I love my Remingtons but am becoming more and more annoyed with there triggers. Hunting in Alaska (Kodiak Is to be specific) I often encounter temperatures from 20-40F with rain or snow. On our last deer hunt every morning I had to pour some alcohol over my son's trigger to remove the ice to get it working again. This really isn't nothing new either. For this reason I am considering adding a W70 Featherwight Left Handed to my battery for myself and my son (RH). I have owned W70's in the past but they were stainless steel and I was less than pleased with there accuracy even after glass bedding them and having them blueprinted. How do the blued steel versions such as the Featherweights in 300 WSM compare? Or should I stay with the 300 Win Mag in the classic and restock it with a McMillian?

I have a Winchester Model 70 Classic in 338 Win Mag that's been to Alaska, and performed flawlessly. An added feature of the Model 70's is the simple field stripping and cleaning of the bolt.

I think you will be happy with the Model 70. Some have been unhappy with them, but I have 2 and have had zero problems. One is stainless, the other is blued steel. Both offer outstanding accuracy. Both triggers have been adjusted to 3lbs.

Thanks. I would like to hear from anyone who owns a new blued steel version of the 300 wsm.

One of the guys I hunt Elk with has one. He loves it. It's blued steel, and accurate.

Anyone else? Surely this has got to be a more popular rifle.

My younger brother shoots a blue/wood featherweight in .300 WSM. I've shot it enough to know that it handles great, performs without a hitch, and is accurate enough for any hunting you'd do with it. It's no varmint rifle, but it's not supposed to be. If I didn't want a Kimber so bad, I'd seriously consider one myself.

I have a .243 Win. and my son has a 22-250 in the blued/walnut version of the featherweight. Both are very accurate, though mine has been glass bedded and the trigger worked.

I don't know if the stainless version of the featherweight can be had LH, but I think that is an incredible looking and handling package.

Quite a few people including myself have had problems w/ the Remington trigger in adverse cold, wet and dirty conditions. I think it is a great factory trigger for most situations, but not for the conditions you describe.

I'm not too picky w/ big game hunting rifle accuracy like I am w/ precision accuracy guns. If I can shoot the bullet I want at the speed it needs to be w/ in about 1 1/2 MOA, I'm satisfied.

Gary

I will agree to the 1.5 MOA. I don't waste time trying to get better accuracy than that.
I ordered the W70 Classic in 300 WSM today. The shorter action chopped 8 ounces off the weight so it is worth a try. The Classic also had a 1/4 in longer length of pull which fits me better. Unfortunately Win doesnt offer any rifles in stainless (other than ones from the custom shop). But my experiences with there stainless barrels left me soured.

Snowwolfe,

I knew that Winchester dropped their 375H&H Stainless/Classic, but are you saying that they also dropped their new line of Stainless Featherweights? I thought these things just came out last year and that they just introduced the 325WSM in this rifle this year.

Does Winchester have anyone left in management who actually uses their rifles?

If that rifle does not work out, you can get the stainless/synthetic Ruger version of the rifle. The Ruger also uses a smaller short mag receiver that is even lighter than the Winchester. I've seen several of these and I don't see any issue in getting one to shoot sub 1 1/2 MOA.

Good Luck,
Gary

Sorry, they dropped there Left handed stainless rifles (except from the custom shop).Not much of a Ruger rifle fan.

Snowwolfe ,
I have a 7mm WSM featherweight with a trigger job , pillar and glass bedded , free floated . Last group I shot went 0.8 inches for 5 shots . Pretty much any half decent load shoots 1.25 or less for 5 shots . 3 shots under MOA .

Have any of you weighed the factory stocks and replaced them with a high quality syn? How much weight did you save?