Model 70 Winchester Fans?

Tracer · 02-02-2010, 05:07 PM

Say, does anybody on this forum have a model 70 (pre-64 action) rifle for hunting big game?

efm77 · 02-02-2010, 05:35 PM

It's not a pre-64 but I have a Classic Stainless in 300 win mag that was one of the last ones to come out of the New Haven plant. It has the CRF action like the pre-64.

gqucool · 02-02-2010, 06:01 PM

I have a pre 64 Model 70 Winchester in .270 beautiful gun has a Leupold 3-9x40 Scope on it most accurate rifle I have. I don't use it all the time because it is in such fine condition plus I inherited it from my father inlaw. This gun will stay in the family and some day my son will have it!

cat skinner · 02-02-2010, 09:26 PM

Yes. Why do you ask?

Tracer · 02-25-2010, 02:22 PM

Cat Skinner because I have been a model 70 Winchester fan for many many years! All my big game hunting rifles are indeed model 70 Winchesters with the pre-64 action.

My latest big bore dangerous game rifle, is also a model 70 Winchester in the .470 - Capstick caliber. It started out as a new model 70 .375H&H and then the barrel was pulled off and a new Kreiger barrel in .475 cal was installed.

Randy Brooks of Barnes bullets installed his muzzle brake for the purpose of working up loads.......barrel was 26 inches plus the break. Now break has been taken off and barrel cut down to 23 inches and Mag Na Ported. This will be used for Cape Buffalo, Hippo and Tuskless Elephant next year.

cat skinner · 03-02-2010, 08:22 PM

Wow, sounds like you really are a m70 fan. Let us know how Africa works out. It's probably a dream for most of us here. Hippo, I'd pass on. Never could see why anyone would shoot one of those, unless they need to be thinned out. What does "tuskless" elephant signify? I thought all elephants had tusks. I always thought kudu would make a nice trophy.

bogus bill · 03-02-2010, 09:18 PM

I have a couple. A first year 1937 hornet reamed to K-hornet, and a 1953 .300 H&H mag.

Tracer · 03-09-2010, 08:03 PM

Bogus Bill, yes you do have a couple of fabulous rifles indeed! It puts a big smile on my face, when I see others show pictures of their gems.

Tracer · 03-09-2010, 09:04 PM

Cat Skinner.....Those tuskless animals are known as Cow Elephant. They cull out so many of these animals because of the lack of food supply in an area. Also the funds that are paid for such an animal got to help keep the herds in tact and assure there will be such hunting in the future.

A Hippo is a very dangerous animal, more so than many people understand. If confronted on land, you will have an almost instantaneous charge from the get go. It takes a lot of gun to put one of these ticked off brusiers away quickly. The .470 - Capstick with a 600 grain bullet will surely get the call, when time comes around to confront such a bull.

Lone Star · 03-24-2010, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Tracer

Cat Skinner.....Those tuskless animals are known as Cow Elephant. They cull out so many of these animals because of the lack of food supply in an area. Also the funds that are paid for such an animal got to help keep the herds in tact and assure there will be such hunting in the future.

A Hippo is a very dangerous animal, more so than many people understand. If confronted on land, you will have an almost instantaneous charge from the get go. It takes a lot of gun to put one of these ticked off brusiers away quickly. The .470 - Capstick with a 600 grain bullet will surely get the call, when time comes around to confront such a bull.

I've read that hippo kill more people in Africa every year than anything but crocs.

Lone Star

Tracer · 03-27-2010, 03:49 AM

There are also a whole lot of people that die from snake bit too!

02-02-2010, 05:07 PM	#1
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02-02-2010, 05:35 PM	#2
efm77 Joined: Jan 2010 From: Claremont, NC Posts: 7	It's not a pre-64 but I have a Classic Stainless in 300 win mag that was one of the last ones to come out of the New Haven plant. It has the CRF action like the pre-64.

02-02-2010, 06:01 PM	#3
gqucool Joined: Dec 2009 From: Utah Posts: 520	I have a pre 64 Model 70 Winchester in .270 beautiful gun has a Leupold 3-9x40 Scope on it most accurate rifle I have. I don't use it all the time because it is in such fine condition plus I inherited it from my father inlaw. This gun will stay in the family and some day my son will have it!

02-02-2010, 09:26 PM	#4
cat skinner Joined: Jul 2009 From: Northern California Posts: 125	Yes. Why do you ask?

02-25-2010, 02:22 PM	#5
Tracer Freedom, Thank a VET!!! Joined: Jan 2010 From: Mid-West Posts: 1,159	Cat Skinner because I have been a model 70 Winchester fan for many many years! All my big game hunting rifles are indeed model 70 Winchesters with the pre-64 action. My latest big bore dangerous game rifle, is also a model 70 Winchester in the .470 - Capstick caliber. It started out as a new model 70 .375H&H and then the barrel was pulled off and a new Kreiger barrel in .475 cal was installed. Randy Brooks of Barnes bullets installed his muzzle brake for the purpose of working up loads.......barrel was 26 inches plus the break. Now break has been taken off and barrel cut down to 23 inches and Mag Na Ported. This will be used for Cape Buffalo, Hippo and Tuskless Elephant next year.

03-02-2010, 08:22 PM	#6
cat skinner Joined: Jul 2009 From: Northern California Posts: 125	Wow, sounds like you really are a m70 fan. Let us know how Africa works out. It's probably a dream for most of us here. Hippo, I'd pass on. Never could see why anyone would shoot one of those, unless they need to be thinned out. What does "tuskless" elephant signify? I thought all elephants had tusks. I always thought kudu would make a nice trophy.

03-02-2010, 09:18 PM	#7
bogus bill Joined: Dec 2009 From: cedar city utah Posts: 27	I have a couple. A first year 1937 hornet reamed to K-hornet, and a 1953 .300 H&H mag.

03-09-2010, 08:03 PM	#8
Tracer Freedom, Thank a VET!!! Joined: Jan 2010 From: Mid-West Posts: 1,159	Bogus Bill, yes you do have a couple of fabulous rifles indeed! It puts a big smile on my face, when I see others show pictures of their gems.

03-09-2010, 09:04 PM	#9
Tracer Freedom, Thank a VET!!! Joined: Jan 2010 From: Mid-West Posts: 1,159	Cat Skinner.....Those tuskless animals are known as Cow Elephant. They cull out so many of these animals because of the lack of food supply in an area. Also the funds that are paid for such an animal got to help keep the herds in tact and assure there will be such hunting in the future. A Hippo is a very dangerous animal, more so than many people understand. If confronted on land, you will have an almost instantaneous charge from the get go. It takes a lot of gun to put one of these ticked off brusiers away quickly. The .470 - Capstick with a 600 grain bullet will surely get the call, when time comes around to confront such a bull.

03-27-2010, 03:49 AM	#11
Tracer Freedom, Thank a VET!!! Joined: Jan 2010 From: Mid-West Posts: 1,159	There are also a whole lot of people that die from snake bit too!