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I have located a like new 6.5 x 55 winchester model 70 feather
weight and would like to see pictures as I am not familiar on
the difference. this rifle was sighted in years ago and never
hunted with has rings and mounts with scroll work and a scope
which I can not ID the shop wants 700 I am thinking about it
but would try to buy with out the scope the rings and bases
look strong and appear to be leupold or redfield with scroll
work on them. the looks like it just came out of the box and
know the history on the gun.

It's easy to spot the difference.. Take a look at the bolt.. If the extractor is a long, slender piece of steel about 4-5" long that's attached by a small collar, it's a CRF.. if the extractor is just a small square piece of steel at the furthest end of the bolt next to the face, it's a PF..

I'm guessing since the price is $700 that it's a PF.. A CRF would most likely fetch around $800-950; highest if nearly NIB and with box/papers...

If it is a contolled feed, it has the big extractor that is mounted on the side of the bolt body. It is long piece of spring steel that can rotate around the bolt. If it is push feed, then it does not have that extractor, and the extractor is mounted in a recess in one of the bolt lugs.

For a controlled feed, that price is not bad, for a push feed I am thinking it is high. But if the $700 includes a scope of any value, then that changes the math.

Lee-
You type faster than I

I recently bought a 90s production used 70 FWT in 6.5x55. Paid 550. Yep, mine is a push feed. I bought because I like the chambering and ya dont see one in 6.5x55 everyday. With a decent scope, 700 sounds fair.

Top one is a CRF, notice the long black extractor down the side of the bolt body. Bottom is from a PF.

I like M70 Featherweights and the 6.5 Swedish round - so push-feed or not, the setup sounds like a winner, if the scope is decent. In fact that rifle has to be one of the niftier production 6.5x55s. I have had very good luck with my push-feed M70s, and good accuracy as well.

i'm a push feed fan also. it's not a bad design. i've killed a sow with mine at 650 or so. mine's a .30-06, however. i believe you could easily get similar ballistics with the 6.5 if you got to be friends with it.

i used to own one with a 50mm objective loopy on it. the ex got it in a split, but that was one nice, nice rifle. it was a crf gun in 6.5, and liked 140 hornadys just fine. sub-moa gun out of the box.

it's sad that one's gone.

some argue it's the best of the PF actions....I don't know!


Mike

BlackRifle,

I hope it works out for you should you buy it. I bought one years ago used. The first time I took it out I noticed difficulty closing the bolt..found out brass was scraping on the bolt face. I drove it down to winchester and the first thing the rep said was "accuracy problems?"..well she came back and said it had a bad chamber. She did replace the rifle with a new 280 featherweight, so I was pleased to say the least. They didn't run the 6.5x55 very long if I remember, so maybe they could never get it right?

Best of the pushfeeds, IMO.