Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles My idea of a "classic" whitetail rifle...

Although I would never admit this to my lovely wife I as I guess most of us do likely own more rifles than I actually need. �Need� being the operative word here.

That being said I feel like many of us likely have many different flavors and styles with the latest and greatest new cartridges, calibers, optics, durable finishes and on and on and on.

With that being said the one I am posting here I have actually never even hunted with (working on changing that) as I always just grab a stainless synthetic something or other and go. But when I bought this rifle used at a LGS several years ago my sentiment was how can I truly call myself a true whitetail hunter without owning a classically styled Walnut stocked Model 70 in O�conner�s beloved 270 Winchester.

This one is scoped with a simple straight up Leupold 6X fixed in Redfield style rings and bases.

Though it is not waterproof, weatherproof, warp proof, scratch or anything proof nor is it the latest or greatest thing, this to me truly represents all a classic traditional whitetail rifle needs to be.







Post up your idea of a classic whitetail stick. I would love to see what others ideas of this are.

twofish

Like yours, the very classy M70 .270, but mine is an older fwt.

Found a nice 7x57 Mauser, Win M70 here this weekend with great wood.

Were it not for my son needing braces shortly - it would have come home with me.

Thinking that with a nice little 6x or 2.5-8 on it would be about perfect.

Nothing against JOC and the 270 but it's never done a damned thing for me.

Classic 06

I was doing some load development at the range this weekend and witnessed a guy shooting a Winchester mod. 70 FWT 270win. stainless.
I wasn't a huge Winchester fan -just because I started out with Remingtons -anyway -I watched this guy shoot three -three shot groups [trios] at ""200 yards"" the largest group .8".
The best group had bullet holes all but touching maybe .5".
He said both of his brothers and a friend had the same rifle and all of them shot just as good as his.
This rifle was very light but not like a model seven --very well balanced.
Man did that rifle handle nice...
Good pictures thanks.
Mike

Great pics guys....keep em' coming.

I am primarily a remington guy also so don't let this be limited exclusively to Winchesters. That was certainly not my intention.

Nice rub Keystone...!

twofish

not too shabby a choice when it comes to perforating porkers.

Best

GWB

My first centerfire. It has accounted for over half of my total take, and I've used numerous rifles for deer hunting.

I've said it before, but damn if deer don't seem to walk in front of that rifle like it won't hurt them. It usually doesn't....for long.

I opened this thread fully expecting to see Savage 99s, Winchester 94s and Marln 336s, along with an odd Remington 14 or 141 or two, maybe a Model 8 or 81.

Alas, it was not to be. Oh well, I've outgrown those, too , and hunt with a M70 .270, although it's in a B&C stock, matte-finished. Mine has a common Leupold Vari-XII 3-9 on it, otherwise, very similar to yours. (I have an old M8-4x stashed in case something happens to the variable )

Nothing wrong with them, or the backup rifle, a Howa 1500 in .270, also. It ain't broke, so I ain't fixin' it.

Hey GW

How many pics of perforated pigs do you have??

Mike

Yep!

Quein sabe

I kill 50 or more in a good year, most with at rifle. My best 3 day total is 15. I've been taking pix for at least the last 15 years, with my first digital pix. during the 1999-2000 season.
Don't always take pix but do quite often.

I've actually never counted.

If I'm posting to many re-prints let me know. I'll dig deeper in the memory banks.

Best,

GWB

Not at all. I like to see them.

Mike

Beautiful pics...never get tired of seeing a scene like that!

Not always the best or most efficient, but an open sighted (or tang peep) 1899 is about as classic as it gets.

I realize this ain't no whitetail, but here's my 303. About as classic as it gets in my book, though I haven't killed a whitetail with it...yet.

Another classic...Marlin 336 in .30-30
Bob

My 'classic' bolt action scoped deer rifles would have to be a pair of DWM custom Mausers in 6.5 Swede and 7x57mm Mauser, fine oil finished walnut and polished blue steel.

Gunner

A classic hot number - 250-3000.