Hey fellas,
I thought I'd share a few photos of my favorite hunting rifle, a 1951 Winchester Model 70 30-06 standard grade. It was bedded by a real pro and has a recoil pad, so its more of a shooter grade rifle than a collector. The thing is, the action is SLICK and the rifle shoots everything well. It's the most non-finicky rifle I've had. And it DRILLS with Barnes 150 gr TTSX. I have it scoped with a Zeiss HD5 3.5-15x42, RapidZ 600 reticle.
I took it on a hunt in WY a few years back.
We arrived just after a big snowstorm, and heard another storm was due to hit later on in the week. We had antelope and deer tags, and hoped a few days of warm weather would melt the snow off.
A buddy and I knocked down 4 antelope does (2 each) on a BLM oilfield the first day out. We saw them at 300 yards, took 2 and the herd, confused at where the shots came from, ran right towards us. We took another 2 at 150 yards.
55 degree weather started to melt that snow off. Mud was everywhere.
We decided to change tactics and hunt private land at a lower elevation, along a riverbank. It was lush and teeming with wildlife... antelope, whitetails and mule deer.
See the antelope along the fence-line...?
My friend shot a real nice buck at 300 yards at twilight, near a marshy area. Hell of a shot!!
The next day I hunted the same marshy area, and got a nice (smaller) whitetail at 295 yards with a Tikka T3 Lite .243 Win using 95 grain Fusions. There were 6 does nearby that scattered, then settled down. I took a mule deer doe at 185 years, and field dressed both just in time for a cold brew and beautiful sunset.
Eric
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1951 Winchester Model 70 30-06 standard grade (and a hunt story w/ pics)
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