Winchester or Weatherby
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troy fairweather
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Captcurt
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Winchester. Personally I would prefer the M70 Sporter over the FW, but that is just me. BTW, I have owned a Vanguard Sporter and 3 Vanguard S2's in composite stocks.
Winchester. By modern standards the Featherweight is just a standard weight rifle. There are lots of options out there much lighter. The Weatherby is a heavy rifle by old school standards. Much heavier than needed in standard cartridges.
Thank you , may I ask why on the sporter? I'm reading up on it now at the Winchester site.
CptnAwesome
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The model 70 Ftw is an all around higher quality rifle in my book.
I own Vanguard MK2's with synthetic stocks and a Win 70 Ftw. While I really like my Vanguards, If I had my choice I'd go with the Winchester with little to no hesitation.
The Vanguard will be a little heavier but both accurate rifles .
I own Vanguard MK2's with synthetic stocks and a Win 70 Ftw. While I really like my Vanguards, If I had my choice I'd go with the Winchester with little to no hesitation.
The Vanguard will be a little heavier but both accurate rifles .
New or used? Why not a Mark V? Personally, I would go first for a US-made CRF Model 70. The pre-WWII are the best, then later pre-64's, then the '92 to '06 rifles, but individual specimens vary. I also like the California-made Mark V's. I would rather have a good Mark V from South Gate or Paso Robles than a lousy example of a Model 70.
Captcurt
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It is purely personal. I am not a fan of Schnabel forearms although the sporter forearm adds a little weight.
DM~
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Of those two, I'd pick the Winchester too, even if a Mark V was thrown into the mix...
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Lol, thank you.
Thank you, forgive me but you said "the safety first..."
Would you elaborate please?
Hi, I'm think of a new rifle and would not want to spend the money for the weatherby ammo. The Mark V's are bit high priced for me too.
I don't care for wing safeties, which the Winchester's use. The Vanguard/Howa 1500s use a sliding 3 position safety on the right side which I prefer.
Completely personal preference.
az_imuth
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Featherweight. I own several in different calibers and couldn't be happier with them. All have been accurate out of the box and just fit me like a glove. I have some that were made in New Haven, CT, Columbia, SC, and even one rifle made in Portugal...which doesn't give up anything to the others. All of them are exceptional in my opinion.
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