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Offline T_Baz_204

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model 70 age
« on: April 07, 2009, 07:00:05 AM »
Can anyone tell me how old my model 70 XTR sporter .270 is? Serial # G1845670
Is it a pre 64  feed ? I heard there was A few crappy years out there.Just would like to know if I got A good one.
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Re: model 70 age
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2009, 02:14:52 PM »
[Is it a pre 64  feed ?]  - Nope.

There were no pre-64 "XTR's", for one thing - nor letter-prefixed serial numbers AFAIK.

It sounds like you have a USRA (US Repeating Arms) Model 70, made after 1982, and probably 1984-85, IMHO.

I can't recall just when the CRF (controlled round feed/claw extractor) actions were re-introduced, but IIRC it may have been around 1991 - is your bolt a push-feed or a CRF ?

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Re: model 70 age
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2009, 01:23:02 AM »
I think it is a push feed.It also has a short synthetic stock .
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Re: model 70 age
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2009, 02:50:49 PM »
Yours was manufactured very early in 1988, which would mean it has to be a push feed.  The Classics with CRF didn't come out until later, and were not serialized in that range.
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Re: model 70 age
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2009, 04:39:45 AM »
I have a few mod 70's that were buil durring the "crappy" years that shoot very well. I have also traded off a few that did not shoot as well as I liked. I would shoot it and see how it groups. I would not worry too much about it not being CRF.       
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Re: model 70 age
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2009, 04:51:57 AM »
I agree with Tman.  Don't worry about the so-called crappy years, or the push-feed vs. CRF business.  Just take it out and shoot it!  You never know until you shoot it.  One of my Classics was built during a time they supposedly had some problems, however, this particular rifle is one of the best rifles I own!  Generally, rifles built during these "problem" years, only a small percentage had any actual problems anyhow.  It just gets way overblown on the internet.  One loud-mouth makes everybody think they ALL are "crappy".   ;D
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Re: model 70 age
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2009, 01:15:10 AM »
It shoots good , I was thinking of putting a new Richards Microfit stock on her.Thanks for the info.
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