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Originally posted by pyro6999 pyro6999 wrote:

i prefer winchesters safety over remingtons for sure, i like the three position as well as the placement.
 
I too prefer the Win. safety over the Rem., especially on a rifle for a young or novice shooter.  I currently have my eye on a push feed one in .243 Win. with a full 24" barrel at a local pawn shop.  It's in real nice shape and I keep hearing it call my name and saying "buy me".  Anybody else ever have this problem?
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I hear "buy us all" more
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I have a win. m 70 xtr sporter chambered in 300 weatherby mag. Beautiful gun
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Originally posted by Danaconda Danaconda wrote:

I have a win. m 70 xtr sporter chambered in 300 weatherby mag. Beautiful gun
 
Yeah, that is a real nice rifle!  I had it narrowed down to a Model 70 XTR in .300 Weatherby and a Ruger No. 1 in .270 Weatherby at a gun show one time.  The Ruger won.  Same guy had both guns; traded a Ruger M77 stainless laminated .223 Rem with a TrAShCO Mag IV 50 5x20x50 even for it.   I still have it.  Wish I could have got both. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cowski Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/11/2010 at 19:50
i don't like winchester's safety. i have only owned one and it was always getting hung and moving.the rifle shot good but the chamber was way over size.  real bummer for reloading.
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Originally posted by cowski cowski wrote:

i don't like winchester's safety. i have only owned one and it was always getting hung and moving.


Sounds like your safety was just poorly fitted so it hung up on the milled slot in the firing pin extension.  I've seen some like this, and that problem can be pretty easily fixed so the safety operates very slickly.  That's not a fault of the basic design, just in the execution of the design.
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My guess is that in a poll of rifle loonies, the Winchester three position safety would do extremely well.

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the ruger safety is very similar to the winchester one as well, so yeah sam i think you are right in that thought.
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The ruger just has a two position right?
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nope its a three also
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Dang its been to long since i handled that .243 ruger
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hey rifle dude i'm sure your right about that safety .it must of been made on monday morning .
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FWIW In the February issue of Eastman’s’ Hunting Journal the new Winchester Model 70 Extreme Weather gets a very good grade. The only thing they criticized was that according to them, the hinged floor plate was a bit difficult & uncomfortable to open and the trigger while very good was set a bit heavy by the factory at 3 ¾ lbs.

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Well, they are adjustable!!   But what is wrong with 3 3/4 lbs. in a hunting rifle??  
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Originally posted by Ed Connelly Ed Connelly wrote:

Well, they are adjustable!!   But what is wrong with 3 3/4 lbs. in a hunting rifle??  

Some of the rifles they liked a little better, semi custom guns were about a pound lighter in trigger weight. BTW, I don't think there are too many rifles coming out of the factory with 2 3/4 lbs triggers, you have to adjust them to taste yourself.

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i dont think anything under 4lbs is what i consider a good idea for a hunting rifle, but i live in a part of the country where its pretty cold during hunting season, so sometimes you wear gloves to shoot. a light trigger like the 2 3/4 lbs your talking about isnt a good idea.
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I can live with a light trigger in a 22 or a varmint gun...but a crisp trigger of 3-4 lbs. is fine in a deer rifle....
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Originally posted by Ed Connelly Ed Connelly wrote:

I can live with a light trigger in a 22 or a varmint gun...but a crisp trigger of 3-4 lbs. is fine in a deer rifle....
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