Win 270 needs help

[seek100plus]

I have had a 270 Win model 70 , that has been beat up for 20 years . I want to give it to my son , I know the barrel is shot out, needs a new stock, but action is still tight. I would like to turn this gun into a real shooter for my son to use, tell he is big enough to step up to a MAG. I figure , a new good 270 ,would cost $500 ,so I would much rather spend $500.00 on this one since ,I have used this gun for my youth hunting and thought it would be neat to let him do the same . I would like to know, what the team at CWC would do with this 270, if they had $500 big ones to spend on a Win 270, to be a good shooter from all gunsmith work , new barrel and hopefully a new stock , I know $500 doesn’t go far , but I'm on a budget.I have tell next deer season , so I'm sure I could find some more funds to donate to this gun by Oct .

[Red Rabbit]

One option be to blueprint the action and put on a Douglas XX barrel

There are smiths in AZ who could do this easily. The price of a top barrel like a Bartlein, Krieger would eat away most of the $500. Shilen offers a less costly barrel in adddition to their higher priced ones.

 

Might watch some of the gun sites for takeoff stocks, or strip and refinish yours. Be sure to have the action bedded.

[Red Rabbit]

When you say you know the barrel has been shot out, has it been bore-scoped to determine this? Possibly it needs just a real good cleaning to remove copper and then scrubbed with some bore paste.

http://www.6mmbr.com/borecleaning.html

 

Maybe also $30 crown job in case it got dinged in the last 20 years.

[scoutm]

I have a factory Synthetic stock off a model 70 Feather weight just collecting dust I'd let you have cheap. It has a few marks on it but not too bad and the recoil pad has been upgraded so when it was on my 270 it was a comfort to shoot. If you're at all interested shot me a PM.

[Hooked_on_Coues]

I took on a similar project a couple years ago with my Wife's Dad's ole 270.

 

Beat to heck front to back.

 

I took it out of the stock and refinished it, put on a Pachmeyer white line pad ($60).

Took the barrled action to my smith and he trued the action ($125) checked the bore and cut a new crown ($60). Had him reblue and bed the action ($250). Shoots like a champ. Your 500 buck would get this done and then your boy has the honor of carrying your rifle. Much better than a new whiz-bang...

 

I think alot of the barrels that are "shot out" are like RR said and need a little TLC.

[.270]

i don't think i've ever seen a shot out .270. seen one that was bad from neglect and rust. i think red rabbit is right. make sure it's bad first. is it a pre 64? if it is, you can invest a lot in it and still be ahead in value. also, if it is a pre64, look into refinishing the stock instead of replacing it. they have great black walnut stocks. i'd look at rebuilding it and make dang sure the barrel is bad. Lark.

[audsley]

If you get a new barrel, I understand there is now a pretty good cold blue around. I don't recall the name, but it's apparently much better than the Brownell's Oxpho-Blue I used about 15 years ago. You could strip the old blueing off the action and barrel and do it yourself quite easily.

 

I'm guessing your Winchester is not a pre-64. Still, even the post-64 Winchesters shot pretty good. My son has a used one that has taken two Coues deer at 341 and 354 yards, plus a couple at around 260. If it turns out all the gun needs is a good cleaning, I'd stick with the original barrel. Unless you've done a lot of rapid-fire with it, banging away while it was real hot , I believe it takes 4,000-5,000 rounds to really shoot out a barrel in that caliber, or so I once read.

 

I'm thinking $60 might be a little high for a re-crown job. They are very easy to do.

 

If the stock isn't cracked, I'd refinish it. I love to refinish stocks. Sand off the old finish, rub Flecto-Verithane oil on it, sand with wet sandpaper until you get a thick mud, then let it dry. Sand it smooth, then do it again. When it looks like the scratches are filled, rub more oil on and let it dry for a couple of days. Then get an Accurglas bedding kit, some Turtle car wax for a release agent and glass bed it.

 

And dang! Scout'em saw you before I did. I, too, have a surplus synthetic stock for a post-64 Model 70. I think it's a Hogue. Bought it for another rifle and later sold the rifle. I'd say $50 would probably take it. Has a nice pad that's plenty adequate for .270.