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How long have these been available? I see that Buds shows one in 350 legend but they are not listed on the Winchester website. Anyone know?
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I saw an ad on GunBroker that said, " Winchester lh". Never saw any info in ad. No pictures. Thought it was a mistake.
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Winchesters site lists them in left hand for two cartridges, the 350 Legend and 6.8 Western. I've no interest in either but an 6.5 would interest me.
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Camo LH is in 350 and 6.8. Looks similar to the Franchi Momentum Elite camo/color
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As much as I applaud any new lefty offerings, it's a budget rifle made overseas. Pass for me
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As much as I applaud any new lefty offerings, it's a budget rifle made overseas. Pass for me Maybe they're gearing up to make the 70 in lefty again. This is the first left handed model the company (aside from their Browning sister) has made in years.
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Winchester has pretty much neglected us lefties for many years. Savage and Remington have been much better in that regard, especially Savage. Whether you like their rifles or not is another story. I don't care where they are made as long as it is not China.
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Didn't see that. Good to know they have some standard popular options.
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Too bad barrel isnt threaded…
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So, it appears these were unannounced (formally at least) so probably came to be after SHOT show season. Which is odd in itself that they could have a new model imported rifle on the shelves at the same time people are discovering it on their site. Not a bad thing, just not at all common.
The term "budget rifle" is beginning to look like anything under $1000 MSRP currently. Before it was thought of as the cheap break action single shots and such.
There is an article (though I can't seem to find the direct link to it) that reviewed and shot 10 "budget rifles" out of the box, and the XPR came out on top for accuracy. All 30-06, all the same factory load. Could have easily been a fluke, or coincidence that the gun really liked that load, but it says something, when going against the T3X, Ruger American, and others known for easy accuracy.
These will probably be actually better than some of the former offerings in LH that Winchester put out. The WSMs were OK, just not exceptionally accurate, and could be finicky. The long action 70s in LH had notorious problems, and were not easy to get to shoot accurate.
I was very surprised that they did these, even though they are on the lower price side of their rifle line. There wasn't much hope of Winchester offering anything for lefties.
I actually did just order one today in 350. I have several other rifles of that caliber, but Savage is about the only one that previously offered a 350 LH. This compares to the Franchi 350 Legend Momentum Elite in features. If it shoots as well as a Franchi, I sure will be happy with it.
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Can anyone comment on the trigger quality, the stock, or the mag and cycling reliability?
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Can anyone comment on the trigger quality, the stock, or the mag and cycling reliability? not a lefty but I have a right handed xpr in 6.5 prc the stock is stiff for an econo rifle IMO , the mags work fine and it feeds great the trigger is the same as a M70 and mine is good right out of the box and it is a tack driver with every load tried the XPR is a real sleeper in the lower priced category , IMO
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The rifle is made in Portugal
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The rifle is made in Portugal So, were Brownings for a long while, from parts made in Belgium.
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As much as I applaud any new lefty offerings, it's a budget rifle made overseas. Pass for me Likewise.
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As much as I applaud any new lefty offerings, it's a budget rifle made overseas. Pass for me So is the Sauer 100, Mauser M18 & Tikka T3x. Would you pass on these too?
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As much as I applaud any new lefty offerings, it's a budget rifle made overseas. Pass for me So is the Sauer 100, Mauser M18 & Tikka T3x. Would you pass on these too? I wasnt able to........gots all 3 of those, and only the tikka is a lefty.
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But all are budget rifles made overseas.
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As much as I applaud any new lefty offerings, it's a budget rifle made overseas. Pass for me So is the Sauer 100, Mauser M18 & Tikka T3x. Would you pass on these too? Yes
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Update on the LH XPR. Got to the range last week with the XPR 350. With the handloads that all my other 350s like, that thing is a true tack driver. It was stacking bullets at 100 yds with no problems at all. Was able to adjust the trigger to 2# 10 oz. and it breaks very nice. However, it didn't adjust like the manual says. If the screw is backed out too far, the sear will not stay set. The manual says it can be backed out all the way to falling out, and then the trigger is at it's lightest. Not true. So, I went 1/4 turn at a time, checking it, and it worked fine. Did a bump test and safety test after to make sure all was good. Magazines are great. Simple plastic stack magazines. What Ruger should have done, instead of using the damn AR 350 mags. My magnetospeed was showing about 100 fps less in the XPR than in my 22" Savage. That could be because of the size of the ports in the brake. They are quite small in the Savage, and larger in the XPR. Or, it is just a slower barrel than that one for whatever reason.
Only thing I can really say I'm not too fond of is the barrel/action coating. They use FDE by Perma-Cote. It is ok, but doesn't really compliment the stock camo like another color would. And it looks like flat rattle can paint. I'm fixing that in the off season, and having it Cerakoted in midnight bronze. That is the same color Franchi uses on the Momentum Elite with the same camo pattern stock. Looks sweet.
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