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Originally Posted by tnbowhunter
If your going to get a "new" Mdl. 70 you better hurry because effective March 31, 2006 the New Haven manufacturing facility stopped manufacturing the Winchester Model 70, Model 94 and Model 1300. I will predict that they will again be made in some other country in the future though.
IMO The Mdl. 70 died in 1964, when they did away with the controled round feed and the cheapo pressed checkering. Although in later years they did improve on it somewhat.
It all depends on what you call "inexpensive" but in my opinion for the money the Remington Mdl. 700 can't be beat. I haven't owned them all but I have owned Savage, Sako. Winchester, Ruger, and Weatherby, some "cost" a lot more than the Remingtons but none "shot" any better. In fact the Remingtons more often than not outperformed the rest of them.
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US Repeating Arms New Haven plant and contents to be auctioned 9/23-9/24. Browning is taking over production of some of the USRA firearms.
Winchester is NOT out of business. In 1975, Olin, owner of Winchester since 1931, licensed USRA to make the guns. Poor quality, lagging sales forced Hertsel of Belgium (owner of USRA and Browning) to stop US production.
I've been told Rem 700's are a fine firearm, but except for a Remington Model 8 and a Model 11, I'll stick with Winchesters.