I'm looking at a used Winchester Model 70 XTR in .30-06. The fit and finish of the rifle appear to be great, but I know absolutely nothing about the Model 70 in any of its post-1964 versions.

Is this s good rifle? Are there any particular problems with this rifle? What kind of accuracy might a guy expect from the XTR? This is a sporter model. Does $425 sound about right for one in excellent condition, no scope or mounts?

I'll be grateful for shared experiences and opinions.

Can't answer for current prices, but I have a mid-1980s push feed Winchester Model 70 in .30-06 and it works nothing but great. Recommended for general hunting, that's for sure.

Maybe I got lucky but mine will shoot just about any load very accurately.

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MikeG

Winchester and Remington were the top of the line American produced rifles for a long time. I'm more of a Remington fan, but there's nothing wrong with the Winchesters and they are of comparable quality to the Remingtons. In this day and age of esculating prices $425 is not an out of line price for a Winchester rifle in excellent condition. Several years ago I paid $500.00 for a mint Remington 280 Mountain Rifle and still believe I got an excellent buy.

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Bob from Idaho

I had a XTR in 7mm Rem Mag. IIRC I bought it in '79 or '80.

I used it for yotes and chucks with a 120gr Hornady, and for deer with a 162gr BTHP. It was accurate beyond my wildest dreams. I kept it for 7 years or so then sold it to buy a Browning.

The Browning was great but wouldn't outshoot the XTR. Needless to say I should have never allowed the stainless steel of the Browning to "call to me".

I would love to have my old XTR back so.......I'd say "swoop it up". Especially for $425.

I never had a single problem with mine. Fit and finish was great. Recoil was lacking due to the cut of the stock.

BUY IT !! -----pruhdlr

I have several of them in various calibers and they are great shooters. Last month, I bought a mint .270 XTR for $320.00. All the best...
Gil

I have a Two of them,

One is a 30-06 and one is a 270 weatherby magnum. I like them both, and they are good shooters.

425 is a good deal, I have seen them on the used market as high as 700 or 800 bucks.

I have an early production Winchester 70 XTR Featherweight in .270 Win. and have nothing but good to say about it. It has a very nice blue job and the stock is nicely fit. The bolt is very nicely fit to the receiver and the action is very smooth. Even though it's a push feed, I've never had any jams or functioning problems with it. I touched up the trigger with a stone and I get a very crisp and consistent 2 1/2 pound trigger pull. It will put 3 shots in an inch at 100 yards with my favorite 130 grain load. A great gun.

This thread cost me. After reading your favorable posts, I looked at a second Model 70 XTR in .30-06 and "swooped it up," as Pruhdlr advised.

This one looks somewhat different than the first, which had a plastic butt plate and gloss stock. The new baby has a solid red recoil pad and low gloss stock finish. It's called a Sporter. Came with Millett bases and rings, everything near-new, $450 out the door. Preliminary handload efforts produced 1-1/4" @ 100 yds with plain jane 150-grain spire points.

Serial # is G1989xxx. Any idea of the year? If any of you have this version of the XTR, I'll post some more questions. Thanks.

Click on the sticky 5th from top on this forum for you gun build date.

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"Firearms only have two enemies - rust and politicans" author unknown

At one time; I owned a Winchester Model 70 Featherweight (Post '64) in 7 X 57 m/m. The rifle performed fine and was accurate, but I needed to "trick" it out by glassbedding it, and also had the trigger worked on. I made my longest shot on a Deer with it some 400 yards.

Thanks kdub. I saw that Thread. My M70 is obviously well beyond the 1981 list cutoff. I was hoping someone had mined more recent USRA information.

I have had two of them several years ago. A 25-06 and 300 Win. both were good, accurate guns. Only problem is they had the bolt on the wrong side!!

you should just buy it and send it to me, you wont like it
I only have four model 70's and need more.

I was just browsing this forum and I have a (something) available for sale. My dad gave it to me 20 years ago and it has been well maintained, occasionally bringing it out and cleaning it from time to time, spending most of the time in its case. I am interested in getting into skeet and trap shooting and want to sell it to purchase a gun for that purpose. It is in excellent (almost new) condition. We're estimating it to have less than 150 rounds through it and I do not hunt. If anyone is interested, please contact me at ( email address). This is a (cartridge) and looking to get a reasonable price for it - I am willing to discuss this to come to a fair deal for us both. It also has a scope - not sure of the specifics right now, but can have that info soon. The gun is at my dad's home.

Welcome to the forum. Please see the Trading Post forum for eligibility rules on posting items for sale.

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