is the winchester model 70 300 win mag a good gun. how does it stack up against the remington or browning.

Everybody here knows I'm a browning fan in rifles. While I like the browning a-bolt best,there's not a thing wrong with winchester. It has the simplest trigger on market. It's my belief that controlled feeding is wayyy over rated except on dangerous game. The remington has excellent reputation for out-of-box accuracy but has a flimsy extractor but can easily be converted to sako type extractor. The a-bolt also has adjustable trigger as well as 90 degree bolt throw and a zillion(MY opinion ONLY) other desirable features. I think anything you get will benefit greatly from a lil gunsmith magic.

Yes. Heavy, but a good gun. Assuming it's a controlled feed, claw extractor model... Winchester starts with a heavy mauser style action, and adds a 26 inch barrel to most of their magnum rifles. If you don't mind a big heavy rifle, go for it. The upside is that the weight and extra barrel length will help tame the recoil and muzzle blast of the .300 Mag. The only other downsides I can think of is that Winchesters aren't famous for being accurate, and it's probably going to be expensive, being asmodel 70's are in high demandsince Winchester stopped making them.Other upsides would be that Winchesters are well made,generally reliable riflesthat arejustplain cool.

If I hadthe funds and found a gooddeal on a model 70, I'd buy it and hold onto it-as long as it wasn't one of the push feed models. I would thenget it bedded,have the trigger adjusted, and probablynever need another rifle.

Good grief man!!!! what if my wife was reading this with me? please be careful what you say around here

Thank god I have a wife that never questions my gun "tradin" except for claiming 1 for herself once in a while.

My wife threw in the towel 38 years ago.. The first couple years she tried to figure me out.

I have a Model 70 300 Win Mag and I LOVE IT.

I have never ever complained about that rifle. I don't think you'll be dissapointed with it.

It certainly is! If you get one built on the Win. "Classic" M70 version which is made like the pre-64's, it just can't be beat. IMO, the old-controlled-round feed type of Model 70 Win. is superior to the Browning A-Bolt and the Rem. 700's (no, not because it has CRF so much. It is just well-designed and made.)! Now, if you could find an old Browning Safari made on the FN Mauser action, then you'd really have something! These are probably the best bolt-action production rifles made since WWII, except of course for the Mannlicher-Schoenauers, for which no equal exists......

Eldeguello-we gotta argee to disagree on which 1 is better action. From pure strength and accuracy potentional,I think a-bolt is better. It don't matter to me about pushfeed vs crf and 1 ain't better than the other just bacause you or I think so EXCEPT for dangerous game or if yer a traditionilist. I like the modern features of a-bolt,you like mauser knockoff style. It really don't matter as we both are skilled and have no problem hitting what we aim at. It's all a matter of personal preference.

Gday in answer to your ? about wether the win model 70 300 win mag is a good gun. I can tell you this i had a win model 70 300 win mag for qiute a few years using 69gns of ar2209 powder behind a 180gn hornady sst it was a brilliant gun it never faulted at all whatso ever it lways clover leafed 3 shots at 100yards every time i shot it on paper it also consistantly shot deer at 500yards without any hassles at all whatsoever and they were all one shot kills.

So yeah go for the win model 70 in 300 win mag your on a winner.