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Re: Got a M70 Sporter LT - Disappointed - Sent it back.

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10 December 2003, 06:27
GSP7
Re: Got a M70 Sporter LT - Disappointed - Sent it back.
I bought a new 6.5x55 featherwieght a couple years ago and it is a nice rifle.

Maybe you just got delt a crap one that they trying to unload on someone.

Id raise hell , and make them do the paper work on a new serial number and get another rifle.

I bet they will try and tell you that you have to keep that one because they already did the transfer with that serial number.

Id be pissed off

They figure that you paid with out seeing what you get so they are trying to unload a pile of crap on you to get rid of it.

I just looked at and handle a new LT at the gun shop yesturday just to check out the workmanship and look for flaws and junk machine work etc.
10 December 2003, 07:10
TC1
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this is all very strange to me. i have 4 model 70s and none of them are, in any way, flawed. i have a .22-250, .30-06, .338, and a .375. all of them shoot, and look, really good. on the other hand, i do have a Tikka Whitetail Hunter and it suffers from some of the cosmetic problems that Dave_T described, i.e. the barrel runs way off to the left side of the channel and the stock is obviously cheap wood. the stock has almost no visible grain at all. it has the appearance of something like balsa wood. the barrel doesn't touch the stock, but it is clearly not aligned correctly. however, it shoots pretty well so i am not going to gripe about it.

as for the Winchesters, they shoot very well. when i listen to the comments on this board, i guess i must have gotten the only 4 good ones made. none of them are pre-64 models.

<small>[ 12-09-2003, 17:46: Message edited by: bill smith ]</small>

I'm with you Bill, The last 2 I've owned where excellent. Looked at the Tika too, just not my cup of tea
11 December 2003, 05:46
lofter
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My CRF 70 in 300 Win Mag...not a POS.
12 December 2003, 10:00
Kentucky Nimrod
DOn't sweat it...In my experience Winchester has one of the best customer service departments in the business. I had a feeding problem with a Model 70 in 300 WSM two years ago and they fixed it and got it back to me in less than 10 days door to door and even sent me a check for the postage to the factory.
Its a $500 rifle, and in this day and age that amount of money, sadly, will no longer buy perfection. Truth be told, even Jack O'Conner wrote about improving the standard M70 rifles that rolled out of the factory back in the 30s-50s. The good old days were good but they weren't THAT good.
If my experience is any indication, Winchester will take care of you and they'll do it quickly. Shouldn't have gone out the door in the first place and all that jazz. But in your business/occupation when was the last time you had a flawless performance? Guns are made by humans and corporations...humans are fallable and corporations have profit margins.
Keep us posted on what they do.
12 December 2003, 10:47
POP
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Dave
If it is not too late take a look at the Blaser R-93.



As if they are both in the same financial category!
12 December 2003, 11:13
Kentucky Nimrod
Isn't Blaser the company that recently recalled a bunch of rifles for a series of catastrophic receiver failures?



No...that's not right. That was the first Blaser recall in the 1990s... Its the Blaser safety recall from last year I was remembering...http://www.sigarms.com/recall/index.shtml




12 December 2003, 22:43
Tiny
Back to the Win.Classic LT, must have been a bad piece of wood that got though,the one I have and those I have looked at are A-OK.