Re: Model 70 classic stainless Walnut
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:06 am
I asked Winchester about this. They say the New Haven Plant records do not have that information. I do know they were NOT common to come through as stainless barrel and action and wood stock. The synthetic stock Model 70s I feel are not as desirable as the new say Model 70 Ultimate Shadow which I have a photo of on this site under Ultimate Shadow. The wood stocked variant is a whole 'nother story!
It is a combination that should be brought back. In terms of finding one used.....good luck. I tried for four months checking every source I know about. I was told "Yes they made them, not many and the do not come up for sale. They are now "highly rated and scarse!" So that is the verdict. They should be re-introduced. CHuck Hawks and MANY other writers and MANY customers I talk to say.....Give me a wood stocked rifle or a wooden laminate, not a synthetic.
However I myself bought a new Ultimate Shadow .243 and set out to restock it with a Boyd Black Laminate. I built FOUR replacement stocks for it. They are all Black Laminate short action stocks, they all fitted perfectly and looked GREAT. However they ALL were heavier and longer than the Ultimate Shadow Synthetic stock. We then set out to try to shape one just like the Winchester Ultimate Shadow stock and found it was going to cost a FORTUNE to set up the Pattern Maker and CNC machine to cut the replacement stock in the Black Laminate if the swoopy lines on the molded stock were to be retained! Those molded stock lines were adorable!!! Again the photo of this can be seen on a big ice block (we handle thousands of 540 to 760 pound ice blocks each winter which you can see on Black Sky Entertainment on U Tube). I would LOVE to see Winchester do such a stock! However it would have to be put on a stainless barrel and action!
It is a combination that should be brought back. In terms of finding one used.....good luck. I tried for four months checking every source I know about. I was told "Yes they made them, not many and the do not come up for sale. They are now "highly rated and scarse!" So that is the verdict. They should be re-introduced. CHuck Hawks and MANY other writers and MANY customers I talk to say.....Give me a wood stocked rifle or a wooden laminate, not a synthetic.
However I myself bought a new Ultimate Shadow .243 and set out to restock it with a Boyd Black Laminate. I built FOUR replacement stocks for it. They are all Black Laminate short action stocks, they all fitted perfectly and looked GREAT. However they ALL were heavier and longer than the Ultimate Shadow Synthetic stock. We then set out to try to shape one just like the Winchester Ultimate Shadow stock and found it was going to cost a FORTUNE to set up the Pattern Maker and CNC machine to cut the replacement stock in the Black Laminate if the swoopy lines on the molded stock were to be retained! Those molded stock lines were adorable!!! Again the photo of this can be seen on a big ice block (we handle thousands of 540 to 760 pound ice blocks each winter which you can see on Black Sky Entertainment on U Tube). I would LOVE to see Winchester do such a stock! However it would have to be put on a stainless barrel and action!