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Two pre-64 270s in my safe. Bottom one is headed to my Brother. I didn't show it but Mama has a post 64 featherweight so there are actually three 270s in the safe right now. If you hit the reply button the pictures are much sharper.
Larry *********** "Speed is fine but accuracy is final" - Bill Jordan "We do not exaggerate when we state positively that the remodelled Springfield is the best and most suitable "all 'round" rifle".......Seymour Griffin, GRIFFIN & HOWE, Inc.
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Not sure how I missed this thread? Anyway, this is my faux Sporter Deluxe 7mm Rem Mag that I got last summer: Started with this stock: Went with this one: Had Eddie Fosnaugh cerakote the extractor: And shot some stuff: [img] http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp5/richman_mark/2011%20Antelope%20group%20hunt/DSC02867.jpg[/img]
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Nice rifle. That stock looks like one found on a super grade. What bullets you shooting?
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Good looking rifles Idared. The top one has some nice figure.
JOC was right. The 270 Winchester on a Model 70 is a great combination as is the 30/06 and 375 H&H
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Two pre-64 270s in my safe. Bottom one is headed to my Brother. I didn't show it but Mama has a post 64 featherweight so there are actually three 270s in the safe right now. If you hit the reply button the pictures are much sharper. Beautiful rifles. Is the top one custom stocked?
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Nice rifle. That stock looks like one found on a super grade. What bullets you shooting? Thanks, it's not quite a super grade, same wood grade, but no cross bolt (just the fake dot) and standard swivels. It's the same stock that Winchester put on the Sporter Deluxes in 2008. I was shooting 150 Ballistic Tips on antelope and 175 Partitions on elk and deer, but didn't take either of those with that rifle last year.
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Fine looking rifles, they are supposed to be used. I like em.
JOC was right. The 270 Winchester on a Model 70 is a great combination as is the 30/06 and 375 H&H
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Beautiful rifles. Is the top one custom stocked? Thanks for the compliment. Yes it is a new stock that was made using a supergrade pattern I have. Believe it or not the blank was bought on Ebay for less than $50.00.
Larry *********** "Speed is fine but accuracy is final" - Bill Jordan "We do not exaggerate when we state positively that the remodelled Springfield is the best and most suitable "all 'round" rifle".......Seymour Griffin, GRIFFIN & HOWE, Inc.
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I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There are some beautiful rifles in here, however I have always admired guns that have had to work for a living. I am as proud as a new Papa about every dent ding and abrasion that my guns have received in their years of service. stuvwxyz I couldn't agree with you more. Compared to my rifle before its face lift, those look pretty darn nice. Mine had been well used by me for many years. It was on its second stock as the first got broken when I took a nasty tumble in some pretty steep country in North Idaho. The checkering was worn pretty bad on the second stock from being carried so much. It was on its second or third recoil pad but other than that it was still a fairly stable stock considering all it had been through. Add to that a lot of the blue had been worn, especially the triggerguard-floorplate area which was getting pretty shiny as was the barrel as well. In short, I was getting embarrassed when folks would look at it and wonder how a rifle could look so bad. Anyway, one day I happened on a picture of a pre-64 Super Grade and thought that it might be fun to try and see if I could bring my rifle back to look something like that. As luck would have it I came across a Super Grade stock pattern for an absolute song, I think about $8.00 if I recall correctly, and also a black walnut blank for less than $50.00. The blank is very dense, hence a bit heavier than I would like, but I won't be doing any real hard hunting with the rifle in the high country anymore anyway. My gunsmith profiled the stock blank, to the pattern I found, for me and refinished the metal to as close as original as he could. I am very pleased with all his work on it. My brother shaped, finished and checkered the stock for me. He shaped and checkered it as close as he could to the pictures in the "Rifleman's Rifle" book by Rule. I still had the original steel buttplate so it was used. I didn't do all this just to make a nice looking rifle but rather to give a facelift to a well used companion after 50 plus years of trustworthy service. I still take it out, and there are some minute marks, but I admit I am pretty careful with it now. I don't feel guilty about it because it has paid its dues and then some. I will pass it on to my grandson someday and let him put the real marks on it.
Larry *********** "Speed is fine but accuracy is final" - Bill Jordan "We do not exaggerate when we state positively that the remodelled Springfield is the best and most suitable "all 'round" rifle".......Seymour Griffin, GRIFFIN & HOWE, Inc.
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Good play on the pics and nice rig gunnut. But you suck, LOL nice wood on it too. Great find!
JOC was right. The 270 Winchester on a Model 70 is a great combination as is the 30/06 and 375 H&H
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Thanks RB. I can't wait to bounce a big doe with it. I just gave away a gallon jug of "Bob brass" a while back
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Awww man that sucks. You ended up with a nice rig though!
JOC was right. The 270 Winchester on a Model 70 is a great combination as is the 30/06 and 375 H&H
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Got to you love Mdl 70s. Here's my 1952 30-06 topped with a Weaver VX-7. It shoots the Sierra 165 GKs right at 1 MOA. They are classic guns indeed...and as Bob mentioned..does it get any better? Sorry for the marginal images.
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Man, some of these are rifle porn for sure!!!!! Gunnut you are the man with that bob and 32 20fan, it doesn't get much better than that. Thanks for sharing!!!
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Very nice rifles, a 257 Bob would be very cool as far as I am concerned
JOC was right. The 270 Winchester on a Model 70 is a great combination as is the 30/06 and 375 H&H
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My 243 Featherweight with BalVar 8a.
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Thats a fine FW Greg
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Raybass is right, you suck gunnut....Let me know if you ever want to find a better home for that 257 bob....Just sayin..
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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