My uncles Model 70

[Michael Hirschi]

What a great story and beautiful buck. My father bought a Winchester 264 mag in 1965. My nephew has it and is taking good care of it. He killed this spike bull in Utah this year. Love it

 

[Taj]

Great rifle, it's a keeper. love the timber but hate the changing point of impact.

That's easily fixed and he is already on the right track with floating the barrel. All of my pre64s ( that I actually hunt with )are pillar bedded and free floated and the POI never changes.

 

[ButterBean]

That's Awesome

 

[Bruce Treloar]

That's easily fixed and he is already on the right track with floating the barrel. All of my pre64s ( that I actually hunt with )are pillar bedded and free floated and the POI never changes.

Thanks for jogging my memory re the pillars. I usually go to the trouble of molding a full carbon stock totally solid under the action area. Free floating the barrel and bedding the receiver then keeping the timber stock if ever I want to sell it. Carbon pillars won't compress, are more temperature stable and so easy to make. Drill a hole under the receiver half way into the stock and a larger hole up the underside. Fill the two connecting holes with carbon fiber and epoxy resin, wait until it cures and rebed. I have been shooting benchrest since 1966 but love my field shooting best.

 

[Prairie Sasquatch]

Very cool. Nice that she gave it to you and understood what it meant.

 

[DarryH]

Thanks for the story. I made me feel good today. I love hearing about guns passed through the family, and especially when they are still taken to the field to hunt.