Have wanted a Pre-64 M70 30-06 FWT for quite a while, and particularly one that was made around the time I was.

I located one right at my 48th B-day, and it just so happens it was made the month after I was born in 1961. Equally fortuitous, David Walter put an NIB Pre-64 M70 Fwt McMillan Edge for sale on the Classifieds the same day I ordered the rifle.

Anyway, cobbled it all together (bedding, lapping rings, mounting 6x36 Leupold, blah, blah) this weekend. Shoots great and goes 7lbs 6oz's scoped with sling and five rounds:

A nice rifle and sentimental. Perfect!

ddj

Very nice, Brad. It should work quite well on elk.

Good job.

I've got a pre-64 in 270 that shoots great, but weighs a ton. It spends all it's time in the safe.

Beautiful picture Brad. Good for you.

Brad,

Very nice, that one should serve you very well.

MtnHtr

Very nice rifle Brad and classy too!

Nice set-up! I am thinking that when I get too old and tired to fool around with every new bullet, powder and cartridge that comes along, I will buy a McMillan for my customized 1961 .30-06 and go back to shooting everything with it, just as I did when I could not afford to do anything else.

Great looking rifle...it doesn't get much better than that. Let's see a couple more pictures please. What are you going to run thru her?

Top shelf there Brad!

Brad very cool I am a couple of years older and am thinking along those lines my self. My gun collection is not much but all I am lacking is one of the pre 64's and I will have a Winchester from each of the different time frames very nice.

Nicely done, Brad!
Heck though, you could almost buy a new one and have it be as old as you are...you're just a pup!
Some of us would be trying to buy flints and powder horns or whatever, if we got a rifle as old as we are...

Wow that looks great. I have a pre 64 in a Fwt 30-06 and I am almost tempted to do the same.....

Congrats Brad.Very sweet iron.

Looks great Brad. I was "this" close to ordering an Edge for my 270 fwt, but passed.

That's about as good as a rifle gets.

Brad

Did you replace the factory alloy bottom metal work on this rifle?

Brad, Very cool! Dig the hooded front sight.

Very nice indeed!

You know, it REALLY needs to be in a wooden stock.........

that really looks nice.....I am often tempted to put a Mac on my pre-64 featherweight, but there are too many memories tied up in the scratches my father, and then I, have put on her over the last 40 years.


but still.....

I ran into Brad this afternoon. He had the rifle along so of course I had to get my grubby paws on it.

Talk about a sweet handling rifle. Very quick to the shoulder.

Sammer, the 180 AB's aren't particularly accurate, but the 180 Partitions are going into 3/4"... I'm going to fiddle with various 165's "just because" but I think load-development is done

Steve, I'd leave it "as is" were I in your shoes...

Done sounds good Brad!

I'm having the exact same results. 180 Partitions look to shoot like champs, 180 AB's...not so great.

And I call dibs on the '64....(grin)

Sammer, this is one rifle that's staying

I'm not surprised bud!

am as happy 4 you as a jealous man can be


nice rig, great b'day present

A better pic:

Brad, you shoot again today?

180 PT's and 165 AB's still cooperating?

Sammer, windy as heck... should've stayed home, but was happy to put more rounds down the tube (with more cleaning in between)... just loaded a batch of 20 180 NAB's from you... will play with seating depth and two charges.

Summer at the range is fun!

Right on.
Yeah, pretty breezy in town but Logan was almost calm this morning. I imagine things were really cruisin' across the pass.

Summer is fun but it sucks waiting for the barrels to cool off. I love January....(grin)

Curious to hear how the AB's work out. Partitions look pretty solid outta the WSM. Gonna try your Hornady's sometime later this week. I might just try to shoot a deer with those suckers.

Brad, really like your rig. my main hunting rifle since about 1990 has been a '61 fwt in '06. I was also born in '61 10-10 to be exact. I traded a colt hbar for a '61 270 fwt last december. they both have conetrol mounts and 3x9 leupold on the '06 and a 2.5x8 on the 270. I like the idea also of hunting with a rifle made the year i was born. attached is a pic of the '06 from this years hunt. good luck with yours!
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg254/colthbar/DSC00497.jpg