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DarylS
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Re: The Winchester-model-70
23/02/21 03:52 AM

Back in about 1977, I got to shoot both rifles of a 'set' of two, that Lester H. Hawkes owned. Less was formerly of Kalispel, Montana, but at that time lived between Smithers and Houston in B.C. He had purchased the pair of Model 70's in 1952, both in .375H&H and both "came" with 2 1/2X Lyman Alaskan scopes.
One of them, Less had bobbed the barrel to 22" and it was saddle scabbard worn to the point there was very little bluing left on the barrel.
Less worked in the 50's on the T-Bar-3 ranch in Montana as a guide & chief bottle washer, according to him. He had a jar of recovered 270gr. Power Points he'd recovered from Elk. Every one of them looked practically identical - picture perfect expansion. His load was 70.0gr. IMR4064.
Both of those rifles are now owned by a very good friend of mine in Smithers. It took a few years after Less passed, but Bob, also a close friend of Less's ended up with both M70's.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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