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I wonder if shortactionsmoker has any insight on when the M70 Stainless Featherweights and Creedmoors might be hitting shelves?
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^^I asked him that very question! He's pretty busy right now I'm guessing.
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I own a push feed New Haven Ranger Model 70 chambered in 223 Rem with a factory FW barrel profile with open sights on it.
The rifle is tagged as a "-Winchester Model 70 SA 223 REM-" on the usually placed barrel roll-stamp with the word "Ranger" stamped on the other side of the barrel slightly closer to the action. The action has a drop plate style trigger guard. It sits in a Plain Jane non-walnut wood stock with no checkering. I bought it NIB years ago in that configuration, and it is a great shooter.
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just looked on their site - no specs for the 6.5 that I could find, but the .264 is 9 twist. Not a good indicator.
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^^I asked him that very question! He's pretty busy right now I'm guessing. Darrik is certainly at the Shot Show and will b busy for a week or two following.
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If they twist them right, my first new rifle purchase of 2018 may be an EW in 6.5. Also wondering if they’ll go 22” or 24”?
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I wonder if shortactionsmoker has any insight on when the M70 Stainless Featherweights and Creedmoors might be hitting shelves? Late 2nd quarter/early 3rd quarter 2018. DAMHIKT
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If they twist them right, my first new rifle purchase of 2018 may be an EW in 6.5. Also wondering if they’ll go 22” or 24”? I’d bet in Featherweight and EW it’ll be 22” for sure. Probably 24” in Super Grade.
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^^I asked him that very question! He's pretty busy right now I'm guessing. Darrik is certainly at the Shot Show and will b busy for a week or two following. Yep! This is a busy time of year for me. I won’t even be in the office until Wednesday and then it’s off to another show after a couple of days. Please don’t think I’m ignoring threads or PM’s. I simply don’t see them or spend much time on here until things settle down. I expect the Winchester’s later than sooner. Nothing happens fast with Browning or Winchester. I did order several though!
I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!
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I wonder if shortactionsmoker has any insight on when the M70 Stainless Featherweights and Creedmoors might be hitting shelves? Given the past history of manufacturers in the shooting world to announce an offering well before they're available, it may be a while....
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Hmmm, I may have to commit the Cardinal Sin of buying a 30-06! You will never find forgiveness.
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Looks like Winchester has flushed out their website a little. http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/rifles/model-70/model-70-Current-Products.htmlCan't link to the specifics but they are there now. As previously stated in this thread - 6.5C in EW, FW, and SG - but no SS FW. Barrels are all listed at 22" with a 1 in 8" twist. EW is listed at 6 pds 12 oz - so could be close to 6 if dropped in an edge.
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I wonder why they waited so long? They lost a lot of sales.
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I would love to own one of the Super Grades in .264 Win. mag and .280.
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So would I, but probably not until then. And if they'd ditch that pos MOA trigger and bring back a nicely refined NH trigger, even I would be interested...
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Speaking of cardinal sins....I wonder if I should sell off my old M70 in 6.5x55 for a new one in 6.5 CM??? decision, decisions, lol
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Speaking of cardinal sins....I wonder if I should sell off my old M70 in 6.5x55 for a new one in 6.5 CM??? decision, decisions, lol
Thanks, Dinny I sure wouldn’t!
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I wouldn’t sell my Tikka to buy one.
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Odd thread.. lots of repeat posts and pages, at least that's what I'm seeing here on my end!
But... I'm WAY LATE to this party but I'm just about to pull the trigger on an M70 Featherweight SS in 6.5 Creedmoor , and it does have a 1:8 twist rate. Any thoughts??
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