She's a beaut. Congrats on your new rifle. If you looking for a suggestions on cheaper factory ammo plain old Winchester power points do vary well like sub MOA in mine. I think they have 165 and 185 in the 06. Hray

That is spectacular, sprg03. What a beautiful rifle. Nice to be able to select your own wood.

Made it to the range today to dial in the new Super Grade. I grabbed two boxes of ‘06, a box of Federal Fusion and a box of Hornady Whitetail. (More on that later)!

Right off the bat, this thing is one hell of a rifle! I know…took 88 years to figure that out, right! Fed smoothly, loaded easily, ergos are awesome especially with the cheek piece, and the trigger is phenomenal. I haven’t taken the time to measure it yet but it breaks like a glass rod with no creep or over travel. In fact it doesn’t seem to move at all! That will take a bit of getting used to, especially after shooting my Browning BLR. Although I was shooting at only 50 yards at an indoor range every shot was in the black, even while sighting in and adjusting the scope. Given my personal limitations, mainly some back issues, and given that I was shooting over a bag under the fore stock with my right elbow in the air, that’s pretty darn good for me. It absorbs the recoil very well, given that it is a fairly heavy rifle with a nice, thick and soft recoil pad. I do like the safety, mounted on the bolt cocking piece and with the ability to allow the bolt to be operated or to lock the bolt. I was also really impressed with the scope I chose, a Burris Fullfield IV 6-24x50, a pretty darn big scope with more magnification than needed on a hunting rifle here in Michigan. Very sharp image and very bright, with adjustable parallax. Overall I am beyond happy with the new Winchester. Although a direct comparison with my Tikkas would be tough, it would be difficult to choose between them.

Back to the ammo situation. Imagine my shock when, after the first two shots while shooting the Hornady Whitetail, I had THREE dud rounds! I tried the first two duds again with no bang. Luckily I brought some Federal Fusion that ran 100%. Looking at the primers in the dud rounds the dent seems pretty deep. I will try these rounds in another ‘06 at some point in the future. This isn’t the first problem I have had with Hornady ammo though, being a bit of a fanboy. About 40% of the box of Superformance in 243 I tried shooting in my then brand new Tikka in 243 either closed with a bit of effort or the bolt wouldn’t close at all. Really disappointed in Hornady ammo as a result.

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BACO

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BACO

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Browning Arms Corporation, the actual importer and, I think manufacturer.

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BACO

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Browning Arms Corporation, the actual importer and, I think manufacturer.

Made by FN Herstal imported by Browning Arms Corp. My BACO ref. was just to indicate that my rifle was a new production made/assembled in Portugal by FN. Some/most M70 traditionalist poo poo on the M70 being made outside of the US, others and I agree with is that the current production M70 are some of the best M70s ever made. Hray