Let's see your Winchester model 70's

[SPLATT]

Here's mine, it's a late 90s early 2000s in .300WinMag. I bought it at Walmart with a plastic blind magazine stock and a basic Simmons scope. After serving me well for years it was time to upgrade it with a Boyd's walnut stock with the drop bottom mag and a Vortex scope.

 

[No_Regerts]

Here's mine, it's a late 90s early 2000s in .300WinMag. I bought it at Walmart with a plastic blind magazine stock and a basic Simmons scope. After serving me well for years it was time to upgrade it with a Boyd's walnut stock with the drop bottom mag and a Vortek scope.
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That's a Boyds? Looks great!

 

[orygun]

That's a Boyds? Looks great!

I put a Boyds wood stock on my Ruger. Very pleased with it.

 

[SPLATT]

That's a Boyds? Looks great!

Yes it is. I have one for my 10/22 as well. I'll be ordering one for both my Rem 700 and 870 as well.

 

[TJ82525]

Found this reference for those who want to save a copy.

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Bruce

Awesome, thanks!! I just bought a Model 70 in 7mm rem mag. Don't know anything at all about them. It was what I figured was a decent deal so I bought it. From this reference, it appears to be a 1977.

 

[jordanvraptor]

Three years ago I bought a 1956 Winchester 70 Featherweight in .308 Win. I got it just to have one in my collection but once I shot it, I knew it was a keeper. It is the quality and smoothness of the action combined with its historical and technical significance that appeals to me. Here are some pics and a video before I mounted a Leupold Rifleman scope on it. I have since mounted an old Weaver 3X scope on it to make it more of a period accurate rifle.

Winchester 70 .308 Featherweight Pre 64

• jordanvraptor
• Jan 24, 2026

 

[orygun]

Three years ago I bought a 1956 Winchester 70 Featherweight in .308 Win. I got it just to have one in my collection but once I shot it, I knew it was a keeper. It is the quality and smoothness of the action combined with its historical and technical significance that appeals to me. Here are some pics and a video before I mounted a Leupold Rifleman scope on it. I have since mounted an old Weaver 3X scope on it to make it more of a period accurate rifle.

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Winchester 70 .308 Featherweight Pre 64

• jordanvraptor
• Jan 24, 2026

I had one of those.

 

[GI JEW 555]

Don't think I posted in here yet, Have had a handful of pre 64 mod 70's through the years, however the little 1953 featherweight 308 is the one that will stick around.

Other two I know are not mod 70's but defiantly pre 64. The mod 97 is 125 years old 1901- and the mod 94 is just a baby at 1954.

 

[the apprentice]

Don't think I posted in here yet, Have had a handful of pre 64 mod 70's through the years, however the little 1953 featherweight 308 is the one that will stick around.

Other two I know are not mod 70's but defiantly pre 64. The mod 97 is 125 years old 1901- and the mod 94 is just a baby at 1954.

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Nice collection I love the Trench gun they are getting extremely expensive

 

[Tlock]

Nice collection I love the Trench gun they are getting extremely expensive

Ya i think I need to find a trench gun now before they are out of my price range

 

[the apprentice]

Ya i think I need to find a trench gun now before they are out of my price range

The only missing piece in my collection just been to afraid of a fake / humped one

 

[Tlock]

The only missing piece in my collection just been to afraid of a fake / humped one

Ya i honestly have no idea what to really look for as far as fakes

 

[GI JEW 555]

Ya i honestly have no idea what to really look for as far as fakes

There are some dead give away's such as the numbers of wholes in heat shield, the big thing is that trench guns never had a barrel band so any evidence of it being removed is a good way to spot a fake.

The riot guns however did have a band. The ordnance stamp and placement is key however a good engraver could fake it I'm sure.

The same with cutting a barrel down to 20" etc as that's too easy. The stocks were all walnut if I'm not mistaken and never any sort of checkering.

There are a lot of really good fakes out there selling for well over 3500 - 4k and people thinking they are getting a great deal. Either do a lot of research, buy from a very respectable auction or just build your own out of a MOD97.

Also it's been well documented that several winchester mod 97's both take down models and solid frame riot/trench were all used in WW1&2

To even be more of complicated the SN ranged from around E61300 to 70500 WW1 trenches and picked back up in the E92to E98 range for WW2. However, that doesn't mean that one ranging just in that SN is authentic or one just outside isn't.

 

[Tlock]

There are some dead give away's such as the numbers of wholes in heat shield, the big thing is that trench guns never had a barrel band so any evidence of it being removed is a good way to spot a fake.

The riot guns however did have a band. The ordnance stamp and placement is key however a good engraver could fake it I'm sure.

The same with cutting a barrel down to 20" etc as that's too easy. The stocks were all walnut if I'm not mistaken and never any sort of checkering.

There are a lot of really good fakes out there selling for well over 3500 - 4k and people thinking they are getting a great deal. Either do a lot of research, buy from a very respectable auction or just build your own out of a MOD97.

Also it's been well documented that several winchester mod 97's both take down models and solid frame riot/trench were all used in WW1&2

To even be more of complicated the SN ranged from around E61300 to 70500 WW1 trenches and picked back up in the E92to E98 range for WW2. However, that doesn't mean that one ranging just in that SN is authentic or one just outside isn't.

Thanks! I will definitely be doing a ton of research

 

[UsernameS]

Im curious, are ALL model 97's able to do "slamfire" ? just hold the trigger down and work the pump action, I was reading how the WW1 Germans hated it.

 

[GI JEW 555]

Im curious, are ALL model 97's able to do "slamfire" ? just hold the trigger down and work the pump action, I was reading how the WW1 Germans hated it.

Yes, all the original mod 97's to my knowledge never came with a trigger disconnector and believe that most similar shotguns of that era were the same way, e.g earlier Ithaca's etc. Germans protested and threaten to execute any member captured with one.

Mustard gas / flame thrower okay, shotgun bad. Some decent reads out there and a lot of history. One more pic of it with the bayonet.


Sorry for the thread drift - let's see some of those 70's .

Kinda miss this one -1941 in 270