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This rifle has been a spare, good shooting mid 50's 30'06 FWT sitting around in it's factory stock and I decided to dress it up like one I put together for my son as a no nonsense all all-rounder.
I sent the factory barreled action off to Eddie Fosnaugh for his great cerakoting work (graphite black) I then bedded it in a mcm edge compact, topped it with talley lwts and a swaro Z3 3-9x36. As shown it comes in at 7 lbs. 4.9 oz. and is about as light as I like a rifle. With 168 TTSX's it will pretty consistently shoot 3/4" groups. A new spin on an old classic.

That is a nice rig!

Handwerk, Just about perfect, right down to the color and buttpad. A real blending of the best of the old and the new. I hope to have my '59 fwt. '06 looking just like it by the Fall except mine will wear a 2.5-8x36 VXIII.
John

I have its twin, same colour, 96% original blue, thin black pad, Edge HC, original steel TG, alloy FP, but in .270.

One of the many *spares* I never find time to shoot, now.

Nice rifles, practical and reliable.

Not much that needs doing that can't be done with that one.

Anyone that thinks the pre-64s (and the Classics for the most part) are over-rated needs to run one for 20 years or so. It will all become clear.

That is pretty much perfect in my book. Looks great. I need to finally find a Pre-64 FWT.

Pre-64 Mod. 70s are about the fourth best hunting rifles produced since 1898 and can still be found at decent prices.

After owning and very extensively using many different rifles for more than 50 years in northern and western Canada, here is my rating.

1. Brno ZG-47...THE BEST

2.FN C-ring sporter

3. Brno 21H-outstanding, but, crappy safety

4. P-64 Mod. 70, I prefer Fwts and Alaskan .338s.

I know about Oberndorf sporters, have a very nice one, Mannlicher-Schoenaurs, had three mint examples and British *name* rifles, had one of those, too.

BUT, for real value and no-bullshit function under all conditions, the above is my choice....and there is not much to choose between them all.

Very nice! Kind of eliminates any need for other rifles with style!

Great looking rifle. A Pre-64 FWT in a McM Compact pattern (Edge or standard fill) is one of the most finely balanced stock/action combinations I've used.

Just right.

That's about as perfect a hunting rifle as you will find.
Well done!

Now if it was just in 270

Veddy nice! I can leave my rifles at home now.

I hope I get to see that rifle in action next year.

The only downside I see is you no longer have a need for any other big game rifle. However, proper loonyism should overcome that problem .

Home run!

That looks an awful lot like my 270. Very nice rifle!!!

^^^^^^Gods honest truth right there^^^^^^^

Hard to beat that setup.

You gotta stop doing that--it keeps making all my other rifles seem obsolete, even though they're younger.

I got one of them!

Nice!