Originally Posted by jk16
Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
Originally Posted by bt8897
Pre FW 64 7x57 custom
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Very nice. However it doesn't have the fwt profile barrel. I wouldn't consider it a fwt. Nice little 7x57 though. Congrats.


Yeah, it does not have the exact Featherweight contour barrel, but I think the contour on that cystom is actually more gracefull looking than the factory Winchester FWT contour which to me has all the grace of a stove bolt..:)

It must be a pretty light barrel because an early '60s FWT 39-06 I recently sold weight 7 lbs on the nose with a 32oz stock..

That 7x57 has a smaller hole in the barrel and I would bet that stock with cheekpeice is a few ounces heavier than factory as well.
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So at 7.4lbs in deed rather than looks, I would say that 7x57 really does have a "featherweight" barrel..It's probably a No 1 contour.


Nicely done rifle BTW, who did the stockwork?


I was told the stock was by George Beitzinger, and the barrel a Pac Nor #1