Last year I think we had deer taken with pre 64, I thought I would start a Winchester kill page for 2015. Your model 70's, 71's, 94's, model 12's you name. If It's taken with this year let's see it.


This is a very old Kansas pronghorn I had to work hard to get. Not a giant but a wise old buck I was happy to take.

The weather changed the day we started our hunt from 80's and 90's to 40's and 50's with winds up to 35 mph. These pronghorn get out in the middle of big green wheat fields and are very hard to get close to and with the wind it made longer shots not very advisable.

First day the pronghorn were laying low and didn't even see one until 3 pm with no chance of a stalk that day. Day two we got started late but were able to get in several stalks. After one failed stalk my buddy was able to connect on a nice buck that popped out of nowhere in the crp at less than fifty yards with his pre 64 model 70 in 300 H&H.

I had two failed stalks on day two on the same buck and this lone ole buck was very smart, he knew every move and counter move and just plain beat me twice.

Day three our last day and with our schedules I had time for one stalk and we were able to find a herd we put to bed the night before but they were untouchable where the were. They were up and feeding and moving slowly up the hill into the wind. The only chance I had was to go all the way around the section and go in and get ahead of them and hope that although they were down wind I could get a shot.

I made it around and there was a weed strip that was too rocky to cultivate that allowed me to craw 100 yards out into the field. I could see the herd and they were no longer moving up towards me and too far away for a good shot in the wind. As luck had it the buck I had lost to the day before showed up and he was 286 yards directly down wind. He could smell us and was getting spooky although he couldn't see me I was prone slinged up and steady and with him a few terraces below and facing me I took a neck shot and dropped him.

I was using my 61' pre 64 model 70 Fwt in 270 win.

Great setup you have there with a classic, man for the dark face on that antelope, thanks for the picture!

Great speed goat!

I will have to try to get something with one of my Winchesters to add to this page.

BINGO! very best Winpoor
No better to do it with class!!!!

S TX porker shot with my 1949 M64 in .32 Special. Win 170 grain Silvertips.
Bob

Nice work Southwind!

You can kill a pronghorn with a 270? Who'd a thunk!


Did the sound of the safety going off scare him?

When he heard I had a 270 he gave up without any further incident.

Fantastic! Looks like he had enjoyed a long full life! v best winpoor

Good hunt Southwind. After a lot of the posts I've been reading lately, I wasn't sure if you could kill an animal if the rifle didn't have some type of Tupperware stock. I'm glad to see that it's still possible to successfully use a wood-stocked gun.
Never hunted your state, but I LOVE hunting speed-goats. They're remarkable little animals.
yooper

Early 2015 or late 2014, my memory is slipping!

Gun is a 56' , 3006 target in sporter stock ( my 'Carlos') v best winpoor

Close enough that qualifies. Great job, great rifle Winpoor. And love that 64 RGK, nice oinker.

By the way that ole goat is very tasty too. These farmland pronghorn taste a little different than their Wyoming cousins.

Same here vis whitetails! The ones that have been on corn have an unbelievable amount of WHITE kidney and heart fat!
My sage goat eating was just that, tasted like he lived on sage! Not much I will not try when it comes to eating! So fat an Elk has been number one on tastiest game meat! Out gator tail and froglegs are killer good as well! very best winpoor

I prefer the taste of pronghorns that have been feeding on something other than sagebrush.

1960 Fwt action, shot out the .270 barrel and it's all that's left. McMillan edge stock and Rock 6.5-06 barrel.



Just purchased an unaltered 1959 30-06 Fwt. so may have some photos for the purists in the future.

Axis, XTR Featherweight in 7x57

Sounds cool on all levels.. Nice elk too...

Dat is a spanker of an elk!

MikeS & Ingwe, superbly done! I have to say though MikeS that is a smokin nice bull, wow!

Winchester Model 95 (New Japanese made..if this still counts as a Winchester) 405 Win with 300 grain Woodleigh. Just over 200 yards.

North61! It counts for me! and I'm still envious!!! Well done!!!

North61, I like it, I like it! Nice bull and great shot.

Older M70 in 300 WM.

Super job Cutlass1971! You nailed him just right.

Keep em coming.

Shot my first whitetail of the season this past Monday morning with the first pre-64 I ever bought, a 30-06 SPRG. I hadn't killed a deer with this made in 1961 M70 since 1998.

Great freezer meat! We have a processor here that has been doing them for 40 years and is fantastic! Knows just how much hog fat to add to sausage, pulls backstraps and tenderloins then cubes the hams, fantastic job! My daughter grew up loving cube steak as well as beef cube steak, I put 3 or 4 up back in those days, a big 200 lb buck will cost you 175 bucks now by the time you get him home! You would be suprized at the 3 or 4 tree-hugger friends that have me nail them one each and every year, they do not hunt but love the meat! the very best winpoor

Yum she looks like a tender healthy doe, way to knock the cob webs out of that 06 man.

Thanks guys, first deer for me ends up being hamburger (also from a great processor). In fact we had our first venison soup (really a stew) of the fall last night for dinner. Going to pull out my WIN M88 in 308 WIN for the next deer.

This years colorado cow hunt, Pre64 M70 280AI/150 TTSX.
More to come I hope......

Only evening I didn't go out with my 1895, 35 WCF,I had the opportunity to take a 5 x 6 bull with my Browning 1895, 30/06 instead. Go figure......

Well there's next year.

Nice cow and cool 280 ai pre 64.. Did you build it?

Sw, I had Redneck do the smith work, it's got williams 1pcs BM, a shilen (win) fwt barrel @24", mcm compact edge stock talley lwts holding a swaro Z3 3-10x42
Thanks

Nice rig, and from what I have heard many times on these boards is Redneck is the man.

Wish me luck guys. I need to make a kill with this one!!!!!!!

[quote=bsa1917hunter]Wish me luck guys. I need to make a kill with this one!!!!!!!

That dog will hunt!
Look forward to the pictures...

One of my latest acquisitions, a sightless pre-64 featherweight in 270. It really let the air out of this doe's head...

BSA, Looking forward to your photos and best wishes for a great hunt.

Shrapnel, I knew it wouldn't take you long to chrissin your new toy. Well done!

Makin' meat. Nice!

Good stuff fellas! Keep the "old ones" to the front of the gun safe.

Good Luck BSA. Like to see the results from the 338.

It wouldn't be a complete season without the 1895 40-72...

Still my fav pic, Shrap!!!

Very cool Shrap, I need a 1895.

There are so many rifles at need a deer season I'm going to have to start hunting out west again. Maybe this year the 38-55 will get it's chance in the late doe season.

I still have another Winchester that needs to blast a deer this year. I think I will buy another deer tag and try for it with this 32-40. It is a first year production gun in excellent condition...

Nice SRC!!!

Not a super-big Winchester collector, but here is a cull buck, dropped at 60 yards, with a M1907 in .351. 180gr Hawk bullets over 2400, in QCC cases. The rifle is from the first full year of production.

' Bout time you posted that pic here Patrick. Well done!!!!

Tex n cal, I'm diggin that, very nice. That is one you don't see in action very often. I love seeing the vintage pieces still taking game.

Those fork horns eat much better than trophies. On the other hand, I once bagged a really old mulie that obviously had not been herding a harem. He had up to three inches of tallow in places. He was tender and tasty. He fell to a SG .30 Gov't.

Best,

Jack

Wifey is officiall born again hard! She busted this cull schimitar horn oryx about 15 minutes ago with her old Model 88 in 308. Shooting factory 150 grn corelokts! More in a bit I got an oryx to skin!!!!



That's my cousin with her!

Btw, shot it one handed as she is still paralyzed in her left arm. Used a rest.

That is GREAT news Bob!


And absolutely one of the better critters to eat!

Thanks Tom! She's still down by the creek walking on water! LOL! I'll write more elsewhere as this was a BIG day for her. From us being told she had only hours to live in January to this!!!!

Second deer this rifle has killed. 150 gr 30-06 does the trick.

Killed this buck last Monday. Used a Winchester Featherweight 7x57 (Shot Show Special) with an old 4x Weaver. The bullet was a 160 gr Sierra GK,shot it at about 110 yds.



The lady is my daughter.

If someone could help me post a pic, I'd appreciate it. My son shot a little 10pt last weekend with a 1951 Model 70 in 257 Roberts.

Here you go...

Thank you sir!

New guy here from Amherst county VA don't know how to post pics but would like to contribute long time winchester 70 fan

my 8 yr old first deer 243 light weight

30-06 light weight

I had to try out my sons 243 to make sure it functioned properly

You men have been busy since I have been gone, Congrats to all. I took several pheasants over the weekend with my model 12 20 ga and didn't take a single pic. I even rolled up a coyote with that 20.

Some fine work posted with great firearms.

1959 Alaskan in 338 WM
225grain Nosler Partition
257 yards (ranged after the shot)
Bang Flop



Are "selfies" allowed? This is the guy who helped me pack it out.

Excellent Razz, a lot of great prime meat there. Love the 59' .338

This is a great thread.

Check it every day.

Winchester M 70 .243 Win using a 70 gr Sierra BK.

Great thread. Congrats fellas!

Eric

Ditto. Boy does the 338 work well on elk. Good job Razz!!!!

Me too! Keep em coming! Great photos fellas!!!!

Elks,
Nice dogs!

Like others, love this thread and check daily.

I was hoping to be able to add to this post this year, but after not firing a shot last year I wasn't holding my breath. Got this rifle from Tim, Aka hunthard as a barreled action. 50s vintage 06 that was re-chambered to 300 Win Mag. I then got the McM Supergrade ADL style stock from Nathaniel IIRC. I did my home spun Gun Kote job on it, bedded it to the stock and added a Leupy 3.5-10 B&C scope. It shoots 180 grain partitions wonderfully. Took this cow, facing me at a shade over 200 yards. She went about 50 yards down hill and tipped over dead. Couldn't help but add the 97 41 mag and the local boy made knife to the pic too.

Same coyote,different view.

Nice job everyone.. Enjoy the guns and photos..

Couple weeks ago

What caliber is the one with that turkey?

Not mine but my father in law 270 featherweight

30-06

This morning.







Same coyote,just different views.

Model 70 Classic Featherweight 6.5x55 Swedish (aka Thor's Hammer) took a little buck. 129g InterLock spun it around & dropped right there.

I forgot to get a picture until it was already in the cooler :-)



Lee already worked his magic (trigger & bedding etc). LRHS scope works really well but a 'little' big on a FW, so I may change next year....

Little Gunnut and his Featherweight in .270

Congrats to the young man!

A turkey with an 06, excellent. I like the fwt swede, I would like to find one.

I'm really lovin Lil'gunnut with his 270 fwt kill!

65 year old Model 70 in .270....

Just looking this thread over again - nice kill shots men!

Grandview, I love big 8's and model 70 270's well done man. (I guess he is actually a 9pt.) but nice deer with a great rifle

The best part of hunting season is when it is over and we go rabbit hunting...

What calibers??

The only caliber you need in one of these guns, 38-40...

Shrap, are you trying to disguise that Marlin in order post on the Winchester kill page?

The other gun is a Winchester, or didn't you notice. Owning a Marlin and driving a Dodge truck have led me to wear a brown paper bag over my head more than once...

Well, I'll admit to ownin' a Marlin or two, but not a Dodge truck! And yes, I did notice the '73, that sure is a beauty!!

The 61' fwt 270 and I found this boy early this morning. Two more doe tags will keep her out of the safe for a while yet.

Nothing spectacular here but I pulled my very first deer rifle out of moth balls and decided to hunt it some this year. It's a model 70 Westerner .243 that I got for Christmas in 1982. These days I usually reach for something more exotic, but the .243 reminded me it hadn't killed a deer in about 15 years, so I've carried it some and shot this fat doe this evening at about 170 yards at last light with some 20+ year old PMC 100 gr SP factory ammo. I won't wait another 15 years to shoot another with it...

M70 Featherweight 7x57

Awesome Rev! nice rifle and piggy

Damn!


That IS a nice rifle!




Sorry for cussing Rev....

Man Rev, that 7x57 is easy on the eyes! I want one 😊

Claybird shooting practise came in handy with my well used pre64 30-06 and this pig last night. Burst out the scrub at full noise only 20 yards away, didn't have time to use the scope and just eyeballed the shoulder down the barrel. The finishing shot exited down the snout. Christmas pork is sorted!

Well done FRST!!!!!

Nice job FRST, thanks for contributing a Winchester kill from New Zealand to the mix.

Southwind nice rifle and nice Kansas buck!

Shot a couple of bucks with the 35 Whelen I put together on an M70 classic ss BACO action. M70's rule!

The duiker was taken with my pre 64 Fwt 30-06, the rest with my pre 64 in 375 H&H.

Thanks BobinNH, I really love hunting that 270 fwt. I also felt fortunate to bag a buck here this year. The deer were really on a night time pattern I caught mine 6 minutes into legal shooting light.

Muskegman & sbrmike, outstanding hunts....love the photos and rifles. Thanks for posting!

Season here is getting into the short rows. I shot this young buck yesterday with my M88 in 308 WIN.

Great work Odessa, I have 2 more doe tags I need to fill yet.

Classic FWT .270
130 TTSX
IMR 4350

Awesome Mike, cant beat the 375 H&H and 06 in Pre 64's. Love Mine!

I posted the story when my daughter got her moose but here it is again. Model 70 featherweight xtr in a 270 Winchester .



Loads data was
140gr hornady, Cci 200, 58.0 gr h 4831 oal at ogive 2.781

Gunnut and 79s, love the youngsters getting it done not just with Winchesters but with 270's. Makes my day!

West Texas whitetail using a Model 70 EW in McMillan stock. EW is a .308 Win. using a 150 gr. TTSX and Varget.

Good to see the kids into to it and making good kills. Nice west Texas buck there Lynntelk.

Snuck up a killed a nice fat button buck in the foggy mist with the old '71 I bought from BSA, 55 yards through the bolt peep ended his worldly concerns, the heavy jacketed 250 gr Barnes caught him on the point of the left shoulder to predictably exit rib cage opposite side, BOOM and down.

A 71 kill and no photos? Come on gunner!

^^^^^^ yeah!!!!! What he said^^^^^^!!!!!

+1!

SW and KW, I did send a cell pic to BSA's phone, I unloaded my belt rig carrying an old 45 Colt SAA and laid it right alongside the old '71 on the deer, full disclosure, I did think that was a monster doe in the fog, glad I had one remaining tag left for either buck or doe.

Good for you, Gunner!!!!!

Sounds cool!!!

gunner, full discloser accepted

What part of Oklahoma are you from and hunting?

Thanks men, it was a fun hunt indeed, SW, I was on Mil's land in SW Arkansas on this hunt, my farm is in S.E. Oklahoma in LeFlore Co.

My mom was born in Antlers over in Pushmataha County and my Dad's brother (my uncle) lived in Poteau for a while.

That is some thick country down there, even the ticks get ticks.

Small world eh SW?

Poteau is the next 'BIG' town way up to the North from me, and yes, very thick and mountainous here, that's why I use 170 gr Partitions in my 30-30 WCF, game shot are more on the fleet than standing broadside:)

Gunner you should using that 416 Taylor. it's true....you know it's true:)

Got this one a couple of days ago with my custom Pre 64 M70 chambered in 220 Wilson Arrow. He was running straight at me at 175yds and dropped like a stone when the 55gr Hor SP hit him.

Very nice!!!!!!! ^^^

Superb, Tate!

Nice pic too.

Congrats.

Nice mass on that buck....

LOL, the 400 gr NPT's or Hornady rnsp's would definitely let a man take the path to the vitals that was presented.

Nice buck Tate, never heard of the 220 Wilson Arrow, Thanks, I have some investigating to do.

Is the 2015 page still open? Or does this go on the 2016 page? Taken 1/8/16, M70 FWT, 7x57 (the old Ingwe Special)

It's based on the 220 Swift with the shoulder pushed back and the angle sharpened. Supposedly less trimming of brass versus the Swift.

You guys may have seen this one in the classifieds 2-3yrs ago as one of a matched set of custom Pre-64s. The other was a 240Wby. I bought the 240 first, then about a year later the owner of the 220 decided to sell it and contacted me about putting the set back together. I couldn't resist after seeing how well the 240 shot, so they are now both back together in my safe.

After your post with that nice buck I looked up the Wilson Arrow. Is there much difference between that, the Ackley improved and a std Swift? It seemed to me that the WA required a lot of effort to make the case initially.

I have two Pre64's and a Cooper Varmint in the Swift. It's a great cartridge. I wish the brass was easier to come by.

Just looking at the cases side by side, it looks like the Swift actually has more capacity than the Arrow. Unlike the AI, where the neck is shortened and the case blown out to make the sharper shoulder, the neck is actually lengthened on the Arrow and the shoulder pushed back to form the sharper angle. That's why you have to run Swift brass through an Arrow sizer prior to the first loading. It's not just a matter of fire forming with Swift ammo. Swift ammo will not chamber in the Arrow.

FWIW, using the same bullet and powder, 55 Hor SP and IMR 4064:

Swift - 39.0gr at 3860
Arrow - 37.5gr at 3795

both loads are in the 1/2-3/4 inch range. My Swift is a Pre-64 also.

I'm following RevMike and posting in the 2015 thread as this was taken in NM's 2015/16 Hunt Season.

White Sands Missile Range over the weekend. NM Once in Lifetime Hunt.
1959 M70 338 Alaskan, 225 Nosler Partition at 376 yards. My son is in the photo with me, was great to have him along for the hunt.

Two thumbs up Razz!!!! Well done!

Outstanding Razz! One of my all time faves to hunt and to eat!

Handsome rifle.....

Congrats to Tatelaw,RevMike, and a big congrats to Razz on that awesome white sands hunt.

I have broken my own rule of reports without photos but I did fill my last two doe tags last weekend with the 61 270 fwt. We had a nice artic blast with 30 mph winds and wind chills right at 0 degrees F so I was a bit rushed to get the deer out without me being frozen to them.

A big congrats to all that have posted their Winchester kills here this season, I love seeing everyone's Winchesters hard at work in the field.

Ain't it, though.

The stories that rifle could tell!



I'm tickled to death that you are adding to its repertoire.....

Why not look through your notes and/or your memories and write 'em down? I'd like to read the history of that rifle.

Its not written down!


Some of it is in photographs....but I can tell you for sure the rifle has hunted all over Montana, twice in Africa and a few other places. Its killed dozens of deer- mule deer and whitetail, a couple elk, and African game up to and including gemsbok. Plus a pile of jackals......

What I've found is that if you start with what you can remember, you begin to remember even more. At least the part until the Jack Daniel's kicks in.

Southwind! Just go ahead and modify thread to include 2016 kills!!!

Since I am the op I will dub this the 2015-2016 hunting season Winchester kill page.

We may have to start a 2016-2017 later but might as well roll with it now.

And while talking about if rifles could talk I would love to hear Wally Johnson's Mod 70 375 tell it's stories.

What's the cut-off date, since I'll be chasing pigs with a Winchestger or two all summer long?



Amen to that! I think the only rest it got was the time it spent lost in the river.

Keep chasing, keep posting no cut off

Congrats Razz!

Went out after breakfast Thursday morning while at the ranch and got these for supper with my old model 12. Wasn't all I got either!!! Lots of fun. Matter of fact I found out that in order to see any nilgai, grab your shotgun and go quail hunting! .

I would like to hunt "The Blue Bull" someday. I hear they make great table fare.

Yes they do! Actually, Wednesday when we drove in we hadn't gotten 150 yards in the ranch. When we topped a little rise there was a nice young bull standing In the road!!! Young son was in front truck with ranch owner. He got out and was handed another buds 721 in 30/06. 180 grain accubonds. Rested on truck door and proceeded to make a measured 250 yard lung shot! He was trying for spine but didn't quite aim high enough. Bull went I to the thickest part of the oak motte. Mebbe 75-100 yards and laid down. We found him in about 10 minutes. and a well placed coup de grace finished him. If he were bigger I doubt we'd have been that lucky. Tracked one over a mile and a half one time before we got him. Good eating!!!! They can pack some lead!

Nilgai is easily the best game meat Ive ever had...has its own unique flavor thats indescribable.

And the younger the bull or preferably a cow is the best!!!! Big bull ain't too bad. Sometimes Ya just gotta run it thru the tenderizer a time or two!

A good candidate for the M70 375 H&H. It's on my list of someday. There are several critters I'd like to hunt in Texas, Aoudad, Axis and a Semitar horned Oryx to name a few.

Looks like a great time there KW. And some good critters to eat! You're gonna have to carry some ball loads for your M12 for when you flush those Nilgai.

This one was a good 200 yards from me when I spotted him. I was able to get under some cover and make my way the 3/4 of a mile back to cabin for a rifle. Came back and tracked him across the place. He made his way to the neighbors place.

My affair with the Nilgai is a bit Hemingwayesque. Or maybe Herman Melville. LOL! It's like when I finally connect with the old Blue Bull going down there just won't be the same. A land of beyond....... He always affords me that small glimpse. Each time the odds get better!!!

"A vision to seek, a beckoning peak......"

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Sometime you may need to shoot an elk and see just how good a prime piece of red meat can actually be. I don't care about the elk body, it is just meat, but that tenderloin in the back is unbeatable...

I'll have to try that elk hunting someday....

When Travis stops by tomorrow, get some pointers from him...

I was gonna say that....you beat me to it.


He says he's an ex-spurt.....

Love it!