Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors your 2 favorite Pre64 M70 chamberings?

for me..270 win and 300 H&H

I don’t know if I can narrow it to two. Most accurate is definitely the 270. Coolest might have to go to 300 h&h and 30 Govt 06.

Same here. Really enjoying the 300 lately. Such a good cartridge and works nice with plain old H4831.





And the mighty 300






The 338 will always be near my favorite though.

For me it would be .257 Roberts and .30-06. Though not original I've had a 1950's vintage .30-06 rebored to .35 Whelen, it has been my whitetail rifle for more than 35 years. Don't know why Winchester never offered a .35 Whelen.

220 Swift Super Grade, and 22 Hornet Super Grade…

I like it when Scotty posts pictures of his great shooting rifles. They say a picture is worth a 1,000 words.

30-06:



338 WIN MAG:



I really like my 270 featherweight though. Made the same year as my 30-06 fwt (1956). Haven't even worked up a load in that rifle though. So that shows you I lean more toward the 30-06. Been shooting it since I was 12, so I may be a bit biased.

Same here, for everyday hunting. If I was a collector I'd be after a nice 375 and 458!

For me it would be 257 Roberts and 35 Remington. I've got a nice Roberts. Have'nt found a 35 Remington yet. But I am loookin......

.30-06 and .220 Swift

man i have some pre-64`s they are precious but if i had pick 220 Swift & 338 Win. mag. Alaskan

3006 and 22 hornet

That would be a great combo. I always wanted a 300, or 338. I bought my first pre64 in 30-06, to do everything. I have 3 pre64's, all 06's. So I guess you can say I'm stuck in a rut.

I was thinking you were going to say 30-06. Not a dang thing wrong with that. If you ever go elk hunting, just load it with 200gr Nosler partitions, and you'll think you hit them with a 338wm.

I do love my one and only, a 1955 fwt in 243.


However I think the two favorite/coolest are the 22 hornet, and the 300 win mag.

.220 Swift and .257 Roberts for me.

....338 and .270

Handwerk: My first "collected" pre-64 Model 70 Winchester was in the super-cool and nifty 22 Hornet chambering!
My second favorite caliber is the 257 Roberts.
And tied for third are the 375 H&H Magnum and 220 Swift.
Long live the Riflemans Rifle.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

I’ll go with this and the other H&H.

.30-06 and .30 GOV'T .06.

There are several I am partial to, but the .375 and .270 take the blue ribbons.