So Winchester is building a Model 70 Featherweight again.

Win 70 FW's

Oh yeah, if they are making the Win FW again I'd like to see both a 6.5x55mm and a .260 Rem [on a proper short action receiver]..........................
 
It is interesting how the Winchester m-70 thread turns into the t-3 vs. stevens 200 vs. SPS and Browning sucks and I hate plastic and dead is dead thread!:sucks:

BTW I think that the t-3 is better than the 200, but I still think it costs too much for what you get. Remington gives you wood and metal and costs more but probably will not shoot very well unless you spend enough on after sales improvements that make you wish you would have bought a Sako in the first place. I still think :sucks:
 
Yeah well, it's my thread and I can drag it through the gutters if I want to! :p

Back to my original question, how long until they start chambering some of the other stuff? They had some nice rifles chambered for great cartridges before. And at the end, they tried bringing out crap that people didn't need. The four rifles they offer now are a great line-up. Maybe a varmint barreled rig, but at least they used to offer the Featherweight in the .22-250.
 
pharaoh2 said:
Yeah well, it's my thread and I can drag it through the gutters if I want to! :p
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Sorry pharaoh, I did not know that you owned the thread. I thought that it was owned by the spirit of higher enlightenment:p

Back to my original question, how long until they start chambering some of the other stuff? They had some nice rifles chambered for great cartridges before. And at the end, they tried bringing out crap that people didn't need. The four rifles they offer now are a great line-up. Maybe a varmint barreled rig, but at least they used to offer the Featherweight in the .22-250.[/
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I would expect that it is their long range intention is to provide every flavor that will meet your desires, but in the mean time they are playing it safe and probably testing the water to see if anyone wants the 70 reincarnated especially at the higher price. If it goes over well and they think that they can get a significant slice of the pie, they will add whatever they think they can sell;)
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pharaoh2 said:
Yeah well, it's my thread and I can drag it through the gutters if I want to! :p

Back to my original question, how long until they start chambering some of the other stuff? They had some nice rifles chambered for great cartridges before. And at the end, they tried bringing out crap that people didn't need. The four rifles they offer now are a great line-up. Maybe a varmint barreled rig, but at least they used to offer the Featherweight in the .22-250.
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I would think in a couple of years they will expand their lineup and include more unique calibers and models. I would imagine they would also watch to see what the demand is for, which of the different models is selling and which calibers people are buying.

Check the prices at Wholesale, the featherweight isn't much more than it was selling for previously.
 
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pharaoh2 said:
Sorry pharaoh, I did not know that you owned the thread. I thought that it was owned by the spirit of higher enlightenment:p

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I would expect that it is their long range intention is to provide every flavor that will meet your desires, but in the mean time they are playing it safe and probably testing the water to see if anyone wants the 70 reincarnated especially at the higher price. If it goes over well and they think that they can get a significant slice of the pie, they will add whatever they think they can sell;)
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Thanks Covey Ridge for those words of enlightenment :confused: Why do your Quote tags allway's look so odd ? :)
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Win/64 said:
Covey Ridge said:
Thanks Covey Ridge for those words of enlightenment :confused: Why do your Quote tags allway's look so odd ? :)
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To tell you the truth, I do not know what a quote tag is:D I don't think I do:confused: and I am still trying to figure out what a pig on a shovel would be like:redface:

Hey bud, are you trolling for me?:D

As far as this Winchester thing goes, the previous model failed because it cost too much to make and too much to buy. I do not see how they expect their reinvention to be any better?
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I do not see how they expect their reinvention to be any better
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It never failed. The model 70 is beyond a shadow of a doubt one of the most respected actions ever built. I'm not saying others are not as good, but they just had it going for them. What killed them was the high cost of labour. A union protecting poor quality and demanding exrtremely high wages and benifits killed the profitability from these rifles. The only feasable solution was to kill the cancer at the source, and start from fresh. Hopefully the new model 70, (Post 08?) will be able to continue the quality Winchester was famous for minus the last couple years of production.
 
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It never failed. The model 70 is beyond a shadow of a doubt one of the most respected actions ever built. I'm not saying others are not as good, but they just had it going for them. What killed them was the high cost of labour. A union protecting poor quality and demanding exrtremely high wages and benifits killed the profitability from these rifles. The only feasable solution was to kill the cancer at the source, and start from fresh. Hopefully the new model 70, (Post 08?) will be able to continue the quality Winchester was famous for minus the last couple years of production.
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I think management had their problems too.
 
Win/64 said:
Which previous model failed?
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The winchester model 70. Well the gun did not fail, but the company that made them did. I call going in the hole, mega $buck$ year after year! I call that failure! USRAC went broke selling making and winchesters so I am not sure how another American company is going to do any better unless they import labor from norinco or mexico.
 
bcsteve said:
It's not plastic, it's polymer, way different!:p:D
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its not polymer! its ultra-lightweight self-lubricating, corrosion-proof, radar-invisible tactical ballistic co-polymer resin :rolleyes:

It never failed. The model 70 is beyond a shadow of a doubt one of the most respected actions ever built. I'm not saying others are not as good, but they just had it going for them. What killed them was the high cost of labour. A union protecting poor quality and demanding exrtremely high wages and benifits killed the profitability from these rifles. The only feasable solution was to kill the cancer at the source, and start from fresh.
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that is what scares me. i would rather they just raised the price and advertised it as a gun that does not compromise on quality and adheres to old-world craftsmanship in a sea of plastic and matte bluing.
i fear that theyre going to be slashing production costs left and right and what well get is some sortof tikka-ized winchester.
 
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i fear that theyre going to be slashing production costs left and right and what well get is some sortof tikka-ized winchester.
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If they are going to make money it is going to be a tikka-ized stevie 200 with a plastic red horse on the grip cap:puke:
 
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