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For me it's the .243 FWT
Low recoil and ammo can be had for under 20 a box.
I use mine only at the range.

I suspect it would also be a favorite of white tail hunters out to 200 yards.

1951 300 H&H with a Leupold 2.5-8x on it. I have plenty others but it eems like when it is go time the H&H is what I grab.

264 Westener with K6 Weaver.

Griffin & Howe M/70 .35 Whelen with 2-7X Leupold for big game and Prewar .257 Roberts for whitetail.

The one on top, a 1955 Fwt. In .243 with a B&L Balvar.

I can't decide. My least favorite is a 30-06 FWT because it is the least accurate, but that doesn't mean I dislike it.

1955 30-06. Originally a standard weight with the low comb stock, it now has a FW barrel and the raised comb stock. It looks exactly like Cartods 243 above except it is well used and shows it. With an old Leupold 3-9 Compact scope it weighed 8 lbs. It gained a few oz. since I put a 3-9 VX-II on it but is still nice to carry in the mountains. I shot my best Rifle Silhouette scores with that rifle when it was a standard weight and have killed a bunch of deer with it. Love that rifle!

A custom on a pre-64 action is new to me so it's a current favorite. It's aftermarket .300 Win. M. barrel made a small group at 100 yds Friday but I am still playing with the bedding and have to load more ammo today.

I got an old .264 Westerner out of the back row for the longer ranges here and to have less recoil than the .300. I did not shoot all that great with the load my memory said was all set!

It did shoot some 107 gr Match Kings well. Maybe I will order some 130 VLD hunting or maybe put the 264 back where it was.



The M70 on the right has been a reliable, stays sighted in rifle for a long time. It's a 300HH. Forget what the load is. It's in the back row as other rifles have my interest.

1954 Featherweight .308 with a 3x9 Leupold. Its a deer killing machine. I often just hunt with an old lever action Savage or Winchester as its almost like taking candy from a baby to use that thing.

.30-06FW. My only m70.

I will never part ways with this 300 H&H Mag.





But you could try!

donsm70

270 Winchester is my favorite rifle of all that I have.

One for every situation:
-A .243 FWT (last year Winchester prod before stopping) 6x Leupold
-pre 64 in 270 with Leupold 6x
-pre 64 30-06 with G&H side mount 2 3/4 Redfield and a Lyman 48 rear
-pre 64 7mm mag with 3.5 to 10 Leupold
-1937 prod Super grade in 300 H&H, Custom side mount (similar to G&H) Leupold 1.5 to 5 and a Lyman 48 rear
-pre 64 Mag action in a custom wildcat 35 "Z magnum" (This is a 375 H&H blown out and necked down to 35 caliber) 1.5 to 5 Leupold

I've only carried a couple of mine hunting but I plan to carry all of them at some time,..one at a time..:-)
I've carried the top one which is a 1960 action with a Shilen barrel in 308 Norma and a McMillan stock.
I've carried the middle one which is a '59 Fwt in 30-06.

My 30-06 and 308 fwt....:

This 358 Win.

No doubt a FW 270 for me.

Bushmaster1313: For shooting my favorite pre-64 Model 70 was an ultra-accurate Varmint Model in 243 Winchester.
I have had lots of fun shooting this Rifle from the bench.
Alas I retired this nifty Rifle about 15 years ago and now just admire it and clean it now and then.
For Hunting my all time favorite pre-64 Model 70 is a "tie" between a 1950's vintage Standard Rifle in 30/06 and a 1950's vintage Standard Rifle in 270 Winchester.
I have Hunted ALL manner of Big Game with these two Rifles from Antelope to Moose to Bear and Elk.
Again I "retired" these Rifles some time ago and now just let them "appreciate" in my gun vault.
Long live the Riflemans Rifle.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

My favorite is a 300 H&H Super-Grade with an old steel tubed Weaver 4-12X40 AO in a set of Conetrols firing 200 gr Swift A Frames with H-4831.

I love that old rifle, and they can throw it in the box with me at my funeral.

Gunner

'55 FWT 243, that Dad bought new for Mom. Shoots 100gr Nosler Solid Bases into one hole.