I have a Featherweight in 223, that is the push feed version... 1980s vintage...
I've got one as well, even with the pencil thin barrel. Never having been bedded or any other work done to it, it just flat out shoots (even the cheap stuff).
mine only gets fed handloads...
wacked a few blacktails with it, 70 gr Speer SMP and a stiff charge of Rl 15... deer took one step each time... and flopped on their nose...
one did bolt at the shot, but it was a right hook and his run lasted about 3 steps..
doing some switch barrel stuff, I have debated also of having a 204 barrel made for one.. in a featherweight contour...
that would be a rare bird, but I am sure it would have its fans...
