Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Your Favorite Model of pre-64 Winchester Rifles

I know. I've owned a ton of them. I had a Model 61 that I sold for, I believe, $40, a Model 69 and many others. My grandfather had a Model 53(?) or 63(?) rimfire that loads through the stock. It was a fun rifle to shoot. I think my brother wound up with it but I'm not sure. I had a Model 70 in .338 Win Mag that would kick you so hard you'd have to clean the boogers off your scope.

I have two.
1885 in 38-55 and
Model 74 .22LR

Mine are a pristine Model 71 .348 and a Model 70 Standard in .30-06.

What about a 25WSSM dipshitt?

My favorite as well.

My 264 Westerner is the best and most accurate rifle I own. When my boys are all grown up, they will say that rifle was "Dads rifle"...

I loaned it out to a Marine that I serve with and he killed a big eight point buck with it a few days ago.

I had the pleasure to meet up with one of the greastest Winchester bolt action collectors in the country. I viewed his whole collection persoanlly. He agreed with my assessment on the 264. And he killed deer with every cal the 54 and 70 was made in.

I held the very first production 270 of any make ever produced. Model 54 w/ serial #3, in 270.

RAS

I call myself a bolt guy, and love my 300H&H standard rifle and 270 fwt. But when push comes to shove my favourites are a pre-war M64 30-30 with Redfield 70 receiver sight, and a pre-war M62A with Lyman #1A.

Is the 25 WSSM a pre-64 dipshitt?

Jeff

I have always admired the Model 71. The one and only time I fired one, I dead centered the bullseye at 100 yards, with it wearing a receiver sight. The owner was dumbfounded

My brother has 3 Model 70's, but I confess I think the M70 starts to work well in the bigger calibers, just due to weight. I'd enjoy having a .338 or .375.

And yes, the 1885's are still something special, many years after JMB designed it.

Now there is another great observation by a Mensa candidate.

Let's see, 35,000 posts in 7 years, that's 5000 a year. divide that by 365 days in a year and you have someone that spends most of his time posting on a website that gives him his pleasure with no real life contact.

Boy, brother, you are a winner. 35,000 one liners with great insight. That's why I come here to learn from the likes of you.

My two favorite pre-64 Winchesters are family hand me downs.

My uncles Model 71 and my grandfathers Model 1890.

I used to follow my uncle thru the black timber chasing elk, when everybody else thought that hunting mule deer was the thing to do, and he carried the 71. Haven't carried it in earnest since I got it a few years ago, but an elk rifle hunt is in the plans for 2010.

The 1890 shoot 22 longs, which are getting hard to get. But the first time I shot a rifle it was in my hands with my dad telling me it was OK and my grandfather standing by. It always gets out for a shooting session on my grandpas B-day.

John(Dog)

LMAO..

Mickey, you just have to tell it like it is.. My answer would be the same if the question asked about favorite Rem 742s..

Now that you mention it the 742 is on the same list.

I've got a couple-three M700s.. They're 'ok', but I'd ditch 'em in a minute for a nice M70... Hehehehehe..

That ought to get your blood pressure up a few pounds..

As I've only been into pre 64s, the model 70's for 5 years or so now,it's hard to come up with a favorite since,that can only come throughyears of use. I am feeling it may be one of my fwts in either 30'06 or .270 but I'm also really liking my newest, a 1955 300 H&H. I have also managed to put away a fwt for each of my 3 kids knowing they will only get harder to find.

Model 71!

I've got several pre-64's

My favorite 22 is a 62A with a tang peep.

My favorite "deer gun" is a pre war 94 30-30 with a Redfield receiver peep sight.

My favorite jackrabbit gun is a 92 32-20 with a tang peep.



And my favorite "bear gun" is a 94 rechambered to 38-55.

Haven't owned a pre 64 model 70.....YET! Am dreaming of a 257 Bob.

Virgil B.

Handwerk: Good for you getting the youngsters a quality, safe and classey Rifle for their futures!
I have a friend that bought each of his three sons a Remington 722 in caliber 257 Roberts for their own uses.
Each of the 3 sons harvested a Mt. Goat with their Rifles and many Deer and Antelope.
Neat thing you did - hope they enjoy them as much as I do mine.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Vbshootinrange: I hope your "dream" of a Model 70 in caliber 257 Roberts comes to fruition!
Decades ago I and a friend were doing a favor for another friend and we were delivering a Model 70 in 257 Roberts to another state.
The Rifle was being sold from one person to another.
We stopped in a gunshop along the way and there was an old box of 257 Roberts ammo on the shelf for just a few bucks!
I bought the ammo and then we went looking for a place to shoot. A while later found a place to shoot "rocks" with the neat old Model 70!
The Rifle was just absolutely sweet to shoot and rather accurate with the open sights on "boulders"!
The Rifle functioned flawlessly and recoil for that heavy 1950's vintage 257 was very mild.
That was the only time I ever fired a 257 Roberts in the old Model 70 Rifle.
Those little Model 62's were great feeling and good shooting Rifles!
I was maybe 7 years old and was visiting relatives in eastern Oregon when my Grandpa asked my older brother to go shoot the Rock Chucks that were invading his garden!
Grandpa showed my brother how to load and shoot his little Model 62 Rifle, for all of about three minutes - and off we go.
My older brother shot a Rock Chuck near the garden and we were sitting in the rocks waiting for another to show up when a Raven flew right over us - my brother shot that Raven out of the air with the first shot!
I was so young I did not even have an idea how difficult that feat was.
Again hope you run across a nifty 257 at a good price.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

MColeman: "To each their own" - I repeat.
If there was damage done to your Lilja barrel oncest it was fitted to a Winchester pre-64 Model 70 action then I surmise it was not the fault of the action BUT WAS the fault of the gunsmith!
I have seen hundreds of Model 70 custom Rifles (including one that won the very prestigious Wimbledon Cup!) with "new" barrels affixed and own several myself - never once have I even heard a rumor as to the old Model 70 action "ruining" a barrel!
Indeed just the exact opposite is my experience!
I see custom Riflesmiths BEGGING for Winchester pre-64 Model 70 actions!
They LOVE to build custom Rifles on this handsome, strong and safe action!
Like I say to each their own but again I will inquire as to just exactly which factory action IS stronger, safer, better looking and more versatile than the Winchester pre-64 Model 70?
Long live THE Riflemans Rifle!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy