Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Winchester Model 70 Pre-64 & Model 70 Classic

The MRC trigger parts do not appear to be MIM'd, and are nicely done. The Winchester classic part are, but I have never found them too difficult to tune into a decent trigger. My best prone rifle is built on a 1965 Model 70. The trigger pulls 18 OZ, the safety works, and I can slam the bolt. Seems OK. GD

I don't think the classics are come breached either

Classics have coned breach, push feeds do not.

Depends on you criteria
Accuracy a custom action is tough to beat
An all around big game hunting rifle for reliability
A mod 70 pre or classic is tough to beat

It's as simple at this right here^^^

Someone was saying pre 64 model 70's aren't accurate. That guy doesn't have much experience with them:



Sometimes all we can do is shake our heads and move on...

My fwt 30-06, which is glass bedded in its original stock, and the trigger fine tuned is capable of fine accuracy as well:



My newest 270 fwt shows some damn fine promise:


Shoots 1 moa with factory ammo:


And sub moa (for 3 shots) out to 400 yards with blunt low bc pills:


When I get some more time and when it cools down a bit, I'll work up some loads for this new 270 and see how well it really shoots. Its brother, that I picked up on the same day, shoots a thrown together load pretty well:



But hey, old model 70's don't shoot well do they? Right!

This is my Win 70 Classic switch barrel Magnum. The barrels are 338 Win Mag / 7mm Rem Mag. I built it as an experiment with the spring loaded tapered plunger in the recoil lug. The barrels return to 0 as intended with the 7mm at 3/10 and the 338 at .45 inches at 100. A Japan optics scope for each barrel, using Warne tactical bases and tactical QC rings. The scopes also retain 0. The choice of the control feed was very intentional. In the poor picture you can see the spanner hole in the upper barrel and the plug hole the the barrel threads. The barrels can be changed out in a hotel room with the wrench as shown.

Gimme a Model 70 any day of the week!

I built a twin to your rifle several years ago. Had a Lyman 48 set up on it. 1957 DOM only a couple months off my birth date. Foolishly sold it when I got on a “nothing but left handers” kick…

I got a couple pics of my receiver back from Chad at LRI if anyone wants to post them for me. He is doing the bolt now. Would need PM with outside email addy.

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