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Two new introductions by Winchester. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/catalog/img/images-by-title-name/Model-70-Alaskan-MID-535134-m.jpg) � Satin Finish Monte Carlo Walnut Stock with cut checkering looks exquisite and aligns your eye perfectly with open sights or a scope � Folding Adjustable Rear Sight with Hooded Gold Bead Front for fast and sure target acquisition � Polished Metal Surfaces add style and elegance � Alloy One-Piece Bottom Metal adds solid rigidity for better accuracy � M.O.A. Trigger System for zero take-up, zero creep and zero overtravel � Open Sights are ideal for thick cover and quick shots � Integral Recoil Lug forged and machined as part of receiver for greater accuracy � Pre-�64 Style Controlled Round Feed with Claw Extractor fully controls the cartridge from magazine, to chamber, to ejection � Recessed Target Crown protects the rifling � Cold Hammer-Forged Free-Floating Barrel means pinpoint accuracy � Pachmayr� Decelerator� Recoil Pad for optimal protection against felt recoil. NEW LA 535134128 30-06 Spfld. 25" 45 3/4" 13 3/4" 1/2" 1/2" 8 lbs. 8 oz. $1,269.99 NEW LA 535134133 300 Win. Mag. 25" 45 3/4" 13 3/4" 1/2" 1/2" 8 lbs. 8 oz. $1,269.99 NEW LA 535134136 338 Win. Mag. 25" 45 3/4" 13 3/4" 1/2" 1/2" 8 lbs. 8 oz. $1,269.99 NEW LA 535134138 375 H&H Mag. 25" 45 3/4" 13 3/4" 1/2" 1/2" 9 lbs. $1,269.9 ![[Linked Image]](http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/catalog/img/images-by-title-name/Model-70-Alaskan-Stainless-Laminate-MID-535142-m.jpg) RECEIVER � Stainless steel; Matte finish BARREL � Stainless steel; Matte finish; Free floating ACTION � M.O.A.� Trigger System; Pre-64 action; Three-Position Safety; Controlled Round Feed; Controlled ejection STOCK � Satin finish Monte Carlo gray laminate; Cut checkering FEATURES � Classic barrel boss with folding rear sight; Hooded front sight; Steel trigger guard; Pachmayr� Decelerator� recoil pad; Jeweled bolt body; Knurled bolt handle; Sling swivel studs. SHOT SHOW SPECIAL 535142128 30-06 Spfld. 25" 45 3/4" 13 3/4" 1/2" 1/2" 9 lbs. $1,469.99 SHOT SHOW SPECIAL 535142133 300 Win. Mag. 25" 45 3/4" 13 3/4" 1/2" 1/2" 9 lbs. $1,469.99 SHOT SHOW SPECIAL 535142136 338 Win. Mag. 25" 45 3/4" 13 3/4" 1/2" 1/2" 9 lbs. $1,469.99 SHOT SHOW SPECIAL 535142138 375 H&H Mag. 25" 45 3/4" 13 3/4" 1/2" 1/2" 9 lbs. $1,469.99 http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/catalog/category.asp?family=001C
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Nothing sings Alaska like dragging a 25" tube, 10 pound 30/06 around the tundra or up a goat mountain...
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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lol seriously? maybe they could bed the rifles with lead and maybe add a couple inches to the tube?
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don't they have someone in R&D who has actually hunted and can say "that's a stupid idea"?
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Cut the barrel down to 23", add a McMillan super grade stock and you're golden....
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Don't count on them any time soon. Production schedule isn't till September. Bummer. I do like the 375. Feels good though heavy. It was at the SHOT show.
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GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS
ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS!
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Im a big Win fan but what are they thinking? These cant be selling well. 8.8lbs.? 9 lbs? Lets trim some fat...
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Saw a stack of factory 20" Classic "Alaskan Guide" models in GNG quite a few years ago. It looked like a special limited run. Those would have been good 375s; not too light, not too heavy, short enough to be handy.
Ruger made a pretty nice "M70 Alaskan" in the high polish blued versions of their later pre-Hawkeye M77s.
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
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Nothing sings Alaska like dragging a 25" tube, 10 pound 30/06 around the tundra or up a goat mountain... I resemble that remark!
I tend to use more than enough gun
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WAFJ! If it ain't stainless, it doesn't deserve Alaska in the name.
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WAFJ! If it ain't stainless, it doesn't deserve Alaska in the name. While I surely appreciate stainless in certain months, most of Alaska ain't tropical -like right now at -20� something  . Southeast is perhaps another story, and may deserve its own rendition...maybe Alaskan Tropical Rifle ? 
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
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Lighter than hauling out moose quarters
Son of a liberal: " What did you do in the War On Terror, Daddy?"
Liberal father: " I fought the Americans, along with all the other liberals."
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Boy did they miss the mark in that one! I'd buy the Ruger and throw it in a McMillan before I would buy the Winchester, cut the barrel, have the sights reworked, and throw it in a McMillan. Silly engineers, who ever designed this one needs to go soak there head.
Good luck, good hunting, and good times.
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Well I saw one of the stainless and laminated stocked 375HH's Alaskan's the other day, it is a big gun. It is extremely well balanced and swung like a fine shotgun.Just about like my 375 Whitworth. Seems to me the original Alaskan's had 25" barrels too. Magnum man
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I wonder how much interest there will be if they are made ...in Portugal, since Winchester has decided to assemble offshore?
...I spent most of my money on Guns, Women & Booze. The rest I wasted.
...I started out with nothing and after paying for all my hunting I'm getting back to where I started.
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Nothing sings Alaska like dragging a 25" tube, 10 pound 30/06 around the tundra or up a goat mountain... When I saw these on the Winchester website months ago, I thought they had missed the mark by a wide margin.
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don't they have someone in R&D who has actually hunted and can say "that's a stupid idea"? Uh, no they don't. AR and G&A will like it.
"Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
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Nothing sings Alaska like dragging a 25" tube, 10 pound 30/06 around the tundra or up a goat mountain... When I saw these on the Winchester website months ago, I thought they had missed the mark by a wide margin. Yep, going the absolute wrong direction with the 06 for sure. I do, however, like the 375 and wouldn't mind taking a better look at one of the alaskan models. Even a lot of the die hard pre 64 guys eventually leave the heavy std's in the safe and take the fwt's to their hunting camp....I like my SC FN 30-06 EW but that was after I threw it into a Micky edge stock to lighten it up a bit. It's about 7 3/4 pounds with the VX3 3.5-10x40 which is a 1/4 pound lighter than my all original pre 64 model 70 308 fwt that was made 60 years ago. Winchester needs to get with the program but since they are moving their assembly plant to portugal, I think their heads are stuffed so far up their azzes they've reached the point of no return!!!!!! I won't buy another new SC made rifle.
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Boy did they miss the mark in that one! I'd buy the Ruger and throw it in a McMillan before I would buy the Winchester, cut the barrel, have the sights reworked, and throw it in a McMillan. Silly engineers, who ever designed this one needs to go soak there head. That's the problem, they are soaking their head in the wrong thing.... Ask these winchester engineers: ![[Linked Image]](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f274/Beltayn/Dragon%20Con%202008/IMG_0641_edited.jpg)
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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