Winchester Parts-Who Makes Them?

[MontanaDan]

I'm working on a design on an action, and it is based on the Model 70 action, but with some (what I believe) are major improvements to the design (I can't tell you what they are, right now) but the action will be made in a way that parts for the Winchester Model 70 (claw extractor) will work on this action, thereby making it easier to replace parts if needed. I know that Winchester is making alot of their own parts now, but they didn't always do this. Does anyone know who used to make parts for them? Thanks

 

[James K]

I have not checked to see if a it would work in a Winchester action, but I would think a Mauser 98 type extractor would be better and there are plenty of sources for those. The undercut cam of the Mauser extractor makes extraction more positive than the Winchester type, which is derived from the Model 1903.

Jim