the new winchester model 70s were made at quantico, virginia.
the new winchester model 70s were made at quantico, virginia.
where are the new winchester model 70s made?
quantico, virginia
the model 70 was originally manufactured by the winchester repeating arms company between 1936 and 1980. from the early 1980s until 2006, winchester rifles were manufactured by u.s. repeating arms under an agreement with olin corporation, allowing usra to use the winchester name and logo. model 70s were built in new haven, connecticut, from 1936 to 2006, when production ceased. in the fall of 2007, the belgian company fn herstal announced that model 70 production would resume. as of 2012, new winchester model 70 rifles were being made by fn herstal in columbia, south carolina. in 2013, assembly was moved to portugal.
winchester model 70
one of the reasons the u.s. marine corps replaced their winchester model 70s was that the post-1964 variants of the model 70 did not meet u.s. marines' standards. despite the introduction of the remington model 700 rifle, the pre-1964 winchester model 70 was still used by the us marine corps' scout/sniper teams during the vietnam war alongside the remington model 700 rifle. the original wood stocks were found to be warping in both rifles after a few years of service and both rifles were given fiberglass stocks to remedy the problem. existing model 70s still in service have had their stocks replaced with a mcmillan fiberglass stock, such as that found on the custom extreme weather variant.
winchester model 70