Winchester Model 70 "GOVT" Pre 60

mudbug08

February 05, 2004 05:10

I am trying to find information on a Winchester 30-06 model 70 "GOVT". I was told it may have been a special order winchester desgined for the military snipers. My father received this rifle after he set the record with the M-1 rifle at Paris Island in 1961. Any info on value and history would help. Thanks.

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  4C_Ranch

  February 05, 2004 05:16

  All Winchester model 70s in .30-06 were marked .30 GOV'T "06. Whoever told you different doesn't know what he is talking about.

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  wm69

  February 05, 2004 14:53

  might be a model 70 target.....

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  drl50

  February 05, 2004 17:13

  The 30-06 was originally a developed for the military Springfield. Pre-64 model 70s marked them at least 3 different ways:
  .30GOV'T'06.
  30-06 SPRG.-
  30-06 SPFLD.-
  Most were the first as yours is. It has nothing to do with military issue.
  
  There are no extraordinary men...just extraordinary circumstances with which ordinary men must deal. Admiral Bull Halsey

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  temblor

  February 05, 2004 18:29

  It just denotes that it was the Gov't miltary round. Some brass cases are marked this way on the headstamp also, just as the older miltary 30-40 krag round was marked 30 U.S.,etc.[8D]

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