Thread: What to do with my Winchester 70?

Originally Posted by makka

What load are you running in it? I thought it would be faster than 3250?

It probably could go faster, I just looked up some load data, 40 gns of 2209 was within book max and seemed like a nice number. I shot a ladder up to 40 and called it good - mainly for ease of loading and barrel life. Pedersons who made brass for it have an article which points out that some recommended loads for this cartridge are a bit hot.

Re-barrel, keep it in the .308 family. My choice .358 Win for something different and a very under estimated cartridge. Energy delivered at the business end compared to the .308 is quite something. You know you want to.

I kind of agree with your assessment on calibers there @csmiffy ... you're welcome to buy it

A 7x57 or 284 seems more in keeping with this action. Although a .358 win or .338 fed could be a bit of fun.

It's still for sale @Jaco Goosen ...

I have one of these that I threaded for a suppressor. The exact same ultimate shadow version in 7mm-08. I have bought and sold various other rifles but tend to find myself coming back to it. Maybe it's just superstition, but for some reason I take more animals with this than my other rifles. It's my goldilocks rifle - not too unwieldy for bush yet still capable of ringing a gong at 400m consistently. It's better built than a Howa yet not too precious to take out into the field and get dirty.

What would I do in your case? Probably consider an aftermarket stock and ceratoke so it's looks pretty again. That's my plan once mine deteriorates cosmetically enough to justify it.

Hope the picture aint to big. This is my own Win 70 that I got from my late Father in '99. One of my most accurate rifles.

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

or you could just keep it and wait for awhile and sell it to a young hunter who will use it

If i had the spare cash id be getting this for the boy!

Doesn’t seem it’s going anywhere in a hurry! Might be time to save.

If I was going to do it, I'dturn it into an 8.6x38... aka 338 Whisper.