Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors Winchester 70 with a 56 mm scope? Pictures?

Great pictures Odessa. I'm glad someone else posts pics here. As for the op's question regarding the 50 and 56mm objectives, I agree they are too big and "ungainly", as you said. A 42mm is about tops for me. I'll be heading out to pick up my XTR FWT 22-250 I recently bought and that rifle has an older gloss Burris 4-12x40 on it and that is just about right for that rifle. I plan on pulling the adjustable windage mounts on that rifle and putting on a set of DD's, as per usual. I'll take some pics and post them. As I told the OP in a PM, I would be looking more at the Meopta 3.5-10x44, since he gets a big discount on the Meopta products. But that is probably about the biggest scope I'd look at running on an XTR FWT. Even at that, it is going to seem slightly out of skew on that rifle.. Something more svelte seems more fitting. Even a gloss burris 3-9x40 with ballistic plex would work and look great. I'm also in agreement with gnoahh. When he asks why a FWT rifle, if weight is of no concern. The true beauty of a lightweight rifle is keeping it lightweight and balanced optimally. I'm sure we have all had and used a top heavy feeling rifle in the field. I hate them, personally. One day in the field with a rifle will tell me all I need to know about them and what needs to be changed. I do a lot of walking when I'm hunting though. Some of you guys sit in a stand all day, so weight and balance may not be an issue. This may be the case with the op.