M70 EW .270 Win PICS added

[Hegland]

Very nice couple of rigs there! These FN incarnations of the M70 are well-done, for sure.

 

[FOTIS]

Gorgeous rifle. What is weight sans scope?

 

[nvbroncrider]

That will work for sure.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I have a 3.5-10x50 Kahles on my .270 Winchester custom. Any rifle that shoots under an inch at 300 yards and has been doing it in that same rifle for 40 years now gets my vote. I don't care what caliber it is. You EW Model 70 looks very capable for the price. With a good 3.5-10x40 scope on it, it should be a great hunting rifle.

The only caliber that I seem to shy away from hunting with is my .30-06. There is not any reason to do so because I shoot the rifle at the range pretty often. My Model 70 .30-06 is super accurate and has killed one elk and is one of the most accurate rifles that I own. I need to start using it more for hunting! It really does shoot well! Before this present .30-06, I had a Beretta Mato in .30-06. It was scary accurate but it was heavy with the Sako long action and full stock. I did not hunt much with it either.

I just got a 3.5-10x44 Conquest this week and maybe it will be mounted on my .30-06 Model 70? It would be a great scope for that rifle. My Model 70, .270 has had the 3.5-10x50 Kahles on it for most of the past ten years and the scope holds zero and shoots very accurately. No reason to change there!

 

[filmjunkie4ever]

Those are both nice rifles! I prefer a 30-06 to a 270 in most cases but a 270 is in my top 3 favorite calibers! Its a Model 70 so you are good to go!

 

[taylorce1]

Found my fish scales today after I pulled some boxes out of storage. I weighed both rifles and it is surprising the difference between the two.

M70 with Edge weighed in at 7lb 11oz with nylon speed sling and 5 rounds of 165 grain ammunition. It weighed 7lb 1oz with just the scope I didn't bother to weigh the EW naked though.

M70 EW weighed in at 9lb 8oz with the same sling and 5 rounds of 130 grain ammunition. I could probably take off 8+ ounces of weight just by adding some Talley LWT mounts and removing the Warne rings and Weaver GS bases and putting a Leupold 3-9X40 VXII on it as well.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I would rather tote that Master Race scope up the mountain, thank you very much! :mrgreen: Than worry about taking off too much weight.

 

[taylorce1]

I would rather tote that Master Race scope up the mountain, thank you very much! :mrgreen: Than worry about taking off too much weight.

I like my hunting rifles to weigh less than 9lbs, just a personal preference.

 

[SJB358]

I would rather tote that Master Race scope up the mountain, thank you very much! :mrgreen: Than worry about taking off too much weight.

I like my hunting rifles to weigh less than 9lbs, just a personal preference.

Man, that is odd, as my Alaskan weighs in right at 9lbs with scope and Montana sling.. I didn't think the EW weighed that much.. That is pretty heavy for a 270.

 

[filmjunkie4ever]

M70 with Edge weighed in at 7lb 11oz with nylon speed sling and 5 rounds of 165 grain ammunition.

Best bullet weight ever in a 30-06.

Lets see the crowd go wild on that one.

 

[taylorce1]

I would rather tote that Master Race scope up the mountain, thank you very much! :mrgreen: Than worry about taking off too much weight.

I like my hunting rifles to weigh less than 9lbs, just a personal preference.

Man, that is odd, as my Alaskan weighs in right at 9lbs with scope and Montana sling.. I didn't think the EW weighed that much.. That is pretty heavy for a 270.

EW is listed I think at 7lbs 2oz naked. I added pretty close to two pounds by the time you add a 21oz scope and Warne STEEL rings at 8oz plus Weaver GS steel bases which probably weight in at an ounce or two. I'll eventually put a set of Talley LWT mounts and a Leupold and that will drop the weight to under 9 lbs I'm sure probably close to 8.6 lbs.

I was cleaning both today for a trip to the range hopefully tomorrow or Saturday, and put both stocks naked on the scales. The Edge with pillars and bedding compound weighed in at 25 oz and the EW weighed in at 30oz with minimal bedding of the recoil lug. I was really surprised that they were that close in weight expecially with the full length bedding block in the EW stock.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I agree, I shoot 165 Partitions almost exclusively in my Model 70, .30-06.

 

[SJB358]

EW is listed I think at 7lbs 2oz naked. I added pretty close to two pounds by the time you add a 21oz scope and Warne STEEL rings at 8oz plus Weaver GS steel bases which probably weight in at an ounce or two. I'll eventually put a set of Talley LWT mounts and a Leupold and that will drop the weight to under 9 lbs I'm sure probably close to 8.6 lbs.

I was cleaning both today for a trip to the range hopefully tomorrow or Saturday, and put both stocks naked on the scales. The Edge with pillars and bedding compound weighed in at 25 oz and the EW weighed in at 30oz with minimal bedding of the recoil lug. I was really surprised that they were that close in weight expecially with the full length bedding block in the EW stock.

Good point. That's true, all of the steel does add up pretty quick. Just surprised me a little.

 

[35 Whelen]

Rifle looks nice . Congrats.
However I really like the looks of that lawn chair with all that routing on the arms ............ sweet outdoor furniture did you make that?????? 8)

 

[Oldtrader3]

Who has a 21 ounce scope???? I certainly don't, even my heaviest German scopes only weigh 3-4 ounces more than an equivalent Leupold. Maybe the Vortex scopes weigh 21 ounces but I have never owned any scope that weighed more than 16 ounces which is 3-4 ounces more than a 3.5-10x40 Leupold VX3! Somebody must be weighing a 60 year old steel German scope?

Plus, I use skeletonized Warne steel bases and Aluminum TPS rings which are 120 times stronger than Leupold side screw steel bases with steel rings and weigh less! Where do you guys get these numbers????????

My rifles which weigh 9 pounds have either been Weatherby Mark V's which have an action that is twice as heavy as a Remington action with a heavier barrel contour or have custom french or english shell walnut stocks on them which are very dense and probably weigh a pound more than American walnut stocks.

I only have (3) factory built rifles, a Sako Model 85, a Ruger No 1 and a Winchester Model 70 Sporter. All of my other rifles are custom rifles which have denser, figured walnut stocks but (2) are heavier than factory and (1) is about the same weight.

 

[taylorce1]

Who has a 21 ounce scope???? I certainly don't, even my heaviest German scopes only weigh 3-4 ounces more than an equivalent Leupold. Maybe the Vortex scopes weigh 21 ounces but I have never owned any scope that weighed more than 16 ounces which is 3-4 ounces more than a 3.5-10x40 Leupold VX3! Somebody must be weighing a 60 year old steel German scope?

Plus, I use skeletonized Warne steel bases and Aluminum TPS rings which are 120 times stronger than Leupold side screw steel bases with steel rings and weigh less! Where do you guys get these numbers?????????

I was talking about what was on my rifle, and yes the scope is listed at 21oz, the Warne rings at 8oz, and I guessed on the weight of the bases. I got the numbers from Vortex and Warne since you were wondering.

 

[taylorce1]

The EW shot better than my Edge yesterday. Put four rounds down the pipe on the EW yesterday, and it took a few more to get the Edge on paper.

The Edge bucks around a lot more on the bags, but still not upleasant to shoot.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I still vote for an accurate rifle. A light rifle does not not interest me unless it will shoot. I have owned several light rifles that will not hold zero long enough to shoot a 5 shot group. Or will put the first shot, cold-clean barrel, 6 inches out of the group.

I carried 9+ pound rifles for 50+ years and never died from it! Most of us are not sheep hunters. Plus, I do not own a hunting scope over 16 ounces. It seems many people want to use a 6.5-24x50 scope and then complain about how much their rifle weighs. Nearly all of my hunting scopes are 2.5-8x32, 3-9x40 or 3.5-10x44 top magnification with Aluminum TPS rings. I do have a couple of 50mm objective scopes that weigh 16 ounces but they are on custom rifles and even those, I hunt with.

 

[taylorce1]

Ot3 I don't know why you're hung up on the scope? I said in my very first post it wasn't staying on this rifle, that I only used it because I had it on hand. I only put four rounds through the .270 and 10 through the 06, I'd say I haven't met the accuracy potential of either rifle yet. However I wouldn't hesitate to use either on deer beyond 400 yards.

 

[Oldtrader3]

Okay, point taken!