Winchester Model 70

But I'm pretty sure it is not a FEATHERWEIGHT - Three reasons: The stock is wrong (pretty sure) - even for a pre '64; the barrel is too thick at the muzzle; and it should say FEATHERWEIGHT after the 'Model 70' on the barrel on the older models if it had the same looking stock as a standard M70.

This is mine:

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It's the 2nd Generation of the post '64s
 
That being said. Your pictures are a little out of focus which will make the barrel look bigger.

I really like the wood on yours. Nice character in the grain. Can you try taking better focused pictures using natural light and no flash? I think the beauty of the grain will really come out then.
 
The Model 70 "Lightweight" is a Featherweight barreled action in a slightly different stock. It has the Featherweight barrel profile. The stock does not have the Schnabel fore-end nor does it have the Fluer-De-Lis checkering. I bought one of these brand new in 1990 for $399.
 
the barrel lengths are shorter on the lightweight versions, i do believe they are 20 inch pipes instead of the 22 inch pipes on the featherweight models .
 
Archie, the stock is the dead giveaway on a newer Featherweight. If it has no forend cap, a schnabel forend (i.e. curls down a bit at the tip) and fleur-de-lis checkering, and no sights, it'll be a Featherweight. No other Model 70 stock looks like that at all. Great price, too!
Oh heck...just read the above posts.
 
From the Standard Catalog of Firearms: "Model 70 Lightweight - Similar to the Model 70 Winlight. Offered with straight comb checkered walnut stock with knurled bolt and blued receiver and barrel. The barrel is 22" without sights. Offered in 5 calibres : .223, .243, .270, .308 and .30-06. Rifle weighs about 7 lbs depending on calibre." Price in exc. condition = $350 U.S.

Like Rembo says on the checkering and fore-end.
 
Here's a pic of a Model 70 "Lightweight" that I owned a couple years ago.
This one is a 280 Rem.
Notice the Featherweight barrel profile and the conventional fore-end shape and checkering.
The one I bought new in 1990 was a 243 and came from Carter's Country in Houston, TX, I was living there at the time, paid $399.
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You have a very nice M-70 there in what appears to be great condition with nice wood, and you got picked it up for a decent price. Iam envious, and it's in my calibre.
Put me on the list of fellas to call if you decide not to keep it.
 
mrgoat said:
You have a very nice M-70 there in what appears to be great condition with nice wood, and you got picked it up for a decent price. Iam envious, and it's in my calibre.
Put me on the list of fellas to call if you decide not to keep it.
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You misunderstood my post.

The one in the pic is a 280 Rem that I had a couple years ago, sold it to a young fellow in Calgary with the 3-9 Leupold pictured,..for a pretty good price IIRC.

I had bought the same rifle new in 243 in 1990 for $399,...it was sold years ago.
 
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