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One day, while cruising through the lanes at a gun show, I spotted what looked like a winchester M70 Black Shadow in .300 Win. Mag. The price was right and I bought it. When I got it home, it didn't have the hinged floorplate of the Shadow. The guy said he was selling it because it kicked too hard. I would think so. What purported to be a recoil pad was as hard as the Rock of Gibralter. I replaced it with a Pachmeyr Decelerator and did a bit of a trigger job on the rifle. That rifle is now one of the most accurate rifles I own, with 180 gr. hot handloads doing .75" and hot 200 gr. loads pushing the .5" level. I later found out this rifle is a special version made exclusively for Walmart to sell for $350. I paid $295 for it. I did replace the crappy Simmons scope that was on the gun with 3x9 Leupold vari-X II. I would be hard pressed to part witht hat rifle, if the truth be known.
Paul B.
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