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Winchester M70 Dilema
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<blockquote data-quote="Tex_Hunter" data-source="post: 2139593" data-attributes="member: 31749"><p>Hi All, I am in the middle of a project to build a more appropriate rifle for hiking/hunting in the woods (all of my current guns are tactical style behemoths).</p><p></p><p>For various sentimental and emotional reasons I have settled on a Winchester M70 as my platform to build from and 280 Remington as the caliber. I have a B&C medalist stock (takeoff from a Extreme Weather stainless I bought second hand) and a Bartlein #3B 8.7:1 twist barrel blank. I'll top the final product with a Razor HD AMG 6-24 that I have lying around.</p><p></p><p>The question is down to donor rifles here. I have a new generation (Baco) Model 70 Super Grade with the MOA trigger. It's currently chambered in 280Rem but has given me absolute hell working up a load (3 different powders and two different bullet types and cant get it to group much better than 1-1.25 MOA). That I am thinking of using, but the dilema is this:</p><p></p><p>What are the pro's/con's of the new style MOA trigger (I would replace with a Timney as part of the build) vs the old "Classic" New Haven trigger. My first rifle was a Model 70 Classic featherweight that had the old style trigger and it felt like it was bomb proof (and popular tales from gun writers indicates this is in fact true). I had a gunsmith lighten it to around 4lbs and it was amazing.</p><p></p><p>That old rifle got stolen over 10 years ago, but I have since found a couple "Classic" New Haven rifles online that have been really tempting me, but I am really stuck on whether paying $800-900 for one of those is really worth it to get what is perceived at least as a more desireable trigger vs. having my "modern" M70 re-built.</p><p></p><p>I guess this is really a debate about triggers rather than rifles, thoughts? Is the new style trigger better/more reliable?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tex_Hunter, post: 2139593, member: 31749"] Hi All, I am in the middle of a project to build a more appropriate rifle for hiking/hunting in the woods (all of my current guns are tactical style behemoths). For various sentimental and emotional reasons I have settled on a Winchester M70 as my platform to build from and 280 Remington as the caliber. I have a B&C medalist stock (takeoff from a Extreme Weather stainless I bought second hand) and a Bartlein #3B 8.7:1 twist barrel blank. I'll top the final product with a Razor HD AMG 6-24 that I have lying around. The question is down to donor rifles here. I have a new generation (Baco) Model 70 Super Grade with the MOA trigger. It's currently chambered in 280Rem but has given me absolute hell working up a load (3 different powders and two different bullet types and cant get it to group much better than 1-1.25 MOA). That I am thinking of using, but the dilema is this: What are the pro's/con's of the new style MOA trigger (I would replace with a Timney as part of the build) vs the old "Classic" New Haven trigger. My first rifle was a Model 70 Classic featherweight that had the old style trigger and it felt like it was bomb proof (and popular tales from gun writers indicates this is in fact true). I had a gunsmith lighten it to around 4lbs and it was amazing. That old rifle got stolen over 10 years ago, but I have since found a couple "Classic" New Haven rifles online that have been really tempting me, but I am really stuck on whether paying $800-900 for one of those is really worth it to get what is perceived at least as a more desireable trigger vs. having my "modern" M70 re-built. I guess this is really a debate about triggers rather than rifles, thoughts? Is the new style trigger better/more reliable? [/QUOTE]
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