Description

Chambered in .300 WINMAG & genuine safe queen!

The Winchester Model 70 Super Grade is the absolute highest quality rifle manufactured by Winchester, higher level of finish than the XTR even. These are made for the discerning shooter who wants not just a firearm but the highest of quality rifle which is a pleasure to look at & hold, not just shoot.

Its highly polished, deeply-blued steel & finely checkered, fancy grain walnut stock with shadowline cheekpiece define the timeless grace & elegance of the Model 70 Super Grade. A one-piece steel bottom metal adds extra rigidity to the Super Grade’s stock & action for improved accuracy. The super grade’s shadowline cheekpiece is beautifully functional, placing your eye in perfect alignment with the scope. This example has been fitted with a modern Recknagel picatinny rail sourced by us from Winchester Australia.

The Model 70 still has the famous 3-position safety which is convenient to operate with the thumb of your firing hand, lifting the firing pin away from the sear. When the safety is in the intermediate or middle position, the action can still be operated, allowing unfired cartridges to be cycled with the safety on. It’s smooth to engage & easily identifies the safety status of the rifle.

A Blade-Type Ejector gives you full control when ejecting a fired case. If you pull the bolt back slowly, the empty case doesn’t fly anywhere, so you can catch it in your hand & the case is not damaged as it hits the ground. If you pull the bolt back quickly, it ejects the cartridge with more force, throwing it well clear of the action.

The forged steel receiver starts as a forged from a solid block of steel so could not be stronger. This is expensive to do, but the regal Model 70 is worth it. Each finished forging is precisely machined, creating a strong, stiff & solid receiver that resists flexing & delivers uncanny accuracy. The bottom profile of this receiver is flat to offer greater surface area for bedding. It is bedded with a two-part epoxy in two places, at the front & rear to keep things from shifting around inside the stock during firing. All this is to ensure pinpoint accuracy is preserved.

If there were a single feature responsible for the Model 70 being known as the “Bolt-Action Rifle of the Century,” it would be the classic Controlled Round Feed (CRF) bolt design. This is a massive claw extractor that smoothly slips onto & secures about one-quarter of the base of the cartridge. This exerts full control over the cartridge from the time it leaves the magazine, as it enters the chamber, gripping tightly until the cartridge is fully ejected. This design also allows an unfired cartridge to be extracted even if it is not yet fully chambered. It’s another feature found on the Model 70.

A rifle is not worth a grain of powder if its barrel is junk, either from inferior steel, poor workmanship or poor fit. If you know how serious a rifle barrel is to accuracy, do a little research on Cold Hammer-Forged, Free-Floating Barrels. Every Model 70 barrel is cold hammer-forged from a solid blank of high-grade steel, shaped by heavy, massive rotary hammers over a mandrel (a metal bar that serves as a core around which steel is forged and shaped). After this, each barrel is stressed-relieved to ensure accuracy stays straight, even during the heat of rapid firing.

Free-floating a barrel in the stock means no part of the forearm area touches the barrel. The slightest pressure from the forearm as it cradles the barrel can adversely influence accuracy.

You can expect 1 MOA accuracy for three-shot groups from a Model 70 using premium ammo & quality optics under suitable weather & range conditions.

  • Grade IV / V full fancy walnut stock with shadowline cheekpiece
  • Once-piece bottom metal with steel floorplate adds rigidity for better accuracy
  • Decorative steel crossbolt adds strength, rigidity and a touch of stylish refinement
  • Forged steel receiver with integral recoil lug bedded front and rear to eliminate shifts in zero for exceptional long-range accuracy
  • Pre-’64 style controlled round feed with claw extractor fully controls the cartridge from magazine, to chamber, to ejection
  • Three-Position Safety shows safety status at a glance
  • Recessed target crown enhances accuracy and protects the rifling
  • M.O.A. Trigger System with zero take-up, zero creep and zero overtravel gives you outstanding accuracy
  • Blade-Type Ejector for full control of ejection force
  • PACHMAYR® DECELERATOR® RECOIL PAD for optimal protection against felt recoil

This rifle was purchased from the original elderly owner & is a credit to both he & Winchester that it remains in what is almost as new condition.

A new Model 70 Super Grade will set you back around $3,400 & is of a different quality than that considered the best available 55 years ago so not only can you save significant money but in our opinion, get a better gun.

We are not going to try & rate the condition out of 100 as everyone seems to have a different opinion on what the percentages should be, so we’ll let the pictures be the description. You will know if this is for you so view the photos carefully & make your decision based on what you see as they form the main description & override all written information. Ask for more if desired.

We think we have described it accurately & correctly but do not claim to be infallible so if we have got anything wrong, it is unintentional.

Whilst we check these out for serviceability, the warranty has expired & this is sold on an ‘as is’ basis. As with all used guns, we recommend you have this checked by a suitably qualified person prior to shooting.

Standard cost for shipping to metro locations is $55 & all guns are sent via StarTrack without insurance but packed very well.