What caliber for M70 build?

[Tra3]

.270 Winchester. I hunted pronghorn for over 20 years with a .270. My friends bought the same caliber. It is very effective on them with a 130 grain bullet. With 150s I’ve taken numerous elk.

The caliber works great for Africa too, my kids have used it to take a few dozen PG.

@Mtn_Infantry makes a very good point, though. It is a common rifle in that action, so just buy a .270 already built! In that case, the .25-06 gets my vote.

 

[Wyatt Smith]

I don’t know what all your build will entail, but if it’s just a barrel and stock, go with the 257 Roberts or 25-06. If you want to build something really special, meaning high end custom, go for whatever caliber you want. Basically my point is you can buy push feed M70 for $500, and the others are hard to find.

 

[DG870]

All are good for the game you indicated, but a fast twist .270 that’s able to use some of the new heavier bullets would give you a backup rifle to your .30 in a pinch.

 

[YancyW]

270 win. With Reloader 26 and a 150gr VLD you can easily get 3000fps and it would be a hammer on what you are after.

 

[Graham Hunter]

For Deer size and down you can't beat the 25-06.

 

[skydiver386]

Even more contrarian—.257 STW. . Brass is getting a bit hard to source, but I love mine. .280 or .280 AI are solid as well.

Not sure the STW cartridge will work in this action length. It has a .473 bolt face and the ejection port actually looks more like a short action.

 

[skydiver386]

The gun store owner had a Win70 short action stock that we tried, and this action was at least an inch to long to match the screw spacing, so I'm pretty sure it's a long. Maybe some Winchester fans can chime in and let me know exactly what I have, and what will work through this action. It is push feed, NOT CRF.

 

[skydiver386]