Tell me about .270 wcf

[Cool Custard]

My dad asked me to clean up a couple of my grandfathers rifles and one of them is a Winchester model 70 in .270 wcf. Researching the serial number places its production to 1948.

Can I get some info on this gun and cartridge from you guys/gals. Is the .270 wcf round still around and in production? Is it the same as .270 win?

Here's the rifle:

[TMB 1]

WCF stands for Winchester center fire. The 270 is an extremely popular hunting caliber & the model 70 is an extremely popular classic hunting rifle. Looks like you have a nice one!

[Divernhunter]

Yes they are the same cartridge.

[golfish]

I had a Rem 700 that kicked like a mule..Flat shooter too

[Model94Guy]

You have a wonderful example of the "Rifleman's Rifle" widely considered the best bolt gun ever built. The 270 Win. cartridge is a flat shooting hard hitter. Jack O'Conner shot everything on this continent and all of Africa's plains game with a rifle just like it.

[killshot44]

Sweet.

Some Flitz will clean up the blueing nicely. I'd leave the stock alone, it looks to have a nice patina and no big scratches. Love the hand-wear on the bolt-knob.

Upgrade the stock if it's used for hunting, otherwise keep it period-correct.

[Garandimal]

The .270 Win. is an outstanding rifle cartridge... and is my bolt-gun round.

150 grain bullets will take anything in the lower 48, out to 400 yards, if you do your part.

I like these for an inexpensive all-purpose round du jour.

Prvi Partizan PPU .270 Winchester 150grn SP 20rd Box






GR

[Whiterabbit]

Sweet.

Some Flitz will clean up the blueing nicely. I'd leave the stock alone, it looks to have a nice patina and no big scratches. Love the hand-wear on the bolt-knob.

Upgrade the stock if it's used for hunting, otherwise keep it period-correct.

my God, don't "upgrade" squat. That is a wonderful rifle not only with pedigree, but history. Clean it up and shoot it! And think about grampa every time you take it out.

[Cool Custard]

I'm not going to mess with the gun at all! I took it home and gave the bore a good brushing, oiled up the bolt and wiped the gun down to clean it up but that's it. It's going to stay the way it is and my dad and I will enjoy it the way that it is! Maybe upgrade the scope but no aesthetic changes at all.

Thanks for all the info and kind words guys/gals. I can't wait to get out and shoot this gun.

[Whiterabbit]

I suggest pulling the action out and checking the bottom for rust. may as well clean up the inside as well as the outside.

Part of my suggestion was to leave the scope as is. I wouldn't "upgrade" that either.

[Cool Custard]

I suggest pulling the action out and checking the bottom for rust. may as well clean up the inside as well as the outside.

Part of my suggestion was to leave the scope as is. I wouldn't "upgrade" that either.

Definitely need to do that.

How come you wouldn't change the scope? I like the thought of not changing anything but I'd like a scope that's a little clearer and has a better field of vision. It's also a fixed power at 2 1/2.

[Whiterabbit]

because its a classic, and there's too much of a forum (and general gun) boner for more power and bigger objectives. I'm sure you have other rifles you can play that game on.

What a blessing, to have a low mounted fixie at reasonable power in a gun that you already intend to "set and forget", it'll be ready at all times to go shoot. Let's be honest, if you bought and paid money from your own pocket for a similar but new rifle, no family history, straight from the gunshop, and you needed a scope for it that again you are paying out of pocket, good money for, what are the odds you are gonna pick a fixed scope? low power scope? scope with an objective small enough to use "low" rings? My bet is you are hovering at or close to 0% chance. So it's truly a blessing to have something of this caliber ready to go, with a convenient excuse to shoot as is and appreciate as is.

If you can't appreciate that gun as it is after 500 rounds, it's a gun that (imo of course!) should just go back in the safe so YOUR kids can get a shot at learning to appreciate the pedigree and history. ("Son, this is your great-grandfather's rifle. immaculately cared for, it is just as he would have shot it at the end of his rifle-shooting days.") Afterall, your kids might even go the opposite way and end up irons shooters

[Cool Custard]

When you put it like that, I don't think I'll mess with it at all. Thanks for some outside perspective!

[Whiterabbit]

beautiful rifle.

[toby]

If you intend to use it do yourself a favor and put a new scope on it. Adding a new set of bases and rings along with new modern day scope will do NO harm, keep the old stuff and enjoy a wonderful rifle.