New Production Win M70 Supergrade?

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07-08-20, 14:05
TBAR_94

New Production Win M70 Supergrade?

Does anyone have any experience with the new production Winchester Model 70 Supergrades? I'm looking to add one to my collection, but I haven't been able to get my hands on one so I was curious if anyone here and handled/shot one before I go thru the trouble of getting my dealing to order one.

I'll admit I mostly want one for the history and I love the look of of a blue steel and walnut bolt gun. I don't need it to be exceptionally accurate--I'm in the market for a 30-06 that needs minute of deer accuracy out to a maximum of 300 yards.

Thanks!
07-10-20, 03:15
ThirdWatcher

No experience with the Model 70 but if they’re made by Miroku like their lever actions and single shots are you’d be happy with it. I love blued steel and walnut too and I have a Winchester/Miroku 1873, 1892, and two 1885’s and they are definitely a cut above the other reproductions.
07-10-20, 23:28
MountainRaven

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Originally Posted by ThirdWatcher

No experience with the Model 70 but if they’re made by Miroku like their lever actions and single shots are you’d be happy with it. I love blued steel and walnut too and I have a Winchester/Miroku 1873, 1892, and two 1885’s and they are definitely a cut above the other reproductions.

Winchester model 70s are (or were, last I looked) assembled in FN's plant in Portugal.
07-11-20, 01:00
ThirdWatcher

Then they’re probably pretty well made.
07-11-20, 11:41
TBAR_94

Thanks for the gouge. I've got a couple of "gentleman's" (sit in a stand in good weather) hunts planned this fall, so I figured those would be a good option to give a pretty gun some honest work.
07-11-20, 16:59
TheAlsatian

yes, but for the money they are asking...you could buy an original pre 64 model 70 in 30-06. 06 and 270 were the 2 most common chamberings in the pre 64 and they tend to bring less money. I think the metal work on the new ones is just as good, if not better but the wood/checkering is not quite up to what the old ones had. I hunted with a 1959 vintage model 70 in 338 Win Mag for ages in Montana. My son still has the 270 I bought him.
08-06-20, 08:29
TBAR_94

Current times have made these painfully hard to find--I've been searching for a few weeks for a walnut supergrade 30-06--I thought that would be the most common chambering out there, but I guess I'm not the only one who wants one.
08-08-20, 10:03
Slater

In general, bolt guns seem to have escaped the current frenzy (with a few exceptions, probably).
10-08-22, 17:15
TBAR_94

This is long overdue but I bought the M70 Supergrade in 30-06 last year and I love it. It's very much a traditional bolt gun and has some of the quirks associated with that--there's a noticeable POI shift when the gun gets hot, but it's not made to be a high volume shooter. Mine is about a 2 MOA gun with factory Winchester hunting loads--that's more than good enough for deer and hogs at the ranges I hunt at. I could mess around with different ammo and I'm sure it would probably be closer to 1 MOA if I cared, but I basically hunt at 250 yards and in I bulk ordered ammo awhile back.

The action is super slick and the trigger is exceptional. It's a fairly heavy rifle, especially with a sling and a scope, but I personally like that because I have taken some odd angle shots on hogs out of a tree stand I'd probably have earned a few scope imprints on my nose with an an ultra light. For awhile super light hunting rifles were a trend, but if you're used to a milspec M4 it's about the same weight. For a traditional hunting rifle, it's all I could want, and I genuinely enjoy carrying it in the field, so I'm very happy with the purchase.