WINCHESTER MODEL 70 FEATHERWEIGHT Description
lightened version of Standard, .243 Win., .264 Win. Mag. (Westerner, mfg. 1962-1963), .270 Win., .308 Win., .30-06, or .358 Win. cal., 22 (standard) or 26 (Westerner only) in. barrel, aluminum trigger guard and floorplate, plastic (introduced circa 1958) or aluminum buttplate, ser. range is 206,626-581,471. Mfg. 1952-1963.
The .358 Win. cal. is rare because Winchester had problems with this cal. Many of them were exchanged for other calibers, and the result is that original guns are rare in this cal. The .264 Mag. Westerner was only mfg. with a Win. recoil pad.
Manufacture dates for this model are available as follows:
Year...Last SN recorded
1952…238820
1953…282735
1954…323530
1955…361025
1956…393595
1957…425283
1958…440792
1959…465040
1960…504257
1961…545446
1962…565592
1963…581471