My former partner bought a 40XBKSS in Swift late '80s. We burned out the 27" stainless barrel in about 4k rounds. Punched too much paper cuz it was such a joy to shoot. 0.25" to 0.4". But along the way killed truckloads of woodchucks and crows. We had .22-250 V models prior, and the 40x extended our effective range by almost 100 yds for us. That was eastern NYS.
Another friend in NYS used his 77V with 52 gr Speer HP (the old version) for turkeys and deer on a very large farm he managed.
Now live in ME, not much use for a Swift here. But still have two pre-64 70s - Target and Varmint. Both 1/2" guns.
