Winchester model 70 carbine
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Leslie Sapp
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A friends' got one just like it. I've made him promise if he ever sells it to let me know first. Very light, handy and accurate.
model70hunter
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I like the new style stock on yours. Nice.
I have a pre 64 that was made into a carbine. 20" bbl cut down from 24" and a nice crown cut. The stock stock was shortened for a small person, it had a 12.5" pull. The stock was nicely whittled down and Flour Di Lis checkering was applied by a professional.
The stock finish was gone, bluing was ok. I bought it less than the action was worth.
It came after I was divorced, had sold a ton of nice ones and was without a deer rifle. I used the Tasco scope the first year and replaced it with something nice. It held accuracy thru deer season but had to be zeroed in before each deer season. I thought the thin stock was probable the culprit. I glass bedded it and it has held to zero for 20 years. I also added a longer recoil pad, it is now about 13". Works well with a coat.
My good wife wanted me to teach her safety, how to shoot and how to deer hunt. So she picked this rifle out of the safe reaching past a custom built Mause 98 commercial in 6.5 Swede.
She has bagged a ton of deer with the270 carbine. Short bbl makes some noise, she called it little thunder. I called it big lucky. I think the shorter and stiffer bbl has less vibration and aids in accuracy. Once she and I were hunting a down hill clearing. A nice buck walked across the bottom at 500 yards. With a rest I hit it right behind the shoulder but high enough to break his spine. He was suffering and was crawling off, I was leading him a little and did not see a small tree, I hit the tree and he kept crawling. I asked my wife to hand me Little Thunder as the WBY bullets were factory and 2 plus bucks a pop. The 270 hit him right behind the shoulder and thru the heart. I am glad I ended his suffering as quickly as possible.
My FIL had gifted my wife the WBY by will but left the gun with us. It had been a gift to him, he shot it once and killed a cow elk. He never wanted to shoot it again. He later told me it was my gun. Nice fella 99.99% of the time, he passed 5 weeks ago and I miss him.
My first deer rifle was a Win Mod 100 carbine in 308, it was deadly on deer.
I have a pre 64 that was made into a carbine. 20" bbl cut down from 24" and a nice crown cut. The stock stock was shortened for a small person, it had a 12.5" pull. The stock was nicely whittled down and Flour Di Lis checkering was applied by a professional.
The stock finish was gone, bluing was ok. I bought it less than the action was worth.
It came after I was divorced, had sold a ton of nice ones and was without a deer rifle. I used the Tasco scope the first year and replaced it with something nice. It held accuracy thru deer season but had to be zeroed in before each deer season. I thought the thin stock was probable the culprit. I glass bedded it and it has held to zero for 20 years. I also added a longer recoil pad, it is now about 13". Works well with a coat.
My good wife wanted me to teach her safety, how to shoot and how to deer hunt. So she picked this rifle out of the safe reaching past a custom built Mause 98 commercial in 6.5 Swede.
She has bagged a ton of deer with the270 carbine. Short bbl makes some noise, she called it little thunder. I called it big lucky. I think the shorter and stiffer bbl has less vibration and aids in accuracy. Once she and I were hunting a down hill clearing. A nice buck walked across the bottom at 500 yards. With a rest I hit it right behind the shoulder but high enough to break his spine. He was suffering and was crawling off, I was leading him a little and did not see a small tree, I hit the tree and he kept crawling. I asked my wife to hand me Little Thunder as the WBY bullets were factory and 2 plus bucks a pop. The 270 hit him right behind the shoulder and thru the heart. I am glad I ended his suffering as quickly as possible.
My FIL had gifted my wife the WBY by will but left the gun with us. It had been a gift to him, he shot it once and killed a cow elk. He never wanted to shoot it again. He later told me it was my gun. Nice fella 99.99% of the time, he passed 5 weeks ago and I miss him.
My first deer rifle was a Win Mod 100 carbine in 308, it was deadly on deer.
Not like yours but I've been shooting a Win. mdl 70 FWT in .280 for lots of years.......Still a deer getter.
medic15al
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We have a Winchester Model 70 Featherweight in 30/06.. Too much kick for me but I like that rifle.
Always wanted a Featherweight in 7x57 Mauser. Thought that would be a perfect balance of caliber and rifle on these small Alabama whitetails.
Always wanted a Featherweight in 7x57 Mauser. Thought that would be a perfect balance of caliber and rifle on these small Alabama whitetails.
Texas Star
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Which Weatherby, and in what caliber? You seem to have omitted a sentence or two. ?? It wouldn't bother me to fire another Weatherby ctg. or two to finish the deer, but I'm pleased that the .270 did so well at that extended yardage.
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Texas Star
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Before they returned the M-70 to Controlled Round Feeding, I also disparaged the post '64 rifles, but think the current M-70's are the best yet.
I gave my pre 64 Model 70 30.06 away. My name Crazy Phil is
well deserved. (It seemed like a good idea at the time)
well deserved. (It seemed like a good idea at the time)
You may be right, but the only pre 64s I had that were not as
accurate as I thought they should be were 264 mags. I had two
of them, both mint. I was about 16 at the time and was using
factory ammo. I often wish I would have held onto one, hand
loads may have focused them. I had a whole collection of pre 64s
most in very good shape, all of them shot extremely well. I just
could never warm up to the new models. Guess I'm a snob.
model70hunter
Member
Did not omit, it must have been a fat finger, 300 WBY, German with a Redfield widefield scope. Or my wife diverted my attention or a grandkid hit a few keys or I fat fingered something when I took our new llittle Chocolate Female Lab pup or or I fell asleep at the wheel orrrrrr zzzzz
That is the furthest I've ever shot a game animal. I have bagged quite a few at 400 or a little further with the 270 Win and 300 WBY mag.
Just remembered a 270 Weatherby very low SN on an FN action I had, probably put together by Roy, I shot one buck over 500 yards in front of some folks. It is truly one rifle I wish i'd never parted ways with. I shot quite a few at 200-300 yards, it made me look good.
My Dad was early into dementia, he quit hunting and gave me his only deer rifle, a 1952 Winchester in 270. For a couple of years he would ask if I killed my buck with his gun. I felt guilty, hated the look on Dad's face. I sold the WBY so I would use Dad's gun, and I bagged my biggest deer with Dad's 270 the first year I took it. I use it 99% of the time now.
I had pre 64 FWT's in 243, 270 and 264 Mag and sold them before I retired. All were accurate. I killed at least one deer with each of them. The 264 sounded like an 88mm howitzer going off , LOUD.
For a short while Weatherby sold Norma ammo in standard Calibers With the Weatherby name on the box. They were not thinking, this was extra speed ammo, the 270 Win had similar velocity to the WBY 270. I found an LGS that had bought up cases Of this when WBY quit selling it. I bought a couple of cases of the 270 Win, I now get the best of 2 worlds, Dad's old Winchester and 270 WBY performance. I only hunt with it, I'm good until the year 2200 or so.
I guess WBY realized they were providing folks with WBY ballistics in a gun not of their making and dropped the line.
model70hunter
Member
Did not omit, it must have been a fat finger, 300 WBY, German with a Redfield widefield scope. Or my wife diverted my attention or a grandkid hit a few keys or I fat fingered something when I took our new little Chocolate Female Lab pup or or I fell asleep at the wheel orrrrrr zzzzz
That is the furthest I've ever shot a game animal. I have bagged quite a few at 400 or a little further with the 270 Win and 300 WBY mag.
Just remembered a 270 Weatherby very low SN on an FN action I had, probably put together by Roy, I shot one buck over 500 yards in front of some folks. It is truly one rifle I wish i'd never parted ways with. I shot quite a few at 200-300 yards, it made me look good.
My Dad was early into dementia, he quit hunting and gave me his only deer rifle, a 1952 Winchester in 270. For a couple of years he would ask if I killed my buck with his gun. I felt guilty, hated the look on Dad's face. I sold the WBY so I would use Dad's gun, and I bagged my biggest deer with Dad's 270 the first year I took it. I use it 99% of the time now.
I had pre 64 FWT's in 243, 270 and 264 Mag and sold them before I retired. All were accurate. I killed at least one deer with each of them. The 264 sounded like an 88mm howitzer going off , LOUD.
For a short while Weatherby sold Norma ammo in standard Calibers With the Weatherby name on the box. They were not thinking, this was extra speed ammo, the 270 Win had similar velocity to the WBY 270. I found an LGS that had bought up cases Of this when WBY quit selling it. I bought a couple of cases of the 270 Win, I now get the best of 2 worlds, Dad's old Winchester and 270 WBY performance. I only hunt with it, I'm good until the year 2200 or so.
I guess WBY realized they were providing folks with WBY ballistics in a gun not of their making and dropped the line.
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