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Title: "FN" Model 70 Featherweight
Post by: 87Ford on September 08, 2011, 08:55:06 PM

Here's my SC production Featherweight in 270WSM.  I really like this rifle and after smoking a bear with it last weekend I like it AND the caliber even more.  Shot the bear with factory 150 grain partitions...devastating. 

Title: Re: "FN" Model 70 Featherweight
Post by: addicted on September 08, 2011, 09:00:30 PM

150grn 270 partitions....hmmm. I like.

Title: Re: "FN" Model 70 Featherweight
Post by: wreckerman5357 on September 08, 2011, 10:50:51 PM

Nice looking rifle. You just don't see enough wood stocks anymore. I hunt with synthetics most of the time these days, but you can't beat the look of a wood stock.

Title: Re: "FN" Model 70 Featherweight
Post by: BigGoonTuna on September 10, 2011, 10:49:07 AM

i love mine...just wish i could keep the rust off from the moisture in my 80 year old house when its in storage :bash:

Title: Re: "FN" Model 70 Featherweight
Post by: Huntbear on September 10, 2011, 11:31:26 AM

Was looking at one in 300 WSM.  Had a very nice feel to it...

Title: Re: "FN" Model 70 Featherweight
Post by: 87Ford on September 10, 2011, 11:56:37 AM

Some guys don't like the enclosed MOA trigger....I love it!  My next rifle will be another FN Featherweight in stainless.

Title: Re: "FN" Model 70 Featherweight
Post by: yorketransport on September 11, 2011, 08:59:03 AM

That stock is almost too pretty to take out in the woods. Great caliber choice as well. I need to get a 270 of some kind to fill a gap in my collection, and the 270 WSM is pretty high on the list right now. After seeing a 150gr bullet from a 7mm WSM cut clean through my T-1 steel plate gong, I can only inagine what a 130gr 270 will do to it! :yike:

Andrew

Title: Re: "FN" Model 70 Featherweight
Post by: bearpaw on September 12, 2011, 04:22:53 AM

Nice looking gun and a nice caliber. I am thinking a 300 mag would recoil pretty good in that gun though....  :dunno:

Title: Re: "FN" Model 70 Featherweight
Post by: 87Ford on September 12, 2011, 07:09:49 PM

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Nice looking gun and a nice caliber. I am thinking a 300 mag would recoil pretty good in that gun though....

Thanks.  Yeah, the stock caught my eye and I bought it more for that than the caliber.  It just happened to be a 270wsm and that filled the bill for me.  I was looking for a Featherweight with a nice wood stock.  I bought it to hunt with and I do expect a few battle scars eventually, but that's ok.

As far as a 300 mag and recoil goes, i don't think it would be too bad.  The "Featherweight" is a bit of a misnomer in that these rifles aren't really that light.  This rifle as you see it weighs 8lbs 8.5oz.  Kinda heavy.

Title: Re: "FN" Model 70 Featherweight
Post by: bearpaw on September 13, 2011, 06:37:43 PM

I think you got the best short mag caliber and its a great looking gun....  :tup:

Title: Re: "FN" Model 70 Featherweight
Post by: 87Ford on September 13, 2011, 10:08:27 PM

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I think you got the best short mag caliber and its a great looking gun....

Thanks bearpaw!