Varmint Guy, I know what you are saying vis hunting with a 90+% mod 70, my situation is unique in that I can walk out the back door and be in one of several tree stands on the river place, I take care to not ding gun against metal ladder and just generally 'be particular' with the old gals, I usually wipe em down with corrosion X after dark. I have only fired 18 rounds with the .264 and walked 200 yards between each shot,a feat for my since the cow horned my azz in 2000! Heck I seem to pick up more 'safe rash' from the safe than hunting the guns!! Here is a photo of first blood,freezer meat with the westerner, 1 coyote as well but only a sorry cell phone pix of the yote.
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I treat em like little girl daughters... It shoots so well with factory ammo that I think I am going to just stick with it, save all the rounds one must shoot to do load development,and it is a simple way for me to keep up with round count as I save all boxes and brass, I do not feel that Winchester factory ammo is 'hot'. The varminters make the 4.5 mi trip to the farm where my old 3350 ft air strip serves as pasture and range. Maybe 40 rounds a gun / year, all factory .Long story short a hunt for me is not like a 2 day trip up the mountain on a horse in whatever weather the Good Lord has in store. Nuff rambling I will take very good care of them during my hopefully next 15-20 years max. I do have and use a'truck' gun... very best
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