I have a model 70 that I bought from a friend. He won the rifle in a raffle in Eagle River Wisconsin like 30 years ago. He never fired the rifle. I bought it off of him and I took it to the range. I can not get the rifle to fire. The hammer shoots forward and nothing. The primer does not have so much as a scratch on it. I suspect the firing pin may be short?
This is (other than being 30 years old) is in effect a brand new rifle.
It is chambered in .270 winchester
The serial is G1942xxx
Can anyone tell me the year? (I know its not a pre-'64)
Can anyone measure thier firing pin so I can measure against mine?
Anyone have any other info on how I can get my rifle operable?
Sounds like the firing pin is gummed up by old oil. Pull the bolt apart and clean the old oil from the firing pin and from inside the bolt. Carberator cleaner works good. Once you have all the gummed up oil off/out. Lube the firing pin and reassemble the bolt. You should be good to go.
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Last edited by chesterwin; 01-24-2010 at 03:18 PM.
What Chesterwin said is correct...But the firing pin could be broken or Bent as well , or out of adjustment . If you dont know how or cant fix it , I can repair it for you if you like if you dont have a qualified Gunsmith nearby. You pay for Parts and Postage .
Rich
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Thanks,
I was playing with it a bit today. I took the bolt apart, cleaned and lubed it per your advice.
The inside of the bolt where the striker assembly goes is clean.
Loaded a round (that I removed the powder/bullet from)
Nothing...
If I put a cleaning rod down it with a jag on the end, and make sure the end of the jag that is supposed to hold the cleaning patch goes into the firing pin hole in the bolt face, When the trigger is pulled I get a nice crisp jump of the cleaning rod.
I cut the end off that holds the patch so that it will only sit flat against the bolt face, no jump.
The firing pin is not broken (The black finish has not even a scratch in it), no bends.
If I turn the striker assembly with the saftey in the fire mode, The firing pin protrudes from the bolt face.
What sort of adjustments can be made? I am very mechanically inclined. I can probably do it if I know what I am checking for.
Thanks for the offer-but there are lots of good smiths near me.
I just cant imagine what the holdup with this rifle is? It has one of the simplest actions of any rifle I own. And like I said, essentially brand new...
IF the firing pin protrudes from the bolt face when the bolt is uncocked then , unless there is an obstruction somewhere, it should fire a primed case unless the headspace is too loose...
What does the protrusion Measure from the Bolt face ? It should be at least .050 .
Check for clearance at the back of the reciever and sear area as it sounds like something is stopping the pin from full travel when the bolt is in the gun...
Rich
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I was playing with it a bit more. The action was so stiff that it would not allow the bolt handle to turn all the way!
It took a fairly good amount of extra force to get it all the way home.
Put my cleaning rod down it with the jag on the bolt face and it jumped nicely.
Not beiing the type to force things, I thought the bolt was all the way home.
I am confident the next time I try to fire it, I'll get a boom.
Wichester model 70 will not fire 
Got it! 
