SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT ® Licensee Winchester Model 70 Take-Down Rifle Supplement
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT Winchester Model 70 Classic Custom Take-Down Rifle SPECIAL WARNINGS FOR THE TAKE-DOWN MODEL 70 IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THESE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS AND THE INSTRUCTIONS / WARNINGS PROVIDED IN THE MODEL 70 OWNER’S MANUAL BE THOROUGHLY STUDIED BEFORE USING THIS FIREARM TO ASSURE PROPER AND SAFE GUN HANDLING. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS OR FAILURE TO OBEY ANY SAFETY WARNING MAY RESULT IN INJURY TO YOURSELF OR OTHERS, OR CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR GUN. U.S. Repeating Arms Company, Inc.
Shown fully assembled Safety Bolt FIGURE 1A Loading/Ejection Port Action Cocking Indicator Bolt Handle Muzzle Fore-end Take-down lever Trigger Recoil Pad (Butt Plate) Stock Magazine Release Trigger Guard Hinged Magazine Floorplate NOT INTERCHANGEABLE. NEVER ATTEMPT TO USE THE BARREL FROM ONE MODEL 70 TAKEDOWN ON ANOTHER RIFLE. Your rifle also utilizes a Pre-’64 type action featuring a claw extractor and controlled round feed. It has a highly functional three-position safety.
The locking pin must fit perfectly in the locking recess. FIGURE 1B FIGURE 2 Interrupted threads (inside the receiver) Plate (on the receiver half of the rifle) Locking recess in the locking plate Locking lever FIGURE 1C Interrupted barrel threads Pull the locking lever fully downward Barrel The pin protrudes only when the locking lever is closed. When the pin is protruding the barrel is locked in place. Locking pin serial number at the front of this book for future reference.
1. Remove the bolt assembly completely from your rifle as explained in your Model 70 owner’s manual. The barrel will not separate from the receiver unless the bolt is opened/removed. Barrel half FIGURE 3 2. Pull the locking lever downward fully (see Figure 2). This retracts the locking pin from a matching recess in the action. 3. Grasp the barrel half firmly with one hand and the receiver firmly with the other. Receiver half 4. Turn the barrel assembly counterclockwise 60 degrees.
PLACE THE SAFETY IN THE INTERMEDIATE “ON SAFE” POSITION. FIGURE 4 Hold the barrel half at 60 degrees to the receiver. 1. Remove the bolt assembly completely from the receiver as explained in your Model 70 owner’s manual. 2. Pull the locking lever on the forearm fully downward (refer back to Figure 2). This retracts the locking pin out of the matching recess on the receiver plate. 3. Hold the receiver half of the rifle in one hand and the barrel half in the other. 4.
ADJUSTING THE LOCKING NUT FIGURE 5 Adjusting the locking nut IMPORTANT: IN THE EVENT THAT THE BARREL ASSEMBLY ROTATES TOO FAR OR NOT FAR ENOUGH USING A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF FORCE, CAUSING THE LOCKING LEVER NOT TO CLOSE, THE LOCKING NUT MAY REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT. Turn clockwise if the barrel will not turn far enough (Viewed from the chamber end of the barrel. ) This procedure should only be done if your rifle has gone out of adjustment. A special spanner wrench has been supplied with your rifle.
ORDERING PARTS To order parts, please write our parts department and furnish: your name, address, telephone number, model name and serial number. We will send an order form and a parts breakdown with prices. Parts Department, U.S. Repeating Arms Company, Inc., 275 Winchester Ave., New Haven, Connecticut 06511-1970. CAUTION: PARTS ARE MADE FOR WINCHESTER BRAND FIREARMS MANUFACTURED BY OR FOR U.S. REPEATING ARMS COMPANY, INC., AND SHOULD NOT BE USED IN OTHER GUNS EVEN THOUGH MODELS MAY BE SIMILAR.
