Drank the Koolaid...

[MTClacka]

Just picked up my new toy, after reading too much of this forum. I've always wanted a model 70, and have been looking for a reason to try a 7-08 for a long time now. I convinced my wife that it's the perfect caliber for our son when he's old enough to hunt... in 10 1/2 years... Guess I'll have to break it in for him. Here's to hoping it shoots!

 

[LuketheDog]

Good forward thinking! I'd better go get one for my daughter, she can hunt in 8 years!

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

Beauty! Your son is a lucky kid

 

[MJE2083]

I better get a few for my future children which have not yet been conceived

 

[JohnCushman]

I better get a few for my future children which have not yet been conceived

^^ Post of the day!!! LOL

 

[LCH]

Sharp!

 

[LandDiver]

Ha ha! Man that's the rifle I want to get as well, and the very same reason I told my wife lol! Beautiful gun. Nice to see a real picture of it. What kind of scope you go with?

 

[Southwind]

Nice, IMHO you can't go wrong with a model 70.

 

[farbedo]

Nice score. And it has pretty walnut attached to it, even better. Here's to many happy season and memories with that rifle.

Jeremy

 

[Dan O]

I better get a few for my future children which have not yet been conceived

Now that's planning ahead

 

[Dan O]

Just picked up my new toy, after reading too much of this forum. I've always wanted a model 70, and have been looking for a reason to try a 7-08 for a long time now. I convinced my wife that it's the perfect caliber for our son when he's old enough to hunt... in 10 1/2 years... Guess I'll have to break it in for him. Here's to hoping it shoots!

Is that a Super Grade? It's a beauty.

 

[noharleyyet]

That's really what a rifle should look like.

 

[280rem]

Awesome rifle good job

 

[Reata]

That's a fine rifle!

 

[MJE2083]

Very nice! I love a 70 super grade. Friend of mine has an older one in 300winmag. How are the new portugese made/ south carolina made rifles? I've thought they were over priced since the 2006 closure of the New Haven factory.

 

[MTClacka]

Thanks everyone. It is a Super Grade, and I topped it with a Leupold VX3i 4.5-14x40 CDS. Really looking forward to putting some rounds through it. I think I'm going to try some of the new Hornady ELDX rounds.

 

[choc dogs]

That is a gorgeous rifle. IMHO, the model 70 fwt is the standard by which all rifles should be judged. Nice way to pay homage to the 7mm HT cartridge.

 

[MTClacka]

How are the new portugese made/ south carolina made rifles

Fit and finish is excellent, as well as the bluing. I'll definitely plan to post a follow up once I get a chance to shoot it. So far everything I've read about the portuguese made guns has been solid.

 

[HiMtnHntr]

You didn't drink no kool-aid on that one. Now, if you'd have spent several thousand on a custom in the same caliber for basically the same purpose, then you'd have been pulling on the kool-aid jug a bit!

 

[Carbon]

Is he the lefty, or are you/ ;-0