Re: Tell me about a Winchester 70
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Engine22</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So, are you a Remington "hater" too then? How about all the Remington clones? Push feed, aren't they? What about the safety? You said the Winchester is better, right? You know the action and recoil lug are one peice on the Winchester, right. The Winchester action is flat bottomed, like many high- end custom actions ( think Badger M2008 and more).
I don't understand why many people think the push-feed M70s aren't worth anything. </div></div>
Yes, I am in fact, a bit of a Remington hater. They're just not my bag. Before people flame me - I recognize they are generally good shooters out of the box, and with a bunch of tuning and hop-ups, are great rifles. They're just not my cup of tea.
I am not <span style="font-style: italic">totally</span> against pushfeed. There are far too many excellent guns out there that use pushfeed to good effect. HOWEVER, I'm simply not going to have a Winnie that is pushfeed. To me that's like putting a Chevy 350 into a Mustang. No doubt the 350 is a good engine, but I'm just not going to bastardize the Mustang with a Chevy engine.
If I'm going to have a PF rifle (and I do), it is going to have extra/better features than a PF Win70. Such as 60º bolt lift, 3 or 6 locking lugs, AW magazines, Easily swappable barrels/calibers...
To give you an idea, my PF rifles include:
Sako TRG42 338LM
Savage 10FP in 308/223ai
Badger M2008 in 260