I have a portugese assembled featherweight in 7mm08 which I havent fired yet. I think/hope they will eventually be good guns, but : The stocks feel like a vertical 2x4 instead of the slim trim shapely stock of the earlier featherweights. I have both.
The safety of this new gun is so stiff it is very difficult to move to the "on" position. In fact I purchased this gun by long distance mail or I never would have bought. I have subsequently when i was in Calgary looked at several to see if the safetys were all that stiff, one of them we could not move at all. If winchester was concerned about triggers and potential liability, they should be more concerned about the liability of sending out rifles in which the safety cannot be applied. This is coming from a winchester supporter. I also have an FN featherweight in 270, one of the last assenbled in the USA, and it is perfect in every way, thats why I bought the 7mm08 I commented on.
