knows it has a gas seal, well the gun only needs 1 seal, not 2 seals The first seal was stuck up inside the barrel out of sight, so...

The Weatherby safety lever pivots on the screw in the side of the sleeve. I suspect the safety was on ON and some one tried to batter the bolt handle open. This could damage the hole in the root of the bolt handle. Even stretch the locking lever, or even bend the pivot screw That bolt handle...

Like I mentioned earlier, I have been modifing M98 guards to fit he HVA actions. Have to weld on a section in the front of the box to convert to the longer 30-06 inside length of the HVA action. The front round boss needs to be shortened, as the HVA receiver section is longer than the M98 The...

The Mauser 98 sleeve will not interchange with this HVA The thread diameter and thread location are different between the two FYI, I am the person making the new M70 three position safety/sleeve for these HVA rifles Trigger guards. I have 3 of these HVA actions in the shop currently and have...

Yes that rear sight is the # 458RS that I have made for years. Its a copy of the old 458 Winchester rear sight, but I make it with a one piece height adjustment screw Weatherby used it on their Dangerous Game Rifle, until they moved to WY Right now I am out of inventory and not sure when the...