Glad to see this thread! Never get tired of reading about old Model 70's!
I have 2 pre-64's. One is a 1952 .30-06 that is one of the two most accurate rifles I own. Still in factory stock, no bedding or other tweaks. The other is a 1963 .300 Win Mag that was in a Boyd's laminate stock when I got it, appeared to have been shot very little. It shoots as good as the .30-06.
Have mostly shot Federal Fusion 150 gr in the '.06, started and stuck with Federal loadings of 130 Barnes in the .300. Those things are extremely accurate in that gun! I've killed both hogs and deer with the 130's in the Win Mag, last season loaded some in my .300 Savage 99 and took my deer with one, have some loaded in .30-06 to try next.
Have a 1968 .30-06 Mannlicher Model 70 and a SC Featherweight .270 that don't shoot as well on paper as the pre-64's, but the .270 has killed everything it's been pointed at, including my best whitetail to date.
