I would like to know everyone's opinion of the Winchester Mod. 70 Classic Stainless as I have never owned one of the newer classic style model 70's and I an curious as to how they are rated amongst other rifles in their class i.e. the Remington 700 BDL-SS, A-Bolt Stainless Stalker, and the Ruger M77 All-Weather. FWIW I am considering the 300WSM version in particular. thanks

My 30-06 is a stainless M70 Classic and I think it's a great rifle. I like the three position safety. I also have an older tang safety M77 in .243 which I like just as much. They both shoot sub MOA with the .243 being more accurate.

Mine is the 300WSM and I really like it. Accuracy and dependablity are great. The 3X9 Kahles is a perfect match for it.

I have 2 Model 70's, both Classics, both 338 Win Mags. One of them is a Stainless Steel model. It is a very accurate rifle, but, I did have the trigger worked on. It came from the factory set at 6lbs. It's at 3lbs now.

Personally, I like the blued version better though. The bolt feels smoother, and I just prefer the look of blued steel. Slowly but surely, I'm moving to all Winchesters.

I don't know anything about the WSM versions.

I'm not a great fan of the looks of stainless, but this rifle is my Alaska rifle, and it sure handles the weather better than blued steel.

I bought a Model 70 stainless in 300WSM about 2.5 years ago just for elk hunting. Had the trigger adjusted to 2.5 lbs and put an HS Precision stock on it. A very accurate rifle with most factory ammo, but does the best with Fed Premiums and 180gr Partitions. Also shoots Win Supreme 180gr Failsafes very well. This rifle has taken 2 elk with the 180s, and several deer across the beanfields here on the farm, using 150gr bullets. I am well satisfied and imagine you will be too.

I bought one this spring and it shot well enough to keep. It needed some work on the follower and the trigger was atrocious. I redrilled and tapped the scope base holes to 8x40s and had the whole thin coated witha non glare teflon finish. The forend of the stock is flimsy, but doesn't seem to hurt anything. I added a better recoil pad and now I would say it is pretty darn nice. If you don't want to spend the money fixing it up I would just get a Ruger as they seem to work a little better right from the factory.

I've got a winchester stainless in 300wsm and love it I had the the local gunsmith add a high tech stock, turn the triger down to 3.5 pounds, and mill some weight off the barrel and action. Now with talley rings, a Leuopld 3.5-10x40, 3 rounds and a sling it weighs 8.25 pounds. Its still not a light weight but at that weight is still fun to shoot and not too bad to carry. I've taken 5 big game animals with so far and like it so much I'm having a 270wsm setup the same way.

Thanks for the info guys, I ordered one today and I'm sending it to the gunsmith for some trigger work (2lbs 12oz if its possible)and to have a decelerator installed before I even shoot it. I'm also going to add a Leupold 3.5-10X40 VX-III mounted in silver leupold standard 2-piece bases and low rings. I figure it should be quite the setup if all goes as planned and I'll post my own review after shooting it around Nov 8th, Thanks again

I have the classic stainless in 300WSM. I bought it in Feb, 2001. It is a 1.25" gun out of the box with most factory ammo, and a consistant sub 3/4" gun with my best handloads, a bedding job, and a trigger adjustment.

My only problem was requiring shims under the rear scope mount. This seems to be a fairly common, well talked about issue, but thankfully an easy one to fix!

Last time I checked, they were no longer offering the CS in the WSM's...instead offering the WSM's in super shadows...glad they woke up! Enjoy your new rifle!

Alaskan guides love them. My .375 H&H has a turned and cut down barrel and doesn't shoot many bullets under 2 1/2 inch groups but that is plenty for a .375. It does love GS bullet however and punches them into clusters under an inch. My daughter has a stainless .338 M-70 that shoots most bullets into 1 1/2 inch but will literally cloverleaf 230 gr. FailSafes.

This is a Model 70 Stainless Classic in 338win. It shot very good in the factory walnut stock, it shoots even better in the custom painted McMillan.
I had the trigger set down to 3.5# and had both stocks lengthened to 14.5" lop. I like the Model 70 but my older Model 700 BDL (1981) looks like it is better made.

Well, I finally got to shoot my new rig today and even though I havent grouped it yet I really like it. Had the trigger set down to 3.25lbs and a decelerator installed before I ever saw it and finally tonight after a few problems with rings I mounted a matte black Zeiss Conquest 3-9X40 in matte black Burris double dovetail rings and bases. my load was as follows
70gr or RL 22
Fed. 215 Primer
Norma case
Sierra 165gr Gameking

Though I'm still in the process of breaking the barrel in it does appear to be and accurate gun, but I'll know more after i shoot it tomorrow. I was pleasently supprised by the recoil it wasent at all what I thought it would be, no worse than a warm 06' really, however the muzzle blast and noise were pretty fierce. all in all I'm pretty happy, thanks for the advice.