All of my big game have been taken with pre'64 Winchester rifles, my first whitetail in 1974 with a M/88 in .308 and my last two with a '52 vintage M/70 Featherweight in .30-06. In the intervening years I've used my '54 vintage Super Grade that I had rebored to .35 Whelen to take many whitetails. Nothing beats the thrill of taking a deer with a classic rifle.
