Nice rifle. The new FN Winnies are supposed to have adjustable triggers in them now. I currently have 3 M70's, but much older rifles.
You have a classic rifle in a classic caliber.
Enjoy.
For Christmas, my wife bought me a Winchester 70 Featherweight in 7x57. I installed a Cabela's Instinct 4-12 scope on it and headed to the range with the only ammo I could find, PPU. The rifle is light easy handling and good looking. Fighting with what seems an 8 pound trigger, I managed to hold it steady enough to get some good some good groups. The large group is 1.25" and I haven't measured the small one. These are the largest and smallest groups of the day and was at 200 yards, everything else fell in between. I will admit to being pretty impressed with the FN models.
Last edited by Jamie; 12-28-2014 at 11:26 AM.
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Nice rifle. The new FN Winnies are supposed to have adjustable triggers in them now. I currently have 3 M70's, but much older rifles.
You have a classic rifle in a classic caliber.
Enjoy.
12F, McGowen 6.5x284 1-8" twist, Nightforce 12-42x BR<br />BVSS, McGowen barrel, 22-250 1-9" twist, Nikon 6-18x<br />16 FHLSS Weather Warrior, Sinarms 257 Roberts, Pentax 3-9<br />Stevens 200, 223 bone-factory-stock, Nikon 3-9x<br />Scratch-built BVSS, LW 243 1-8" twist, Viper 6.5-20x50 mil-dot
Looks pretty FN good!
Thanks. I am a FN fan and figured it would be a good hunting rifle and pretty to look at, didn't expect my large group to be .5 MOA with a 12x scope. Hopefully with some light loads with 120 BallisticTips, my daughter will take her first deer next fall.
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My only 7mm anything is a Contender carbine in 7x30 Waters. I'm getting very tight groups with the Nosler Combined Technology 140 gr bullets. They run out of my barrel at ~2400 fps. I think you're velocity will be around 2700-2800 fps with same bullet. It does a super job on deer sized game. The regular Nosler Ballistic Tip is the same bullet without the coating.
12F, McGowen 6.5x284 1-8" twist, Nightforce 12-42x BR<br />BVSS, McGowen barrel, 22-250 1-9" twist, Nikon 6-18x<br />16 FHLSS Weather Warrior, Sinarms 257 Roberts, Pentax 3-9<br />Stevens 200, 223 bone-factory-stock, Nikon 3-9x<br />Scratch-built BVSS, LW 243 1-8" twist, Viper 6.5-20x50 mil-dot
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