Model 70 Featherweight for Wife

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I'm thinking about getting a Win Model 70 Featherweight for my wife and for myself. The gun will be a multi-role rifle. Practice shooting at water filled milk jugs and such out to 300 yards, possibly a predator and farm pest rifle at my step-father's farm, and a light deer gun for my wife. I am thinking about getting a .243 win because my wife is a little recoil sensitive.

Does anywone have one and if so what do you think?
 
i have a featherweight in .280 Rem and really like it, good looks, good accuracy and light weight. i have hit targets(not animals) with it out to 500 meters so it works that far i guess. i will say that off a bench the recoil is kind of rough, but probably shouldn't be too bad in .243.
if she can handle the recoil i say go for it, i like mine alot.
 
I bought my wife on in 30-06 for Christmas. She is petite (118# or so) and does fine with the recoil. They are nice rifles, and after shooting hers, I got one for myself!

I do not think you can go wrong with this weapon.


Regards,

Bob
 
I have a Sako .243 which weighs seven pounds, total, with scope, sling & ammo. With 85-grain bullets, the recoil is little more than a .220 Swift, seems like. Much less than my 9-1/2 pound '06...

I've killed around 20 deer with it, and numerous coyotes. Any second shot was a coup de grace where a .22 pistol would have sufficed.

FWIW, Art
 
Three years ago, I bought my then-13-yr-old son a Win. Classic Stainless Synthetic in .243. Has BOSS. According to my Win. cat., this rifle weighs just a little less than the Featherweight.

Accuracy is good. Trigger is currently pulling at about 2.5#. Can't adjust creep on a Win. trigger.

I'd prefer a Rem.
 
The new controlled feed Featherweights? Love em, great rifles, have another one on the way in 7mm-08 right now. The older push feed models are nice also, but I prefer the controlled feed pre-64 design. Either way, I think you'll be pleased. If the rifle is going to see more use on deer, particularly bigger deer, might want to go a little bigger up to 257 Roberts or maybe even 6.5x55. Of course, if it's varmints and vermin, then the 243Win will be just fine. 100gn Nosler Partitions or another premium bullet placed well should be plenty for in close deer. They are lovely rifles, although by todays standards, they really aren't Featherweight anymore. Semper Fidelis...Ken M
 
My wife shoots an older Mod 70 featherwt in .243 with leupold 3X9. She is 5'0 and <100 pounds.
I shot many deer and pronghorn with it before she started calling it hers, almost all with the 100gr SP. Have shot several coyotes, feral cats and a few groundhogs etc.
Good choice for a petite wife unless she starts going after bigger game.
 
Accuracy?

Someone told me there's wasn't very accurate. Is this the norm or was he just unlucky?

I don't really expect a one holer for the price but I would like to see one inch groups at 100 yards.

As far as accuracy goes in general how would this rifle compare to a rem 700 in a .243? The rem is only about a 1/4 lb heavier and has a heavier barrel contour.

The gun will see more use for targets and predators than it will for deer. That is one of the main reasons I picked the .243. My wife just wants to try deer hunting. If she gets into it I will probably buy her a somewhat bigger calilber once she is more acustomed to recoil.
 
There is no inherent reason for the 70 FW to be inaccurate. Many quality rifles often improve with a bit of tweaking with the forearm bedding, but that's no big deal. Lots of posts here, on that.

The .243 seems to be an inherently accurate cartridge. I commonly get three shots behind a quarter; often, behind a dime--total coverage.

FWIW, Art
 
My featherweight has always shot very well, grouping well under an inch. when i'm not shooting the thing has come close to 1/2 an inch.
 
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