Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Finally bought a Pre 64 Model 70 to hunt with.

I have been collecting Pre 64 Model 70s for quite some time, but have always hesitated to hunt with them. Well, that changed last weekend when I answered a local ad and ended up buying a 1955 Featherweight in 270 Win.

The rifle shows some wear with the checkering worn pretty smooth and the finish on the aluminum butt plate and floor plate wearing thin. I did some cosmetic restoration that suits me just fine. The stock is structurally very sound with both sights and front sight hood being in good shape. The overall bluing is quite good. The rifling looked sharp.

I mounted the Leupold Vari-X III, 3.5x10x40 that I was not currently using.

Now for the true test. I took it to the range today and with the least expensive (Hornady Whitetail, 130 gr) I could find locally, I was shooting 1 inch groups after a couple of adjustments.

Take a look;






















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Thanks for looking.

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