Winchester model 70 safari express

[ChrisMt]

Just received my second safari express in .416 and the finish on the stock is missing stain and repaired dowels in the foregrip anyone else have issues with winchester quality

 

[Longwalker]

Yes. Not surprising. Just kinda sad. There was a thread about this topic here recently.

 

[ChrisMt]

The warranty guy at winchester talked me like I didn't know what I was talking about so sand paper and a saw to the rescue going to put an ebony foregrip and restain

 

[baxterb]

Standby... you are telling me that repair is from the factory?

 

[ChrisMt]

Standby... you are telling me that repair is from the factory?

Here is how the factory repaired the new stock

 

[ChrisMt]

Looks to me like it was made for a different rifle

Here is how the factory repaired the new stock

 

[Hedge774]

Totally unacceptable. My head would catch on fire.

 

[ChrisMt]

Totally unacceptable. My head would catch on fire.

It only took twenty months of waiting to get it and winchester wanted the whole rifle back

 

[Hedge774]

I'd have let them have it. Did they offer you a refund??

 

[SafariCurious]

Glad I got a Ruger .375 instead of Winchester, mine is gorgeous and perfect, lol.

 

[HuronHunter375]

Sorry to see that. I got my m70 safari express from the 2022 run and its great.

 

[M70375!]

It seems like quality on everything is in the gutter now days. I just sent back a new Leupold 2.5x8 and a new Swarovski Z8I to be made right and a Browning Sweet16, Franchi SL instinct 20 ga, a Stag Arms AR15, a few years ago. Seems like these big conglomerates are buying up these companies and the accountants and lawyers are making the decisions on putting out a quality product that they can be proud and are only concerned about making them as cheaply as possible for higher profits. Really sad.

 

[Mark Biggerstaff]

Unacceptable! I would have sent it back. Looks like they used an Alaskan stock for it.

 

[Hedge774]

That's exactly what it looks like!

 

[samson7x]

Unacceptable! I would have sent it back. Looks like they used an Alaskan stock for it.

That’s what I was thinking. Looks like they ran out of safari stocks, used an Alaskan one and filled the sling swivel stud hole. Definitely wouldn’t be happy with that.

 

[baxterb]

Good grief - and these are finished in Portugal? That deserves some wide attention.

 

[358 Norma]

That’s what I was thinking. Looks like they ran out of safari stocks, used an Alaskan one and filled the sling swivel stud hole. Definitely wouldn’t be happy with that.

I don't think it is a Alaskan stock. The Alaskan stock has a Monte Carlo cheek piece.

 

[samson7x]

I don't think it is a Alaskan stock. The Alaskan stock has a Monte Carlo cheek piece.

Yep, you are correct.

 

[Alex38]

The warranty guy at winchester talked me like I didn't know what I was talking about so sand paper and a saw to the rescue going to put an ebony foregrip and restain

I recently had to have some work done on a Browning, and was also spoken to in a similar manner. I believe the two companies share a US service center. I’ve probably bought 25 or so new Winchesters and Brownings in the last 10-15 years, and know my way around guns and gunsmithing better than most. That a$$hole that they had me deal with may have cost them a customer for life.

 

[ChrisMt]

I recently had to have some work done on a Browning, and was also spoken to in a similar manner. I believe the two companies share a US service center. I’ve probably bought 25 or so new Winchesters and Brownings in the last 10-15 years, and know my way around guns and gunsmithing better than most. That a$$hole that they had me deal with may have cost them a customer for life.

Sounds like the same guy I dealt with my reply was i guess I no longer need to buy winchester