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FS: Winchester Model 70 Lightweight .280 Rem Ackley Improved

I bought this as a 30-06 & had Dave @ IT&D pull the original tube & replace w/ a featherweight contour take-off in .280 Rem which he punched for me. He also re-blued the barrel which looks great save a tiny bit of wear on top at the muzzle which a camera can't capture but is there if you look. He also did a fine job of tweaking the trigger so it breaks beautifully @ approx 3 lbs.

The lightweight stock has great figure. There is a little bit of old pitting on the end of the bolt knob that I cleaned up w/ steel wool & WD40 when I bought the rifle.

The gunsmith sent me a fire-formed R-P .280 Rem case but I found the chamber oversized for forming the R-P 7mm Exp cases purchased for this project. Once I stretched bullet seating for a hard jam I found fire forming to be easy. That having been said, the brass included will last a long, long time if properly cared for.

Along with the rifle I am including:

-150 R-P cases head stamped 7mm Exp (50 were brand new, 100 fired 1x) about half of them have been fire formed with the rest loaded w/ 174 Prvi Partisan FMJs seated LONG charged w/ Hunter & ready for fire forming

-Med height TLWs (**SCOPE NOT INCLUDED**)

-Lee Collet Neck Sizer 2-die set .280 Rem/7mm Exp

The little bit of load work up I've done w/ 140 TSXs & 145 gr Speer BTSPs has shown promise but I've done only a very little bit of it so far and will include detailed results thereof w/ the rifle.





**$700 shipped** to your FFL (as long as he'll accept from individuals otherwise additional $30 to cover my FFL)

No trades, thanks; I need these funds to perfect other project. Don't hesitate to ask questions.

First "I'll take it" wins.

Quite a few tire kickers but no one saying the magic words yet

This is what I've been wanting to do with my old push feed ranger in 270 when the barrel quits shooting .5 at a 100 I will do the same exact build free bump

Weekend bump $680 shipped

Sunday bump; $650.

Last drop before I keep her.

Up

Barrel length?

22"; featherweight M70.

Will consider reasonable offers.

That is a great price. Wish you could have waited until tax refund time...

What OAL are you able to get with those loads you have?

Is the Chamber original wildcat or Saami spec?

Shod

It is my understanding that the chambers are the same. Ackley and Nosler just measured to a different datum line.

I measured the dummy I made seating a 145 gr BTSP as long as mag will allow & got 3.34". Lots of room.

As to the chamber; it was a 280 Rem AI reamer (not SAAMI 280 Ackley) and when I tried to use Nosler 280 Ackley brass it closed as easily as the 7mm Exp cases pre-fireforming leading me to believe that I'd have to jam long bullets hard to properly form them just as I did the 7mm Exp (280 Rem) cases.