Gordon
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I will start off with my latest project, a 1959 Winchester Model 70 std. rifle . I got the gun for $499 this spring as it was in good shape ,not cut nor sanded and all blueing intact (except the barrel and sights, more on this 
) and looked shot very little with an imaculate bore and super clean chamber and throat.
The barrel WAS reblued, but a good job that matched the trigger guard well (the recievers of pre 64 Model 70s have a unique matte blue which was NOT redone
) and previous owner had removed and filled front and rear sight and turned the screws and blank down to barrel contour :banghead: before reblueing and reinstalling the NOW Ackley Improved chambered barrel !
I had the odd 10x Unertl Ultra Varmint 2" scope hanging around and lucked out and got the ultra rare "W" Unertl rear sight dove tail base and the correct rear bridge extended Unertl bases on E bay . I also hunted down a proper vintage Lyman 48 National Match rear sight (which clears the mounted Unertl!) and a Lyman Banded ramp front with a #17 globe . This is a kinda sorta small caliber Whitefeather setup BTW.
I full length fiberglass pressure beded the action into the stock and cleaned up the trigger to just under 3 pounds and crisp!
Using a case full of H4831 powder with a touching 75 grain Barnes Banded Solid Boattail it should get close to 3600 fps from that 24" barrel with a 384 BC that would give me about 1550 fps at 1000 yards! So far I have only shot 60 Federal factory 80 grainers which grouped 2.5" at 200 yards, I hope I can better that with a handload.
I hunt Blacktail with a 1957 Winchester Featherweight .243 which is in the lowest pic !
) and looked shot very little with an imaculate bore and super clean chamber and throat.The barrel WAS reblued, but a good job that matched the trigger guard well (the recievers of pre 64 Model 70s have a unique matte blue which was NOT redone
) and previous owner had removed and filled front and rear sight and turned the screws and blank down to barrel contour :banghead: before reblueing and reinstalling the NOW Ackley Improved chambered barrel ! I had the odd 10x Unertl Ultra Varmint 2" scope hanging around and lucked out and got the ultra rare "W" Unertl rear sight dove tail base and the correct rear bridge extended Unertl bases on E bay . I also hunted down a proper vintage Lyman 48 National Match rear sight (which clears the mounted Unertl!) and a Lyman Banded ramp front with a #17 globe . This is a kinda sorta small caliber Whitefeather setup BTW.
I full length fiberglass pressure beded the action into the stock and cleaned up the trigger to just under 3 pounds and crisp!
Using a case full of H4831 powder with a touching 75 grain Barnes Banded Solid Boattail it should get close to 3600 fps from that 24" barrel with a 384 BC that would give me about 1550 fps at 1000 yards! So far I have only shot 60 Federal factory 80 grainers which grouped 2.5" at 200 yards, I hope I can better that with a handload.
I hunt Blacktail with a 1957 Winchester Featherweight .243 which is in the lowest pic !
