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EricD
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The end of Winchester M70
      #46856 - 18/01/06 06:29 AM

According to people I talked with today at their customer service, Winchester will no longer be producing their Model M70, M94 and their model 1300!

Erik

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Re: The end of Winchester M70 [Re: EricD]
      #46894 - 18/01/06 11:45 AM

WHAT!!!

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Re: The end of Winchester M70 [Re: Gibbs505]
      #46968 - 19/01/06 04:17 AM

See this thread:
U.S.R.A. announces plans to close Winchester plant

-Bob F.

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Re: The end of Winchester M70 [Re: BFaucett]
      #47469 - 22/01/06 11:50 PM

As a free lance consultant to FN-Browning, I received this letter, explaining the closing down of the Winchester plant :
O/Ref.: BI/DK/sd/2006-01/05 January 18th, 2006
Dear ,

I am writing to advise you that after considerable study we are about to make some fundamental changes to the Winchester Firearms lines.
The review is in to the future of the Model 1300 Pump Action, the Model 94 Lever Action and the Model 70 Rifle, where we are currently losing considerable sums with a badly adapted plan for modern manufacture, in New Haven, Connecticut.
We are therefore announcing that Model 1300, Model 94 and Model 70 Rifle order will continue to be fulfilled as long as stocks last and that the plant in New Haven will close end of March 2006.
Browning International will continue to sell and grow its current line of Winchester Select Over & Under shotguns and semi-auto rifles and shotguns manufactured at the Browning Viana factory in Portugal.
We will introduce in 2006 the new Super X3 auto-loading shotgun and the new Super X auto-loading rifle.
We also plan to introduce additional new models in the very near future.
There will be no change in the After Sale Customer Service that Browning International continues to provide.
The above decision has no impact on the Winchester ammunition business.
This action is a realignment of resources to make Winchester Firearms a stronger, more viable organization. Winchester Firearms plans to continue the Great Winchester legacy and is very excited about the future.
Sincerely Yours,

Damien Kaivers
Chief Operational Officer



BROWNING INTERNATIONAL s.a. Registered Office: Parc Industriel des Hauts-Sarts, 3ème Avenue 25, B-4040 Herstal - Belgium Phone: +32 (0) 4 240 52 11 – Fax: + 32 (0) 4 240 52 12 – VAT: BE. 430 037 226 – RPM-Liège: 0430.037.226 Bank account: FORTIS Bank, Place Xavier Neujean, 8, B-4000 Liège – Belgium – IBAN BE 26 2400 0136 0529 – BIC: GEBABEBB www.browningint.com


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Re: The end of Winchester M70 [Re: André]
      #47635 - 23/01/06 11:12 PM

No doubt the newly announced Sako 85 Series CRF will take over and be a much better rifle in terms of fit & finish.

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Re: The end of Winchester M70 [Re: mlg]
      #47646 - 24/01/06 02:20 AM

That sounds interesting. I own a model 70.

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EricD
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Re: The end of Winchester M70 [Re: mlg]
      #47675 - 24/01/06 05:28 AM

In reply to:

Sako 85 Series CRF



Is this something just recently revealed by Sako? I've never heard of the 85 series.

Erik

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Re: The end of Winchester M70 [Re: mlg]
      #47940 - 25/01/06 05:15 PM

Well, I can't wait to see that model. Sako is going back to CRF!

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mlg
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Re: The end of Winchester M70 [Re: AdamTayler]
      #47942 - 25/01/06 05:57 PM

It was announced last week at Reno and will be available around mid year apparently.

It sounds like a developement of the CRF action Sako developed for the 80 Year Anniversay 375 they made but it is a different bolt to the Sako 75 with a much larger bolt face - so says the short article I read on it.

The picture I have seen shows a Classic Style American Stock with a straight comb. It looks very nice.

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