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G20460xx
Model 70 SA LIGHTWEIGHT .223
Walnut stock
How rare is this beast?
April 15, 2005
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Tnnewbie said
Sn#G20460xx
Model 70 SA LIGHTWEIGHT .223
Walnut stock
How rare is this beast?
No idea. The Model 70 you are asking about is not a Pre-1964 production (collectible) rifle.
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August 24, 2021
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From my research, it’s a post-64 1997 production. Serial number is not documented in winchester archive. However, it has the red butt stock and light walnut wood. The stock is flat on the cheek rest. I understand this is an indicator of being produced before they closed, but after they stopped documenting the serial numbers.
April 15, 2005
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tnnewbie said
From my research, it’s a post-64 1997 production. Serial number is not documented in winchester archive. However, it has the red butt stock and light walnut wood. The stock is flat on the cheek rest. I understand this is an indicator of being produced before they closed, but after they stopped documenting the serial numbers.
The reason the S/N is not documented in the Winchester archives is because your Model 70 was not manufactured by “Winchester”. Instead, it was manufactured by the U.S. Repeating Arms Company (U.S.R.A.Co.), who was a wholly owned subsidiary of Fabrique Nationale (FN). All serial numbers were documented by Federal law, FN just purposefully chose to disclose them to the public.
Bert
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