I disagree with the above post. I've seen a couple BACO's that struggled to shoot 3 moa from the factory. What cracks me up is, they paint over the pot metal trigger guard to make it look like stainless. I've seen this on the newer extreme weathers and it makes me cringe while thinking these fu ckers are really skimping and cutting corners. I don't know if they are doing this in Portugal or if this is being done here, before they ship the parts to Portugal? Either way, it's a shame to see this type of lack of quality in a rifle that doesn't even deserve the Winchester model 70 name. It's a Browning made in Portugal, for all intents and purposes, as far as I'm concerned. It will never be as good as a pre 64. OP, save your money and buy the real deal. They aren't that hard to find in excellent condition.
I think BSA is spot on about the cheap painted trigger guards. I would be happy to pay a few more dollars for a steel version if I was looking to buy one. I have a NH Model 70 with a nice blued steel floor plate and it came with a cheap painted pot metal trigger guard. I replaced the guard with one of Matt Williams guards and also replaced the cheap cast extractor with a spring steel blued extractor from Matt. It's smooth as glass.
