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<blockquote data-quote="Vollmer" data-source="post: 34411" data-attributes="member: 8014"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Now that stable, durable synthetic stocks are the norm on hunting rifles, it’s easy to forget that generations of hunters carried walnut-stocked rifles into the field and did not feel one bit sorry for themselves. Many still do. Today we have a pair of classically styled rifles with wooden stocks. One is an accurate .243 pushing 60 years old; the other is a .270 that's a veteran of many hunts over three decades. Both still look great and are ready to square off in a today’s gunfight. Here they are: </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><img src="http://www.fieldandstream.com/sites/fieldandstream.com/files/styles/article_image_full/public/Model%20700%20270.JPG?itok=rIa99v7M" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><strong>Mike’s Model 700 Mountain Rifle</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">This is my pet rifle. It's a Remington 700 Mountain Rifle in .270 that I bought back in the mid-80s. Along with the Winchester Model 70 Featherweight that came out about the same time, the Mountain Rifle represented a return to more classical stock design and helped lead the way to lighter, handier rifles. This one is a joy to carry, accurate as all get out, and completely original. The scope is a relatively inexpensive Bushnell variable that sits on very low Weaver mounts, and the gun has given me 30 years of excellent service. I put the Whelen sling on it when I bought it. I've carried this rifle in west Texas desert and canyon country, through Wyoming snows and deep piney woods and I have never felt handicapped once. It has at least 40 deer, half a dozen javelinas, a number of exotics and I have no idea how many hogs to its credit (I really like hunting hogs). I would as soon sell one of my children as turn loose of it.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><img src="http://www.fieldandstream.com/sites/fieldandstream.com/files/styles/article_image_full/public/Sako%20Coltsman.JPG?itok=GllVbqmQ" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><strong>Kudukid’s Coltsman</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Here's a Sako L57 action as stocked and barreled by High Standard for Colt and marketed as a "Coltsman." It’s a .243 Winchester and it will keep five shots inside of an inch at 100 yards with my handloads. This came with the Sako medium rings, and a Lyman 6X All-American scope fits perfectly with no more than 1/16-inch clearance to the barrel. These actions are getting very hard to find as only a very small production run of 10,090 were made between Jan. 1, 1957, and Oct. 9, 1959. It was replaced with a revised version, the L579 which, as usual, was cheapened in the process. Extremely well machined and finished, these push-feed actions are incredibly slick. They are also lightweight and have a smaller diameter bolt than is typical for either the .243 or .308 cartridge head.</span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">There are your choices: a Sako/Colt .243 or a Model 700 in .270. I am torn. The first (and one of the only) centerfires I ever shot was a Model 700 Mountain Rifle in .270. On the other hand, I am a sucker for retro gun names like “Coltsman.” I’m not voting so it’s up to all of you. Vote and comment below, and keep the gun pictures coming. I got a nice batch of guns after pleading last week, but I still need more to keep Gunfight Friday afloat. That address again: <a href="mailto:fsgunnuts@gmail.com">fsgunnuts@gmail.com</a>.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vollmer, post: 34411, member: 8014"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]Now that stable, durable synthetic stocks are the norm on hunting rifles, it’s easy to forget that generations of hunters carried walnut-stocked rifles into the field and did not feel one bit sorry for themselves. Many still do. Today we have a pair of classically styled rifles with wooden stocks. One is an accurate .243 pushing 60 years old; the other is a .270 that's a veteran of many hunts over three decades. Both still look great and are ready to square off in a today’s gunfight. Here they are: [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia][IMG]http://www.fieldandstream.com/sites/fieldandstream.com/files/styles/article_image_full/public/Model%20700%20270.JPG?itok=rIa99v7M[/IMG][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia][B]Mike’s Model 700 Mountain Rifle[/B] This is my pet rifle. It's a Remington 700 Mountain Rifle in .270 that I bought back in the mid-80s. Along with the Winchester Model 70 Featherweight that came out about the same time, the Mountain Rifle represented a return to more classical stock design and helped lead the way to lighter, handier rifles. This one is a joy to carry, accurate as all get out, and completely original. The scope is a relatively inexpensive Bushnell variable that sits on very low Weaver mounts, and the gun has given me 30 years of excellent service. I put the Whelen sling on it when I bought it. I've carried this rifle in west Texas desert and canyon country, through Wyoming snows and deep piney woods and I have never felt handicapped once. It has at least 40 deer, half a dozen javelinas, a number of exotics and I have no idea how many hogs to its credit (I really like hunting hogs). I would as soon sell one of my children as turn loose of it.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia][IMG]http://www.fieldandstream.com/sites/fieldandstream.com/files/styles/article_image_full/public/Sako%20Coltsman.JPG?itok=GllVbqmQ[/IMG][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia][B]Kudukid’s Coltsman[/B] Here's a Sako L57 action as stocked and barreled by High Standard for Colt and marketed as a "Coltsman." It’s a .243 Winchester and it will keep five shots inside of an inch at 100 yards with my handloads. This came with the Sako medium rings, and a Lyman 6X All-American scope fits perfectly with no more than 1/16-inch clearance to the barrel. These actions are getting very hard to find as only a very small production run of 10,090 were made between Jan. 1, 1957, and Oct. 9, 1959. It was replaced with a revised version, the L579 which, as usual, was cheapened in the process. Extremely well machined and finished, these push-feed actions are incredibly slick. They are also lightweight and have a smaller diameter bolt than is typical for either the .243 or .308 cartridge head. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]There are your choices: a Sako/Colt .243 or a Model 700 in .270. I am torn. The first (and one of the only) centerfires I ever shot was a Model 700 Mountain Rifle in .270. On the other hand, I am a sucker for retro gun names like “Coltsman.” I’m not voting so it’s up to all of you. Vote and comment below, and keep the gun pictures coming. I got a nice batch of guns after pleading last week, but I still need more to keep Gunfight Friday afloat. That address again: [EMAIL="fsgunnuts@gmail.com"]fsgunnuts@gmail.com[/EMAIL].[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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