(GunReports.com) — Winchester Repeating Arms has introduced the Model 70 Featherweight Compact, a new rifle that features a 20-inch barrel, a 13-inch length of pull, an overall length of 39 ½ inches and weighs 6 ½ pounds.
Marketed to women, young shooters, and hunters looking for a light-weight mountain rifle, the Compact Model 70 action has Pre-’64 Controlled Round Feeding, a three-position safety and a jeweled bolt body with a knurled bolt handle.
The rifle also uses the adjustable M.O.A. Trigger System. The stock is a satin-finished checkered walnut with a Packmayr Decelerator Pad. The rifle action is bedded and the barrel free-floated, and is chambered in 22.250 Rem., 243 Win., 7mm-08 Rem., and 308 Win. MSRP: $900.
