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bushmaster1313
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I don't hunt
The other Winchester rifle I don't hunt with is a .257 Roberts
The other Winchester rifle I don't hunt with is a .257 Roberts
My very own Jack O'Connor Tribute Rifle
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I don't hunt
The other Winchester rifle I don't hunt with is a .257 Roberts
Jack's favorite "Bob" was a M70 too!
Very nice.
Qc Pistolero
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My father taught me to try to look at the bright side of things in life.
Blued steel and walnut stocks are not the fad nowadays!That used to make me sad ...until I remembered what my father taught me;people now want black plastic guns...'t makes more of the real blued walnut ones available at a lower price for me!
Blued steel and walnut stocks are not the fad nowadays!That used to make me sad ...until I remembered what my father taught me;people now want black plastic guns...'t makes more of the real blued walnut ones available at a lower price for me!
6GUNSONLY
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I have too many rifles, but can't bring myself to sell any of them. I have gotten to where I pick a "rifle of the year" and that's the one I hunt with pretty much the whole deer season (here in Alabama that runs for nearly 3 months with a liberal bag limit). So most of them sit in the safe most of the time. But those blue steel and walnut beauties have SOUL, and I rarely ever part with one once it proves itself in accuracy, reliability, and especially after having taken game with it.
DWalt
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I lucked into a pre-WWII Model 70 in .270 at an estate sale about 25 years ago. I paid $300 for it - gladly. Winchester knew what it was doing back then. I have never hunted with it, but I used to fire it frequently, but not so much over the last 10 years. I am now working up a special purpose .270 load for a friend, and am planning to use the M70 to test it. It always amazes me that the factories are continually grinding out all these new calibers when the 90-YO .270 is better than 95% of them. Not much you cannot do with the right load in a .270, from varmints to bear. I have never seen any .270 which didn't group like a target rifle. Even my Remington 7400 in .270 does.
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The 270 round is so good it's almost boring.
6GUNSONLY
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Agree on the .270. I don't presently have one, but shot .270 almost exclusively for years. Still remember my most used load - 130 grain Sierra boattail over 55 grs H-4350. Killed a bunch of deer with that. I never shot anything bigger than a deer with a .270 but had a load worked out with the 160 gr. Partition Nosler that I'd have been (and still would) confident in for the bigger stuff. And to correct some thread drift here, my
270s were both steel and walnut beauties - an early Ruger 77 round top and a Remington 700 Classic. That 700 was crazy accurate and a friend-of-a-friend still has it. I had it set up just like the OP's Jack O rifle - 4x Leupold and all.
270s were both steel and walnut beauties - an early Ruger 77 round top and a Remington 700 Classic. That 700 was crazy accurate and a friend-of-a-friend still has it. I had it set up just like the OP's Jack O rifle - 4x Leupold and all.
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I just remembered this thread today. I picked up a 1950 Winchester model 70 in .270 Winchester not too long ago. Someone had slathered polyurethane or something in the checkering, and here and there on the stock, complete with thick runs, but otherwise the gun was untouched. I have been playing around with it and hope to restore it, something like the OP’s. I have read three of Jack O’Conners books that I have to get in the right mood. It is a standard weight, not a feather weight, but is about the right era. I have been working on some loads, and picked up factory ammo, virgin cases, and bullets. Already had all the other stuff to reload. I have temporarily mounted an inexpensive tasco scope, but am searching for something more vintage that would look at home. But the tasco will do for load development.
Not a very good shot, but this is what it looked like the day I picked it up...
Best Regards, Les
Not a very good shot, but this is what it looked like the day I picked it up...
Best Regards, Les
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Qc Pistolero
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The 30-06 was born,well you all know in 1906.Still in its teen and with the assistance of father Winchester the 06 gave birth to the .270(1925).Given good ballistic coefficient,the newborn never looked back.Instant success maybe not but with the recognition of such a fine pen as Mr O'Connor,the kid was running towards famed recognition,,,and deservedly so.
It is also no secret that Mr O'Connor liked(loved)the Mod 70 from Winchester for even in its infancy the gun was well born and great.
While we are in the 21st century,it conforts my old bones to know that such thing from one century ago are still considered as piece of art.
Now if I could just convince my wife that I might still be of some use!!!
Forgot the most important thing here:Bushmaster,I'm jealous.Nice find.Congrats!
It is also no secret that Mr O'Connor liked(loved)the Mod 70 from Winchester for even in its infancy the gun was well born and great.
While we are in the 21st century,it conforts my old bones to know that such thing from one century ago are still considered as piece of art.
Now if I could just convince my wife that I might still be of some use!!!
Forgot the most important thing here:Bushmaster,I'm jealous.Nice find.Congrats!
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