I bought one of the new model 70's from NC in 30-06, and stainless with wood stock. I have a 270 from the Classic era that is the same.

First it is well put together. The barrel is floated all the way to the action, and you can pass a dollar bill all the way to the action with no hangups. Barrel is straight in the stock channel, and the wood to metal fit is very good, but not custom. Trigger is as good as my Browning FN mauser. It weights 8.75 pounds with the Nikon Buckmaster scope and 5 round in the magazine.

Sighted it in today with Remington green box 165 grain 30-06 at an indoor 100 yard range. Best I could tell the last group with warm barrel was about an inch with three shots. Unfortunally the target track jamed and I was unable to retrieve the target and really measure it. Will try again later.

Pleased so far, and I have not adjusted the trigger yet, but the manual that came with it has the procedure documented.

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Pleased so far, and I have not adjusted the trigger yet, but the manual that came with it has the procedure documented.

That is interesting because there were some grumblings the new trigger not being adjustable and I also read that in this month gun review in American Rifleman. They all cannot cannot read? Are you sure about the adjustment?

Yes- So; I looked at the manual on-line. it states the trigger is set at factory to ~3.5lbs and has an adjustment where it can be set from 3 to 5 pounds by a qualified gunsmith (disclaimer). Looks simple. I am disappointed in the American Rifleman.

You have the stainless featherweight listed at 7 pounds? I would hope you could keep that under 8 lbs with scope and ammo. Maybe a Leupold light wt 2-7x?

I have a push feed blue steel featherweight that I guess I keep for the duration. Maybe I can find an excuse to buy another one of the new M70's.

Always thought these was a real sharp looking rifle. I owned several of the New Haven models and they all shot well.