Winchester model 70 classic compact

[JTROKS]

Nothing like wood to express your passion.

[Jimmy's]

I actually think the new FN-made M70s are better. Dare I say....even better than my pre-64 M70s (and I have 5 of those)!!!

My new supergrade is flawless:

Super grade means just that, a cut above the regular production. That is a beautiful rifle. I think I need to find one in 270.

[23 Blast]

Nothing like wood to express your passion.

Hahahahah!

Yep. I believe hard wood, and blue steel definitely express passion very well.

OP, that is a gorgeous rifle. Someday soon I'm going to get up the courage to liquidate a lot of my "functional" guns - those ones in synthetic stocks and matte-finished metal, and then use those funds to get me a high-gloss beauty. Sure, those guns that are weather-resistant and hide dings and scratches have their place, but to me they have all the charm and pride of ownership as a set of garden tools - they're tools and nothing more. A beautiful rifle is like owning a classic car - even if functionally, it's not qualitatively better than your compact commuter sedan, there's definitely a pride of ownership and joy you get in simply beholding it.

[Socratic]

Stainless and walnut are a great match.

Good Morning, Jimmy,

I've had many people tell me that my stainless & walnut Featherweight is a gorgeous rifle. It has a silver Leupold VXIII 2.5 x 8 atop of her. It's not that I dislike stainless; it's that I like blued rifles more. I guess I'm all about old school.

I was in the old B&B in Westminster when it began blowing out everything. I had no idea of a Winchester Featherweight stainless & walnut limited run. The price was probably wholesale or below. So I went back 10 days later to pick it up. It is a whole lot easier to carry than my Sako rifles. In fact, a couple years ago I drew what was a de facto once-in-a-lifetime bull elk tag on public land. It is probably the most desirable public land bull elk units in the nation. I had my Featherweight dialed in. There is no doubt in my mind that a .308 Win will kill everything in North America, including the 900+ pound huge bull elk that now resides in my house. The only problem was my guide told me that I'd be hunting with my 7MM Rem Mag instead of my .308 Win. But a .308 Win would've killed that huge beast just as dead.

[Socratic]

Nothing like wood to express your passion.

I just now got that.

[GunDog]

OP....You say compact Model 70. I am curious what the bbl length and LOP are on your new rifle. By the way, she's a beauty!

[Varg Vikernes]

Man those things look awesome.

[adamkdoiron]

OP....You say compact Model 70. I am curious what the bbl length and LOP are on your new rifle. By the way, she's a beauty!

I am not sure of length of pull, but the barrel length is a light-medium contour 20"

[iskra1]

The Winchester Classic Compact model wasn't under Olin which licensed Winchester Trademark to a consortium of Win employees, under their own U.S. Repeating Arms trademark. The CC model discussed came about in the mid to latter nineties. Mine is in 7mm-08. Sweet, handy CRF rifle! Just that factory stock, short for my six foot plus frame. But then, that's why it's a compact, right?

Particularly for the medium/heavier chamberings I still prefer the pre-64 Win editions! Yet frankly, after stepping on their...
slings badly in 64-67 era , the '68+ Olin Model 70 quality returned to entirely acceptable. Post-nineteen eighty one +,under the USRA label, further expansion of model lineup and generally continued to improve. That down to date under FN Winchester. Yet all said, nowadays, technology, and automation triumph. Never again the forged steel-billet, machining intensive product of that '36-'63 era.


My take

[i-shoot]

Very nice rifle my friend. I own a 1968 Model 70 / .243 which I like alot. I also own a 2002 Model 70 featherweight 7mm-08 which I also like alot. I guess that I could understand someone selling a Model 70 if they had too many of them but other than that I do not understand why someone would sell such a nice rifle. I hope you enjoy yours.