Depending on the area of the country you live...the Model 70 has been a thing of the past long before BACO took over. Which may have something to do with BACO taking over...
Care to explain?
Sure. I live in GA. Few here care about control round feed. Many don't care to know, and those that do, do not consider it a deal breaker. Of the three largest gun stores within a 150 mile radius of me NONE stock the Winchester Model 70...they all say the same thing...they just sit in the racks...they don't move. There are two high volume gun stores that I frequent. One does stock new Model 70s, but, sells them at ridiculously low prices to move them. The other rarely has new model 70s, but occasionally has used ones on the rack. I've asked all of these stores why they do not have a bigger selection of model 70s. They all have the same answer...they just can't move them.
Thanks GB, that clears it up. I read it in the dark am and my comprehension isn't the best at that hour!
It's a shame the "finer points" of a rifle build are being lost on the Ruger American and Tikka Generation.
Guess when you grow up in a plastic throw-away generation that's your orientation for better or worse.
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
