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[[Image:Win70-1.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Winchester Model 70 sniper rifle with Unertl 8x scope. A copy of the USMC sniper rifle from Vietnam, made famous by legendary sniper Carlos Hathcock - .30-06.]] | [[Image:Win70-1.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Winchester Model 70 sniper rifle with Unertl 8x scope. A copy of the USMC sniper rifle from Vietnam, made famous by legendary sniper Carlos Hathcock - .30-06.]] | ||
[[Image:Win70-2.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Modern update of classic Winchester Model 70 with open sights - .30-06.]] | [[Image:Win70-2.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Modern update of classic Winchester Model 70 with open sights - .30-06.]] | ||
[[Image:458WinMag DHarry.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Winchester Model 70 | [[Image:458WinMag DHarry.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Winchester Model 70 - .458 Winchester Magnum. This is the actual screen-used rifle carried and fired by [[Clint Eastwood]] in ''[[Dirty Harry]]''.]] | ||
[[Image:WinchesterModel70SuperGrade.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Post 1964 Winchester NEW Model 70 Super grade - various calibers]] | [[Image:WinchesterModel70SuperGrade.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Post 1964 Winchester NEW Model 70 Super grade - various calibers]] | ||
[[Image:Win70-3.jpg|thumb|right|450px|List of modern Winchester Model 70s.]] | [[Image:Win70-3.jpg|thumb|right|450px|List of modern Winchester Model 70s.]] | ||
Revision as of 19:40, 30 October 2010
The Winchester Model 70 is a classic bolt action rifle and one of the most popular and well known bolt action rifles in sports shooting history. It is used by not only sportsmen, but military and police snipers as well. The Winchester Model 70 has been manufactured in the following calibers: .458 Winchester Magnum, .22 Hornet, .222 Remington, 22-250 Remington, .223 WSSM, .225 Winchester, .220 Swift, .243 Winchester, .243 WSSM, .250-3000 Savage, .25-06 Remington, .25 WSSM, .257 Roberts, .264 Winchester Magnum, .270 Winchester, .270 WSM, 7mm Mauser, 7mm Remington Magnum, 7mm WSM, .300 Savage, .30-06 Springfield, .308 Winchester, .300 H&H Magnum, .300 Winchester Magnum, .300 WSM, .300 RUM, .325 WSM, .338 Winchester Magnum, .35 Remington, .358 Winchester, .357 H&H Magnum. The action is currently available in short or long, corresponding to cartridge length. The blind magazine capacity varies, depending upon the caliber. Common capacities include 3, 4 and 5 rounds.
The Winchester Model 70 was used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, anime, and video games:
Film
- In the Line of Fire (1993)
- Police officers in ...And Justice For All (1979)
- The Gauntlet (1977)
- Clint Eastwood as John Wilson and Jeff Fahey as Pete Verill in White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
- SWAT snipers in Desperate Hours (1990)
- Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
- Rex Linn as Mercer in The Postman (1997)
- MFP Officer in Mad Max
- Sal (John Snyder) in Eraser
- Insp. Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) in Dirty Harry (in .458 magnum.)
- Austin Stroker as CHP Lt. Ethan Bishop in Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
- Ajay Sidhu in The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- Damian Lewis as Jonesy and Thomas Jane as Henry in Dreamcatcher
- LAPD SWAT Snipers in Speed
- Hunters in Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The
- Texas Rangers in The Sugarland Express (1974)
Animation
- Deer hunters in The Iron Giant
Television
- Pat Skipper as a militia leader in Criminal Minds