I had decided to buy a new Winchester M70 Extreme Weather. When I went to the store to pick it up, here's what I found:
They said they have to send it in to Winchester for repair before selling it, like they did with the first one. At this point, I'm kind of worried that the safety lever might be a design flaw or something. Or is it a coincidence that the same exact problem occurred on two different M70 Extreme Weather rifles?
Anyone own new-production M70s experience this? I can't help but wonder if I should look for a new rifle altogether, and be glad I'm seeing this before buying the rifle.
The second rifle (a new M70 Extreme Weather in .270) came in a couple of days ago, from one of the Sportsman's Warehouse stores in Utah... except when it got here, they called and told me it had the exact same problem. The safety lever won't lock back fully in the 3rd position, it just kind of pops back out on it's own, so it won't lock the bolt.Bobson (From another thread) said:Then I noticed the 3rd position on the safety (the bolt lock) was broken. It wasn't properly locking the bolt down. I brought it to his attention, and he said they would have to send it back to get it fixed before selling it, and I couldn't have it placed "on hold" for me. I asked if he could order another M70 EW from another store for the same price; after he checked that another had them, he agreed. It should be here within two weeks, and they'll call me when it gets here.
They said they have to send it in to Winchester for repair before selling it, like they did with the first one. At this point, I'm kind of worried that the safety lever might be a design flaw or something. Or is it a coincidence that the same exact problem occurred on two different M70 Extreme Weather rifles?
Anyone own new-production M70s experience this? I can't help but wonder if I should look for a new rifle altogether, and be glad I'm seeing this before buying the rifle.