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Let handed? I’d happily pay $800 if it is in good shape (as I’m sure other here would too).

No idea whats going on in your case,

but you're not the first I've heard of a 7STW causing grief...

Wildcatters headache?

Had the same thought ^^^^^. If it is a factory 7STW, it is already set up for 3.600" COAL. An easy candidate to rebarrel to .300H&H...

My issues were:
One rifle had to be rechambered by my local smith. Rifle would not chamber factory ammo. It was a 3 MOA shooter and heavy
Second rifle was equally inaccurate and heavy.
Both were 300 Winchesters.

I am a huge fan of Winchester 70's, just not the stainless lefties.

What short action caliber rifles were built by Winchester in the lefty stainless model 70?

The WSM models were slightly better, but none in stainless.
2 MOA was an average. Luck would get 1.5. Some did M O salad plate

You can’t shoot, we get it.

I'm just not infatuated by a red box or a brand as some obviously are.

Post target pics or you have no basis to squeal

if you were worth my time, I'd post pics of some cloverleafs,

from different M70's.

You been pissing and moaning for what 10 years now?

you like '70's, but you really don't?
you wonder why .300 mags are heavy? that's Winchesters fault?
yet you like RH '70's?

And you have been oblivious to facts and reality for far longer.


Sounds a whole bunch like the former Bricktop

Search the archives. lol.

They are hunting rifles and my experience hunting them is significant. My opinion is based on that. Not one rifle I couldn’t get to shoot.

Not sure why you posted what you did.
I owned a bunch of lefty 70's. Liked all of them except the stainless versions.
You can try to cherry pick my words all you like but I thought the SS lefty 70 in 300 Win mag was simply to heavy compared to other 300's I had owned. At one time I remembered what it weighed but forgot that long ago. I do remembering hollowing out the stock in the forearm and under the recoil pad in an attempt to remove some weight.
RH 70's? The only one I ever shot is the one my wife owns (compact in 7mm/08) and it is a very nice rifle, shoots great.

Snowwolfe, ok, misuse of words on my part,

I'm just not sure what it is your trying to say,

I would expect any .300 mag with a wood stock(?) a 26 inch barrel plus scope and all to be 'heavy', you were likely over 9lbs, are there other lighter .300 mags? Probably,
just not sure why inferring Winchesters are inferior because of weight, whats the weight on a .308 featherweight? still no good rifles?

Then the confusion on differences between stainless and blued,

which was lighter?
which shot better?
lefty stainless no good but blued lefty was better?

I have no doubt someone had 'some' rifle that wasn't their favorite,

but post a LH stainless on GB and watch the bids get crazy, In my opinion, the highest resale value of any production rifle.

point being, the vast majority seem to really love these rifles.....

YMMV. out.

then buy the damn thing or post where it is... You been sitting on that info for how long now?

Gunnut didn't teach you any common courtesy?

You're barking up the wrong tree. I've seen lots of pathfinder's targets over the years. And even more impressive, the animals he's piled up. Mostly with SS LH M70s.

Not doubting it, but that's not par for the era.

If accuracy is the goal, buying one (especially without knowing the history) is playing a gamble.

If collector or rarity value is the goal, it does not matter how it shoots.

JFC, Negative Nancy, give it a break huh?

Are you this pissy all the time?

Not a lefty but...

This rifle is a early six digit rifle (1996). Considered by many to be of excellent quality as far as this run of rifles goes. Would be interested in hearing what serial number range the reported poor shooters came from.

Never get over it, do you, Bricktop?

Somebody said something about a company that can do no wrong, so truth be damned.

Lol. What a friggin joke