Sweet Lil' rifles. Had one bout 20 yrs ago and traded it off
.....NOW I've got the wants for a Hawkeye or SC M70 in .308. Love to find one with really nice wood. If not stainless-synthetic will be just fine. Gonna look around tomorrow
Good luck with your search. I honestly couldn't tell you which rifle I like the best out of the ruger and winchester
. They're both extremely well built rifles and they both shoot very well with the hunting loads I've worked up for them.
Funny, I've got the hawkeye all weather rifle and love it. Recently bought a FN made model 70 fwt and that thing is growing on me (even with the moa trigger
). Here's the 3 I've got now:
I'm suspecting I'll use one of them for deer hunting this year
Here's a better pic of the ruger and fwt:
I've settled on 47 gr. of RE-15 and the hornady 150 gr. sp flat base interlock for the 2 bolt guns, but haven't worked on loads for the 100 yet. Here's how the ruger and win fwt shoot with the same load: