Are Win M70 barrels dated.

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31 March 2008, 09:27

richj

Are Win M70 barrels dated.

This is a 300 H&H barrel, with a witness mark and a "51", no idea when it was removed from the rifle. It's also got a dovetail on the underside, opposite the sight.

31 March 2008, 10:16

DavidReed

Yup, that is the date stamp. That barrel is cut rifled and hand lapped. The dovetail on the bottom of the barrel is for the fore-end tie-down screw that the pre-64's had.

31 March 2008, 18:16

Masterifleman

All older Winchester rifles had a date stamped on the bottom of the barrel but, sometime in the late 50's, ear;y 60's, (I think) they stopped that practice.

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