Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors Stalking rifle, untangle my head please.

It sure is frustrating!!!!

Damnit^^^^^^^^^^when i CAN'T see...............lol

I’d bet it’ll be fine for what you’re wanting to do with it.

1948 Model 70's must have had some damn nice barrels too, yesterday fired two rounds on 200 yard black gong 1.5" apart with receiver peep, rifle in hand on front rest, no rear bag, just like one would fire a shot braced in the game fields, firing at a square blob with no fine aiming points tells me the rifle and load is more than ready, 200gr Swift A Frames at 2702 fps will get a chit ton of work done.

No bed, no float, and all action screws are just under farmer tight save the middle one for the floor plate latch, also loaded up some 200gr Woodleigh PP Weldcores meant for the 300 magnums to the same speed, they'll be double tough at '06 speeds, a simple zero check at 100 yards before hunting and they'll get it all more than done too ; ]

This will be my "cruising rifle".

You bet my friend, no soft skinned animal i wouldn't hunt with this rig, would happily hunt moose and caribou in Alaskan big bear country without a care in the world, that load hits 200 yard steel damn hard and we all know a Swift A Frame is fail safe.

Nice stuff Gunner. The closest I have to a M70 stalking rifle is this pre-64 358 Win.

You bet it is. That’s a pretty darned solid combo.

That’s badass Ed

Thanks Ed, and yep, you're there man, QD rings ready to iron sight rip if need be, damn nice Warthog too ; ]

Damn right Cert.

Shot it some more, she's ready Big B ; ]

The old '06 with 200gr A-Frames at 2700 with Lyman receiver peep is making gravel out of rocks on the far side of Wife's brim pond bank, double fist sized rocks braced off back porch post are exploded, gallon milk jug sized rocks off hand are swatted damn hard, ranges around the back corner of pond bank are 90 to 115 yards, this is going to be a right fun hunting rig.

Gunner, sounds like you are having fun with that old girl. Reminds me of when I was a kid. My grandpa gave me a big ammo can full of boxes of 220 Remington factory corelokts. I spent all summer blasting away at jackrabbits, lizards, 55 gallon drums full of water. You name it. I do love the 200gr bonded or controlled expansion bullet in the old '06 though. I generally run a 200gr partition, when using my 30-06 on elk and even deer. That is about the best bang for the buck, pun intended. Those Swifts should also be damn good. I'd imagine that rifle handles very well too. Quick and reliable and very deadly.. Oh, and I'm going to have to pump up the load on my 308 Norma, so it doesn't look inadequate compared to your 30-06 load!!!!

No brainer for me. The 270 with the aperture sight. Nothing is quite as clumsy as a scoped rifle unless it's a 12 X 12 X something drilling.

Yes Sir old buddy BSA, she's right as rain, LOL on those old factory 220gr RP rounds, bet you did indeed have a blast, i have around 50 of the 200gr Woodleigh PP's loaded when the A-Frames are gone, simple zero check then hit the woods, i'll get in that massive bag of 200gr npt's when they're gone, i have no worries, great bullet.

I'll bet that 308 Norma is just fine as is ; ]

Thanks sharps4590, you sound like my old buddy Bill Bagwell, went on several hunts with him, never saw him with anything in his hands but a Sharps rifle or 58/62 cal round ball muzzle loading rifles, he was dead eye deadly with them all.

Man, your rifle sounds like it's shooting damn well with irons. Great thread buddy!! Good input and some awesome pics too. As for my 308 Norma magnum, it's not a Winchester model 70, but a lowly ol BSA model E. A factory sporterized m1917 from England. It used to be a 30-06, but I had too damn many of those and always wanted a 308 Norma. It's a sweetheart cartridge and rifle. I had to look up my data, but the 200gr partition is running right around 2,800 fps, so your load is close.



I think anytime you push a 200gr controlled expansion 30 cal over 2,600 fps, it's like a sledge hammer. I've had them penetrate elk stem to stern. I shot one bull elk that was walking toward me, and at around 10 yards away with my m1917 30-06 and a 200gr partition. Damn near flipped him over backwards. Probably not from the bullet/energy, but because the damn thing was startled. It was raining at the time, and I was ridiculously hiding behind a 4" diameter scrub oak. Rifle in the ready. When the lead cow stopped at the timber line, the dumb spike walked out past her. She knew something was up, but the spike didn't... It was about 100 yards from where I took this pic:

Rifle there is my 338wm.. You know it was on elk duty that year..

I think anytime you push a 200gr controlled expansion 30 cal over 2,600 fps, it's like a sledge hammer. I've had them penetrate elk stem to stern.

So will a 480 gr., 45 cal. at less than half that velocity.

That'll work big Bud, hell, no shame here, that rifle is your namesake after all , it's a great looking and shooting rig, yes, 200 npt's rock anything they hit damn hard, at 2700 from an '06 or 3K from a 300 Win Mag, i bet ole Scotty has driven them near 3200 from that big RUM ; ]