Major Dave (retired)
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I bought a Win Mod 70 just before they were discontinued in 2006, and I am very pleased with it.
I had heard that the quality of the Mod 70's had been declining for a while, but I saw very few signs of it in the one I bought.
It did have one manufacturers glitch, in that the bolt stop wouldn't engage, thusly allowing the bolt to slip out of the rear of the action every time you cycled the bolt. I took it back to the Gander Mountain store where I bought it, and their gunsmith corrected the problem, in a few minutes, at no charge. He said the wood of the stock had not been properly inletted to allow the bolt retention mechanism free movement.
I put a Timney after market trigger in my new rifle just because I wanted to be sure I would have no problems. Had it set at 2 1/2 pounds to match my other rifles.
I have hunted with it the last 5 years, and now it is my favorite rifle.
Did I mention that it is a Classic (controlled round feed) Featherweight?
So, do you have any horror stories of poor quality Win Model 70's?
I had heard that the quality of the Mod 70's had been declining for a while, but I saw very few signs of it in the one I bought.
It did have one manufacturers glitch, in that the bolt stop wouldn't engage, thusly allowing the bolt to slip out of the rear of the action every time you cycled the bolt. I took it back to the Gander Mountain store where I bought it, and their gunsmith corrected the problem, in a few minutes, at no charge. He said the wood of the stock had not been properly inletted to allow the bolt retention mechanism free movement.
I put a Timney after market trigger in my new rifle just because I wanted to be sure I would have no problems. Had it set at 2 1/2 pounds to match my other rifles.
I have hunted with it the last 5 years, and now it is my favorite rifle.
Did I mention that it is a Classic (controlled round feed) Featherweight?
So, do you have any horror stories of poor quality Win Model 70's?