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My favorite is a Winchester Model 70 manufactured in the '40s. It's a hand-me-down from my father-on-law. His father was a Marine Colonel and this was his rifle. It is labeled 30-Gov't and of course has no recoil pad. It is fairly well worn as it didn't sit on a shelf - it has hunted everything from fox to bear. It's very accurate and even though it's a full size rifle (26" bbl I think), it carries well in the field. I replaced a RedField scope w/ a Leupold VARI-X III 3-9x a while back, but have left the rest of it alone. I'm considering refinishing the stock, even though that might devalue it somewhat to a collector.
Mike
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