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Remington 700 quality
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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 813866" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>All the snipers I talked with in the late 1960' through early 1970's who were also on US military rifle teams preferred the Win. 70 to the Rem 700. The Winnie's had far too many features that made them better for an accurate, reliable, easy-field-maintainable sniper rifle compared to the Remmy's. They all also felt that Winchester being in financial straits at that time was the main reason the flag officers and bean counters running the military chose the decendant of the M1917 Enfield as it's new sniper rifle action instead of the decendant of the M1903 Springfield. Meanwhile, the Winnies were still favored on the firing lines in competition with bolt guns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 813866, member: 5302"] All the snipers I talked with in the late 1960' through early 1970's who were also on US military rifle teams preferred the Win. 70 to the Rem 700. The Winnie's had far too many features that made them better for an accurate, reliable, easy-field-maintainable sniper rifle compared to the Remmy's. They all also felt that Winchester being in financial straits at that time was the main reason the flag officers and bean counters running the military chose the decendant of the M1917 Enfield as it's new sniper rifle action instead of the decendant of the M1903 Springfield. Meanwhile, the Winnies were still favored on the firing lines in competition with bolt guns. [/QUOTE]
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