Model 70 Supergrade

[CatShooter]

Beautiful piece of wood, or what there is of it.

Huh?? "..or what there is of it"?? What does that mean?

Looks like they shortchanged you about an inch or so of walnut. My Model 70A from the '70s came with the full alottment, even though it was their "cheaper" model...

Yeah... you are right, I really got cheated!!!

Maybe I'll get rid of that piece of crap and see if I can find a used M-70A that has all of it;s wood.

 

[kolar55]

I hope you have good luck with it. I have had mixed experiences with new Winchesters. I had a sporter version in a .264win mag. it shot okay 1" or so 3 shots, but the speeds were not there. It was only shooting 200fps or so faster than my 6.5creed, but it took WAY more powder. and it recoiled a bunch. So I traded it in on a 7x57 in the featherweight that they made last year or year before. I gave up on it pretty quickly. it fouled like crazy, didn't shoot worth a crap. I was having a great day if I got a 1 1/2" group with it. I tried everything with it. I didn't see the point in keeping it around. it's gone. my father in law bought a featherweight in the .257 Roberts they put out 3 years ago, and it shot everything I tried in it under an inch easy, and didn't copper foul at all. so he bought another featherweight in a .264 win mag (it's his favorite caliber), and it shoots well too. So he has great luck with Winchesters, and I have bad luck. I told him I was no longer going to find loads for his guns.

Many years ago-back when it was USRA, I bought a mod. 70 sporter varmint in .22-250. It shot se well I talked 4 friends into them. One .223 and the rest .22-250. The .223 shot OK and the rest of them were bad at best. One had a loose spot in the bore about 8" in front of the chamberand fouled badly. The rest were so rough it felt like the patches were going to shred as they passed through the bore.
Went back to my beloved Remington 700's and the next three had to be sent back for poor accuracy and rough barrels. The last one was a beautiful .223 that just wouldn't do under 1 1/2" at a hundred. They sent it back saying it was in factory specs. Sold that one at a gun show.
I'm going to give Winchester the benefit of the doubt on this one. It just irritates me that such crap makes it out of the factory. I don't expect benchrest quality from a factory barrel, but if they want to charge premium prices they should give premium standards-at least inspect them before they leave the factory. The flaws look to me like imperfections in the steel. There was faint blackish on the patches-not brown like rust.

 

[kolar55]

Yea Cat, I cleaned it-that's how I noticed the blotches. It didn't feel real smooth even after a bit of J-B. So then I scoped it and saw this. I haven't even fired it. I just got off the phone with Winchester and a pre paid shipping label should be in the inbox now.

That is not typical... for any manufacturer.

What company is the bore scope from - I need another one
(Rule #27, never lend your bore scope to someone who is in a bad marriage... they will take it when they get
kicked out and move across the country! )

Innovative Technologies. Larry Willis. Cant remember how much, but somewhere around $300 I think. Maybe not a Hawkeye but I can clearly see the blemishes vs any of my custom stainless barrels.