Today, the budget for your rifle with the Brown Precision stock, adding the 3 position safety, a new trigger, a quality barrel, bedding, matte bluing, etc. In 1992, it cost less than $600 plus the M70 action to put this together. It has take 4 rams, many elk and mule deer and countless coyotes and whitetails. 280 Rem in 1992 with a pre-64 M70 action, Douglas barrel, Jewell trigger and a Brown Precision stock. What this means is that the $295 "action" quickly becomes a more expensive hunting rifle, but that is not all bad. Not a plastic stock like what comes on most rifles today, but a Brown Precision, McMillan or HiTech stock. Personally, I prefer a quality fiberglass stock. The Timney trigger is very nice, and the Jewell is even nicer. Safeties come from Dakota and Gentry, and also Ed Lapour. Depending on what you ultimately want in a "custom" rifle, you may consider changing the safety to a three position safety like a Win M70, and also changing out the trigger. You can use the existing stock and change the barrel, or replace the stock as well. Mitch, the Sears JC Higgins model 50 is the FN action, which has a bolt safety (versus a slide safety like the FN supreme action).
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