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11-17-2016, 05:19 PM | #3 | ||||||
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OK, we give up. Tell us about the rifle. Rich and I want to know.
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11-17-2016, 05:20 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Model 70 perhaps?
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11-17-2016, 06:31 PM | #5 | ||||||
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great buck i know your proud of him...charlie
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11-17-2016, 07:21 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Thanks Charlie I appreciate the compliment. He is a very good young man on many fronts...and for you other guys, NO it is not a Model 70. That is a rifle I bought new in the early 80's and gave Wyatt as a gift. For his birthday as I recall. It is a Remington Model 700 Mountain Rifle in .270 Winchester. In my mind it is nicer than the current version that now has a composite stock, stainless barrel, etc., etc. It is getting old but it obviously still works very well.
Now if you want to see a Model 70. Here you go. The old man got a deer too. Ask me about the gun if you don"t recognize it! Keep my age in mind and who I (and you guys) grew up reading. Zoom on the picture and remember.... Pete C. |
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11-17-2016, 07:58 PM | #7 | ||||||
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Congratulations on a pair of nice mulies and on your son's accomplishment Peter. I thought his rifle looked familiar. A Model 700 Mountain Rifle in .280 was the first gun I bought myself when I turned 18 (early 90s).
Your Model 70 looks like it was either built by or inspired by the ones Biesen built. Marcus
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11-17-2016, 08:16 PM | #8 | ||||||
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I will tell what it is after Bill, Rich and Dean make their guess. But you are very close Marc.
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11-18-2016, 07:13 AM | #9 | ||||||
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Since the other guys haven't guessed I will tell what the M70 is leaning against my deer. It is a Jack O'Connor tribute rifle Winchester sold a limited number of in cooperation with the O'Connor center and Jack's son Bradford. I really enjoyed Jack's writing and his ability to make a story seem like you were there. Reading him is what made me a .270 fan for the past 45 years.
Our local gun shop underwrote this rifle for a friends of NRA event back in 2013. I saw it at the store and really liked it so I went to the banquet and bought it in the live auction. Actually for less than retail. It is a very close copy of Jack's rifle he called #2 which was modified for him by Al Biesen. I never considered not shooting this gun and Jack would have certainly agreed. It has been lucky for me in the three years I've had it. I have never missed when using this rifle and have managed to collect 3 elk and 2 deer with it. All with 130 gr bullets by Jack's old pal Vernon Speer propelled by 56 gr of IMR 4831. Peter C |
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11-18-2016, 07:58 AM | #10 | ||||||
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I thought it may have some connection to O'connor.
I am also a big fan of the .270 .
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