Originally Posted by nyrifleman
An update as promised.

Shooting the Winchester 70 classic featherweight today.

Lapua brass, Federal 210 match primers, and reloader 26 under the 140 grain partition.

3 shot groups, velocity recorded is the average for the three shots according to my lab radar.

50.0: 2808 fps
50.5: 2849 fps
51.0: 2877 fps

Based on the velocity of the 51.0 load I did not shoot the 51.5 or the 52.0 loads I had with me.


Those are good numbers. Much better than what I saw out of my M70 FWT with 140 NPs with RL 22.

Thanks for sharing.

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