marksman wrote:that winy of BR's would be a good one for out of the ute window
bigrich wrote:marksman wrote:that winy of BR's would be a good one for out of the ute window
i spent a nice night with it on a rest over the bonnet of my mates ute , popping grey grasshoppers out to 200 with the 55 vmax's . he was calling the distance with a range finder ( aldi , $150 ) and driving the spotlight . we were sitting parked up over a oat crop , the farmers blue dogs ate well that night my mates weapon of choice , brno fox , in 222 of course
in2anity wrote:Nice gun BR - is that one of the controlled feed m70s?
bigrich wrote:in2anity wrote:Nice gun BR - is that one of the controlled feed m70s?
sure is . one of the last of them made at the carolina USA FN plant .the extractor needed a little deburring to get a smooth feed with 6.5 swede as the rim is a poofteeth bigger than the standard 30-06 rim size . this is the one that i'd keep above all the others i have . okay , i'd have to hang on to the 222 as well
in2anity wrote:bigrich wrote:in2anity wrote:Nice gun BR - is that one of the controlled feed m70s?
sure is . one of the last of them made at the carolina USA FN plant .the extractor needed a little deburring to get a smooth feed with 6.5 swede as the rim is a poofteeth bigger than the standard 30-06 rim size . this is the one that i'd keep above all the others i have . okay , i'd have to hang on to the 222 as well
I’m building a custom 223 myself as we speak, with a Swan hopefully - and I so nearly picked up an old m70 Super for it - but i really need the 10shot mag as it’s primarily for field positional target - I ended up going with an old shot-out .204 Howa 1500 in walnut. I think push-feed might be better for the range anyway, and I couldn’t seem to easily find 10-shot conversion kits for the old m70s?
Stix wrote:Nice rifles bigrich...
Id say id like the 222, but if i did that you'd trade it in & not tell me...
But if i ever get up there to have a shot with you i bags it for an afternoon & night of sniping bunnies... ...
bigrich wrote:Sako triggers are very nice, but the model 70, triggers and actions, are brilliant in their simplicity. I don’t mind them
Am88 wrote:a shame I dont think I will get to keep to old school looking leupold rings and base on it, unless I can find a higher set, 56mm scope going on this one. Stock is better then I thought, I may even just leave the finish for a while it's in good nick until I get sick of it.
in2anity wrote:Isn't it interesting, we all have our own tastes - for shots up to and including 300m (which is 90% of my shooting), you'll rarely catch me using a scope far beyond a 40mm obj. I always aim to mount the scope as low as humanely possible. Closer to the bore the better in my books. To each to their own.
in2anity wrote:bigrich wrote:Sako triggers are very nice, but the model 70, triggers and actions, are brilliant in their simplicity. I don’t mind them
What do you estimate your m70 trigger weight to be BR?