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Last weekend we attended the big annual celebration at the Jack O'Connor Hunting Heritage & Education Center in Lewiston,Idaho. We've done several now, and the Center itself is a great place, with a bunch of Jack and Eleanor's trophies and many of their hunting guns. There's also a small gun show on Saturday that includes a bunch of REALLY nice hunting rifles and shotguns, which itself is well worth attending.

On Saturday evening there was a smaller get-together for the folks who run the place, plus invited guests. One of the nifty things that happened was Chet Fitzegerald (Campfire member Chetaf, and member of the board of the Center) managed to get one of the glass display cases opened. We could actually handle and weigh Jack O'Connor's favorite .270, a custom based on the pre-'64 Model 70 Winchester action, along with a few other guns. Chet brought a very accurate digital scale, and it turned out the rifle weighs a hair over 7 pounds, 15 ounces.

Several of us got to handle it, including Eileen, who said the rifle was a little heavier than she prefers--but balanced so well she'd definitely hunt with it!