Saved me some nickles together and finally got the rifle I been desiring for some years. Yep the Winchester model 70 chambered in 270 win.
This rifle is to replace my Grandfathers rifle handed down through my Dad Winchester model 54 with the snazzy snable forend. She finally and sadly enough ... found its way to my house but alas I have a tough time useing like an everyday rifle. I love the style and feel but it holds way too many memories for me.
Long story huh ... brings me to this classy model 70 with its snable forend. Almost stacks up to the old 54 but it has no memories attatched so it will make an everyday target, hunting rifle.
Shoots very well. An under MOA when I do my part. My handloads with imr 4831 Hornaday 140 grain btsp with cci large rifle primers.
NOW here comes the part that kinda buggs me. Loaded Lee 277 boolits that I powdercoated ford blue and excitedly dashed off to the range. Loaded her up to see what kinda cast boolit rifle she was gonna be. Cycled the action and chambered the first round ... bang. Chambered the second round and she delivered the second hole about 3 inch from the first. Went to cycle the third round from the left side of the mag and it stubbed on the right side of the chamber opening.
Cant remember any further accuracy details form my precious cast boolits ... spent awhile trying to figure out why the failure to feed the 3rd round of round nose ammo. Then I tried some 150 grain round nose Hornaday's and the 3rd round failed as well. Spitzers work flawlessly and for hunting this is fine ... but ... my favorite shooting is with our cast boolit missles.
Filed a bit and polished the feed ramp, filed a bit and polished the mag followerer. Helped and now I enjoy shooting my favorite projectiles ... CAST BOOLITS!
She still stubbs sometimes but think I have the workaround figured out. Accuracy with the cast boolits still dismal but it is a work in progress.
Anybody else experience feeding issues with these new manufactured mod 70's?