Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors Alright, I had to buy a pushfeed model 70

What? A lefty...... . You don't shoot that way do you?

I'm a lefty but majority of my rifles are right hand.

Well, you might like my shotguns then:

I'm also digging the couch as well

BSA, I just bought the twin to your rifle, NIB and all, but in .257. I remember going into Western Auto when I was a teenager and these were new and thinking they would make the best hunting rifle ever for the mule deer and elk we hunted in NM then. They had three or four Ingwe specials I handled every time I went in the store.

mind posting the first 4 digits of SN?

G156xxxx

The box looks just like BSA's, but the rifle has open sights, which I don't remember seeing on many of these. buying on Internet and I have not received it yet.

Thought it would make a fun gun for my 11 YO daughter to shoot in that she is getting into shooting now.

What was the cutoff for WRA vs. USRA?

The cutoff from what I found is G1525323 All model 70 made up to July 18 1981 I think thats the correct date were WRA. July 21st 1981 they are USRACo made model 70's.

You have what they consider a transition model 70 USRACo used a lot of left over parts from WRA to put together rifles.

I have a .270 sn G151xxxx. It's has a WRA butt plate but the box says USRA.

One time I asked on a forum(forget which one) if anyone ever thought a WRA Featherwieght XTRs might be collectable. I got a snarky answer that it's a push feed and would never be collectable.

Great. This makes me feel better about what I will do and usually do to unfired guns: take them out and shoot them.

That is cool buddy. Like someone else said in a different thread these XTR's were the cats azz. One guy said he's used his for the last 30 years and is very content. I was just in the shop getting some OAL measurements and they are within .015" from my pre 64. I'll just load to the Pre 64 OAL so all of my ammo fits in both rifles. I also checked function with some dummy rounds and it feeds and ejects perfectly. A 257 XTR or 7x57 would be very nice. Cool find on your "NIB" xtr. Let me know how it works out for you..

That guy was crazy. I've been watching these XTR fwt for about a year now and they really hold their value. I have been one that prefers the CRF's, but these have been intriguing to me, just as the remington mountain rifles have been. I really couldn't pass this one up for what my friend offered it to me for. However, like I said before, only time will tell.

Have both the NIB XTR .257 and a new SC Featherweight 7x57 on way. Should be fun. I thought these and the original Mountain Rifles were about the coolest rifles ever when they came out back in the 80s.

Funny you posted that about Mountain rifles as I was typing.

Yep I agree they have potential to appreciate faster then some push feed m70s. When the came out I really wanted one in .257 bob but when the .270 showed up on my dealer's rack it was love at first sight.

I was thinking the same thing. I could just envision myself sitting there with a 23 year old blonde and sharing a glass of Harvey's Bristol Creme...yeah, that's the ticket old timer, dream on.

No way I'd bed that beauty. It's probably floated and shoots as good as my 270. Jack would be proud. Slap about 60 gr of H4831 behind a good 130 gr bullet and next thing you know you'll be wanting to write for Outdoor Life.

Good post

Great minds kinda thing I guess . I know BobinNH really likes the MR as well. I let a BDL (not the DBM) slip past me once and I'm still kicking myself in the azz. The shop only wanted $350.00 for it . It was there 1 day and gone the next...

One of the early ones in .280 would be nice.