Let's see your Winchester model 70's

[bsa1917hunter]

Nice rifles guys. The model 70 is one of my favorites. Since you brought it back to the top, I'll share a new model 70 I bought about a week ago. Made almost a 500 mile round trip to pick it up from a great forum member here. It's a real nice classic fwt chambered in 7mm08. I've had my eye on this one for a while. Since no one was buying it, I said I'd take it. Glad I did too. Came just like you see in the pic, except I put a set of Leupold dual dovetails on it. Those are my preferred ring/mount combo on my winchesters anymore:



This rifle is sweet and I promised to take care of her. I've already fine tuned the trigger and dropped the pull wt. down to a crisp and smooth 2.5 pounds. Next step is my usual glass bedding and load development. I also wanted to thank the seller again for such a great deal!!!!

 

[Ura-Ki]

Love those sweet mod 70s with that beautiful checkering!
Masterful workmanship!

 

[bsa1917hunter]

Me too budy... They are hard to resist...

 

[Ura-Ki]

Just about finished with a stock project i have been enjoying carving and checkering, I had to go with the same checkering pattern as those beautiful Winchester's,nothing quite like them, the very definition of American classic arms!

 

[bsa1917hunter]

Just about finished with a stock project i have been enjoying carving and checkering, I had to go with the same checkering pattern as those beautiful Winchester's,nothing quite like them, the very definition of American classic arms!

About the only thing prettier is a Biesen, but that has to also be a model 70

 

[Ura-Ki]

while there are certainly many classics, the rare beauty of a fine Winchester rifle with exceptonal wood is a sight to behold and even better to be used the way it was meant to be!

 

[k7grc]

enjoy shooting these;

338 Alaskan
270
257 Roberts
338 Alaskan
220 Swift
270

 

[bsa1917hunter]

Nice pre 64 collection. Now those are real rifles right there..

 

[Ura-Ki]

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Stock by JK Cloward, about 40 years ago.

I just had a Joygasim!
What a beauty that M70 is!

 

[KKG]

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Stock by JK Cloward, about 40 years ago.

Jim always did fine work.

 

[bsa1917hunter]

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Stock by JK Cloward, about 40 years ago.

That's a beautiful pre war action, with a '52-'63 fwt barrel??. Thanks for sharing with us!!

I love pre 64's. What are the details? To me it looks like a '36-'46 receiver/action with a newer fwt barrel. What's it chambered for? You got the best of all worlds right there..

 

[bsa1917hunter]

Here's a rifle I've had for a year now. Been wanting to paint it like my 338wm and finally got around to doing that today. Added the red pachmayr to reduce recoil and I've always liked the color combination. Rifle shoots moa 5 shot groups (after glass bedding, freefloating and tuning the trigger) and is balanced very well. Oldstyle model 70 trigger. Classic stainless 7WSM:

 

[KKG]

Personally, I've never been a fan of the Winchester Model 70 unless it's a pre'64 that I have built into what it should be. The Remington Model 700 has been a better out-of-the-box rifle for me and my customers.

 

[Medic!]

Remington?
Good lord!

Wait?
Post 64 Winchester?
Good lord!

 

[bsa1917hunter]

Personally, I've never been a fan of the Winchester Model 70 unless it's a pre'64 that I have built into what it should be. The Remington Model 700 has been a better out-of-the-box rifle for me and my customers.

The 700's have been garbage for me. Poor extraction and bad qc. Post some of your model 70's, if you have those pre 64's you speak of.. There may be a different thread on 700's.. Maybe the gunsmithing forum?

 

[KKG]

The 700's have been garbage for me. Poor extraction and bad qc. Post some of your model 70's, if you have those pre 64's you speak of.. There may be a different thread on 700's.. Maybe the gunsmithing forum?

Sorry, I don't post pictures. I've built several pre'64s into custom rifles for customers and I'm not much of a rifle guy myself. A few years ago I ran into a 700TMR in .308 and ended up keeping it for myself. The only thing it got was a Single-Set Trigger and it shoots sub MOA very nicely. So it will stay around for a while.

 

[Medic!]

Wood is good.

Push feed?
Well how would you like something shoved inside with no control?

 

[KKG]

I kinda like pre-war Model 70's. When my son turned 21, he was given his choice of any one of these.

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You certainly don't see that kind of wood on the current Model 70s. Very Nice!!!

 

[Medic!]

I kinda like pre-war Model 70's. When my son turned 21, he was given his choice of any one of these.

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Very nice.


Not sure how I would choose?

 

[skywag]

They are all custom by Palma armorer JK Cloward. For a while I kept him busy!