I'm really enjoying this thread so let me pose a scenario ...If someone was going to use a 70's era pushfeed M70 Fwt 7x57 as one gun do all go anywhere critter getter in Texas for anything that walks, what one bullet weight & powder would be the perfect do all DRT shooter to concentrate on 1st?
2 years ago I backed into a early '70's very well kept & lovingly tuned rifle. I've been shooting mostly a 270 at everything since the '70's,with excursions into everything from 300WMgs & a 9.3x62 and down with a nearly new 6.5 Swede Tikka as the current bottom line backup. But this Fwt is a very comfortable fit for my beat up 77 year old shoulder, and really likes factory ammo in Hornady SST's so far . with a couple boxes of other Hornady 139gr'ers waiting their turn at the range.
The biggest surprise I saw in this thread was in bullet weight's of 150gr+ were getting way more velocity & range than I expected. I'm all ears.
Ron
