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The living should be embarrassed for the dead... I believe Aristotle said that. Aristotle is dead. He never even got the chance to own a BACO Win 70 Featherweight!  If he had...his whole philosophy would have changed......  He would have hated the MOA trigger as well... This quote may infer: "The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal." Aristotle....
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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"I reject your reality and substitute my own...."
Mythbusters
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The Kimber without question.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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What's wrong with French whores? 
I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all.
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A very astute question! 
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I prefer the 84. If I'm hankering for a full size m70 it'll be one of my pre 64s. Me no likey the curly checkering of the featherweights. Seems like I'd need Michael Jackson gloves to hunt with those. White ones with a big silver W.
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I much prefer the 70...though id get it restocked without question with a classically styled piece of walnut more in line with the super grade stock
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EMBRACE YOUR INNER WHORE!  I prefer when it embraces me.
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I have both, in fact I have a bunch of M70s, and they are similiar but still different.
The Kimber M84L is a much smaller action and thus a lighter gun. The trigger on the Kimber is very nice and can be adjusted easilly and the stock look BLOWS the M70s out of the water.
The M70 is a much larger action and build like a tank, although I doubt the Kimber has any weakness in that respect, The trigger is nice but not great like the old M70s trigger was. I like the Featherweight stock.
Bottom line is pick the one you prefer and you'll be happy.
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As always...the pre 64 M70 gets my vote.
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So if I buy a Winchester 70 I get a French Whore? Bout the only way I would buy one. Maybe until I see one I like for cheap in a caliber I want. Then Im jumping on that bandwagon. 
I've always been different with one foot over the line.....
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I prefer the 84. If I'm hankering for a full size m70 it'll be one of my pre 64s. Me no likey the curly checkering of the featherweights. Seems like I'd need Michael Jackson gloves to hunt with those. White ones with a big silver W. I am no fan and buy after market stocks for almost any M70. But it's kinda funny to hear these criticism of the FW stock on here when the place runs amok with those silly McSwirleys in those ridiculous color blends. You gotta be a [bleep] just to order one of those things. What nightmares! Talk about gay stocks! LOL!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I have found myself agreeing with Ingwe. It does give one pause and a double take on maybe I need to rethink this...  But, a blind hog does occasionally find an acorn and a broken clock is right twice a day... DF
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Been thinking this over and came to a conclusion,Ingwe agrees with us!
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Been thinking this over and came to a conclusion,Ingwe agrees with us! I like the way you spun that... Sure you're not in politics...  DF
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Postive!
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Been thinking this over and came to a conclusion,Ingwe agrees with us! He's old enough to have more than a few screws backing out of their holes....
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle. I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
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I had my Mod70 Classic 270 converted to 375H&H, where it belongs.
I have a 260 84M and 30-06 84L.
Very happy.
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When the Kimber has fought a war or two,competed for decades in match shooting everywhere from local matches to Wimbledon, served as the backup in the world,served as backup rifle for some of the worlds best professional hunters,and taken every major BG trophy on every continent on the Globe several times over, I'll give it equal status with the Model 70 (which it unabashedly copies in anorexic form, which gets some people giddy). Until then, the Kimber is a Johnny Come Lately tourist grade. Nice....but....tourist grade. The M70 does not "belong" with the 270/30-06? Since when and says "who"? Internet jockeys? The M70 practically "made" those cartridges and many others. Always a good chuckle on here...
Last edited by BobinNH; 06/06/16.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Bob, do you really think the Portuguese-made M70 of today is the same as the USA made M70 of yester-year?
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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