Winchester Mod 70 Classic Stainless CRF

[Blackcloud]

I just picked up a Winchester Mod 70 Classic, stainless, synthetic, in 338 win mag. Its the pre-64 action (Controlled Round Feed).

Picked it up, brand new, for a price I could not refuse!! Believe me, for a new gun there is no one out there that would have said "no".

I plan on getting the trigger re-done, (must be like 5 lbs? Way hard ), glass bedded and barrel floated, and a nice crown cut.

Any suggestions from other 338 owners or people with experience with this type of action? Any other things I should be looking at altering or replacing?

My field of experience is mainly tactical stuff. I picked this up as a new hunting rig, has a leopold 3-9x40 scope on it which I already own on another rifle.

I got some Barnes 225grn TSX and Nolser accubonds to reload and try with some RL19 and IMR 4831.

Any advice other owners could offer would be great!

 

[todbartell]

couple of buddies of mine have stainless synthetic Classic m70s (one 300WSM one 375 H&H)

both shoot pretty good. the factory bedding looks like it was done in twelve seconds with a hot glue gone by a five year old. factory recoil pads suck IIRC. might want to get it bedded by a gunsmith and have the pad swapped out for a Decelerator. Or just ditch the tupperware and buy a McMillan


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