Originally Posted By: Lochlan
RWTF, Thanks for the info! You are right the recoil pad is a Jostam, the one pictured in the patent drawing matches the one on the gun. I just checked the name and the date and here is the original patent for it. http://www.google.com/patents/US1642835?...927&f=false
The safety info also matches my gun. This gun still has the model 54 floor plate so there is no button, the floor plate doesn't open. I will take it down and see if it has a 54 or model 70 style trigger. I just wish Winchester had the info on these and you could just order a letter. Thanks vytautus
I went to a Blackburn trigger guard and floorplate on the 1935 M54 SG .220 Swift that was 'converted" by the WRA Custom Shop in early 1940 to the M70 bolt and safety. The stamped sheet metal used on all the M54's was serviceable, but not quite right for a quality rifle like the M70's (up to about 1950 anyway, IMO)--I may have a Jostam solid red period pad in the "odds and ends" cigar box if you are thinking of replacing that--The best and IMO anyway, most accurate data on the M54 and the M70 (including the butt-ugly post 1964 rifles) has to be Roger Rule's book--I'd darn near rob a bank for some of the rare M70's he has pictured therein- let us know more about what you can find out--please!! RWTF

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