Two pre-64 Model 70 Featherweights

[bushmaster1313]

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1958 .270
1955 .243

 

[bobnob]

Hmmm, we have a saying in this country: "Nobody likes a skite"!

Very nice.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Is a "skite" a show off or any undesirable person?

 

[HamiltonSD]

Beautiful, well cared for rifles. True works of art.

I've got a post '64 in 30.06 that I couldn't be happier with.

 

[Gordon]

The back one sure has the grain! This is highly unusual on a later production gun and especially a featherweight whic had it's wood selected for lightweight.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Bought the .270 because of the wood

Fiddles from head to toe

 

[lowerunit411]

beautiful rifle and you sure have gotton some mileage from these pictures on many threads!! id be proud too!

 

[sayak]

Beautiful rifles, but I'd be reluctant to hunt with either. My religion allows me no safe queens.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Beautiful rifles, but I'd be reluctant to hunt with either. My religion allows me no safe queens.

The .270 has been hunted by the prior owner(s) and has the dings to prove it.
The .243 is almost pristine.
As I do not hunt, I hope to shoot both at the range and leave it to future custodians to decide if and how they are to be fielded.
IMHO, however, typical hunting marks would only make these rifles better.

 

[stan rose]

You always have very nice pictures of very nice firearms! Keep up the good work.

 

[bushmaster1313]

All my Winchesters in one photo

 

[supercalvin56]

I like the milled bolt sleeve on both of them and the aluminum butt plate on the 243. Very nice. Which one shoots the best.

I have a .270 FW (1960) that loves Sierra 130 grain flat base bullets pushed by 57 grains of IMR 4831. That load shoots 1/2 " groups and has killed close to a hundred deer.

 

[gamestalker]

Those are truelly beautiful rifles! I love beautiful wood stocks like those.

I bought my Wife the new lighter version of the M70 Feather Weight back in the mid 1980's from a kid that was attending college in our town of Flagstaff, Az.. I think it was called the ultra light or moutain rifle feather weight, just over 6 lbs.. He was from Alaska and desparately needed the money while attending college in Flagstaff, Az.. Having 5 boys of my own on a restaurant mgr. budget, I only had $350 to offer at the time, and he accepted. Oh, it came with a brand new top of the line 2x7 Redfield with the BDC.

Merry Christmas!
GS

 

[Freedom_fighter_in_IL]

That $350 doesn't sound like much today but back in the 80's that was a pretty nice offer!