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Win. Mod 70 Lightweight Carbine

tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
edited December 2007 in Ask the Experts
I threw this out a while back with no input.Bought one in 198? in .223. I see lots of Featherweights, but almost never a Lightweight Carbine. Any thoughts on production dates and numbers??

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  • old06old06 Member Posts: 577 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have one in 308 and picked it up in 86 I think the box had a date some time in late 84. I've seen very few of them since then love my Carbine.

    psalms 16
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  • SnellstromSnellstrom Member Posts: 1,085 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can't help with exact dates but I bought a .243 Win Mod 70 Lightweight Carbine in 1984. Bought it for the current wife at the time and it shot real 1" 3 shot groups and I lost it in the Divorce. Funny thing is I got it back the other day and my 10 year old boy will use it on Hogs this spring. I also bought a 30/06 just about like it in 1989 with a "wintuff" stock Lightweight but not Carbine. And it's a shooter too. Hope these dates help a little.
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  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I actually found the invoice!! June 1985, and $248...Would still like to have an idea of production numbers, as we see so few of them....Thanks

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  • Texas HunterTexas Hunter Member Posts: 484 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a 1984 hunting magazine in which the author,Rick Jamison used this rifle on an Antelope hunt sponsored by Winchester to introduce these neat little rifles.
    He was using one chambered in .308.
    There is a dealer here in Houston that i have seen at the gun shows that has one of these rifles in .243 that he is trying to sell for $355.00.
    He looked up the serial numbers on that rifle and told me it was built in 1986.
    I almost bought it but instead bought a Rem. Mohawk in .243.
    I liked the rifle but the Mohawk came with a good older Redfield scope and delux sling and try as i might i could not get the guy to budge on the price of the Winchester.

    mike
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  • temblortemblor Member Posts: 2,153 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There were actually two batches of model 70 carbines. They made some pre-64 ones from 1936-1946 with the 20" bbls but never officially called them carbines. If original the front sight base is an integral part of the bbl so you can tell if the bbl has been cut.---- The second batch was made from 1984-1987 with the push feed post 64 actionsand 20" bbls with no sights. In 100% condition they are valued at $355.00, 98% condition at $320.00, 95% at $285.00......[8D]
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  • Texas HunterTexas Hunter Member Posts: 484 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Temblor...The magazine article i mentioned showed these carbines as having a schnabel front stock.
    However the one mentioned i saw at the gunshow did not.
    The stock did look like the model 70 stocks i have seen before.
    What do you make of this??

    mike
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  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No schnabel on mine. No sights either. With a Harris bipod, Burris 3-9 and handloads, it will deliver the proverbial 1 in. groups. Way good for a barrel that skinny..[^]

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  • temblortemblor Member Posts: 2,153 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've never seen one with a schnabel forend.But if the article you saw it in was the year they came out it might have been a preproduction model that the gunwriter was given to test with a different stock than they sold to the public. They could have sold them but I've never seen one like that. Only on the featherweights.[8D]
    You know, Rick Jamison is still writing. Might be able to e-mail him and test his memory if you really want to know bad.[8D]
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  • gusmc01gusmc01 Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Saw your posting on your M70 lightweight. I am having a custom stock made for a lightweight and I need to know if the barrel is the same barrel used on the featherweight models or if it is a standard barrel. Do you know? Thanks.
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  • The ButcherThe Butcher Member Posts: 160 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a post 64 circa 1986 Model 70 Light Weight Carbine in .250 savage. It does have factory sights. Still have the box, and believe I bought in late in 86 It has been fired 4 times (I think since then. Value? More than blue book. You just have to love the good old blue book. If blue book values are correct, why can't you ever buy an 95% model 70 or 700 for $285. I'd love to buy all my rifles at blue book value. I frequent all the gunshows in the Pittsburgh area, and I have ever only seen one other Light weight carbine like mine with sights, and it was a 222. I did see a 30-06, that had no sights. That's about it in 20 years of gun shows. I did see a rifle like mine go for big bucks on this sight. Mine is a nice rifle but it has a 1-14 twist, and only shoots 75 grain bullets well. I hunt mostly with a 25-06 Rem, but also have a 1984 700 classic in .250 savage, that is a dream to hunt with. Good luck on your info quest.
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