Winchester Model 70

Pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 - .30-06

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

Modern update of the classic Winchester Model 70 with open sights - .30-06

Winchester Model 70 - .458 Winchester Magnum. This is the actual screen-used rifle carried and fired by Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry.

Modern Winchester Model 70 Magnum - .375 Holland & Holland Magnum

Pre-64 Winchester Model 70 carbine w/ 20" barrel. Scarce - .30-06

Winchester Model 70 -.243 Winchester. From the 1970s, illustrating the Monte Carlo style stocks used in this era.

The Winchester Model 70 is a classic American 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. Introduced by Winchester Repeating Arms in 1936 and is the successor to the Winchester Model 54. Like its predecessor, its action is based largely on that of the Mauser Gewehr 1898. From 1936 to 1964, the Model 70 gained a reputation for reliability and its robust action, and was originally manufactured with a Mauser-style claw extractor, amongst other safety and convenience features.

In 1964, amidst increased competition from sporting rifles like the Remington 700 and increased material and labor costs, a number of changes to the design were introduced to reduce manufacturing costs. Chief among these was a redesign to the bolt and removal of the claw extractor, replaced with a significantly weaker wedge extractor. Model 70s manufactured before 1964, usually referred to as the "pre-1964", are more sought after as they are widely considered to be of higher quality and include more features. From 1980 to 2006, the Model 70 was manufactured under license by the U.S. Repeating Arms Company, one of the successors to the original Winchester, until the closure of Winchester's original New Haven, Connecticut production plant. Since 2007, new Model 70s are made by FN Herstal under the Winchester name in Portugal.

In addition to extensive police use worldwide, the Model 70 series was used by the United States Marine Corps in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Perhaps the rifle's most famous user was Marine Corps sniper Carlos Hathcock, who used a Model 70 in .30-06 as his primary sniper rifle throughout his service in Vietnam.

The Winchester Model 70 has been manufactured in the following calibers: .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, .375 H&H Magnum, and .458 Winchester Magnum. The action is currently available in short or long, corresponding to cartridge length. The blind magazine capacity varies, depending upon the calibers, from three to five. Standard calibers have five round capacities, larger rounds have a four round capacities and magnum rounds have a three round capacity.

Specifications

(1936 - Present)

• Type: Rifle

• Caliber(s): Various

• Weight: 6 to 8 lbs (2.7 to 3.6 kg)

• Length: Typically 42 in to 44 in (106.7 cm to 111.8 cm)

• Barrel length(s): 20 in (50.8 cm), 22 in (55.9 cm), 24 in (61 cm), 26 in (66 cm)

• Capacity: 3, 4, 5

• Fire Modes: Bolt-Action

The Winchester Model 70 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
Soldier of Fortune			With sniper scope; seen in Hank Lee's cabin	1955
Death in the Garden	Georges Marchal	Shark		1956
	Charles Vanel	Castin
The Law Is the Law	Fernandel	Ferdinand Pastorelli	Scoped	1958
The Deadly Decoy (Le gorille a mordu l'archevêque)	James Campbell	Ouémélé	Scoped	1962
I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba)	Raul Garcia	Enrique	With Unertl 8x scope	1964
Fantômas		The guards	with scope	1964
Cool Hand Luke	Morgan Woodward	Boss Godfrey		1967
Point Blank	James B. Sikking	Organization hitman	Scoped	1967
Targets	Tim O'Kelly	Bobby Thompson		1968
Che!	Jack Palance	Fidel Castro		1969
Billy Jack	David Roya	Bernard Posner		1971
The French Connection	Marcel Bozzuffi	Pierre Nicoli		1971
Dirty Harry	Clint Eastwood	Insp. Harry Callahan	Chambered in .458 Magnum	1971
Walking Tall	Joe Don Baker	Buford Pusser		1973
Detroit 9000		Detroit Police		1973
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy	Various actors	Snipers		1974
The Sugarland Express	Various actors	Texas Rangers		1974
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze	Dar Robinson	Indian assassin		1975
The Wilby Conspiracy	Rutger Hauer	Blane Van Niekirk		1975
	Michael Caine	Jim Keough
Assault on Precinct 13	Austin Stoker	CHP Lt. Ethan Bishop		1976
Vigilante Force	Jan-Michael Vincent	Ben Arnold	Scoped	1976
	Andrew Stevens	Paul Sinton
Orca	Richard Harris	Nolan	Scoped	1977
The Gauntlet	Fritz Manes	Helicopter Gunman		1977
Who'll Stop the Rain	Ray Sharkey	DEA Agent Smitty		1978
Death Force	Uncredited	Jordan		1978
Power Play		Secret Policeman	With infrared sight	1978
Game of Death	Mel Novak	Stick		1978
Bear Island	Christopher Lee	Lechinski		1979
	Lawrence Dane	Paul Hartman
	Donald Sutherland	Frank Lansing
Mad Max	Steve Millichamp	Roop		1979
And Justice For All	Various actors	Police Officers		1979
The Cannibal Holocaust	Gabriel Yorke	Alan Yates	Without scope	1980
Brubaker	Various actors	Prison Guard		1980
The Hunter		Los Angeles Police Department SWAT		1980
Hopscotch		FBI Agent		1980
The Howling				1981
Race for the Yankee Zephyr	Various actors	Brown's henchmen		1981
Turkey Shoot	Michael Craig	Charles Thatcher		1982
Blue Thunder		Los Angeles Police Department SWAT		1983
Ninja III: The Domination		A Phoenix PD officer	Scoped	1984
Sheena		Soldier	Scoped	1984
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter	Erich Anderson	Rob Dyer	Later seen broken	1984
Starman	Ted White	Hunter		1984
Silver Bullet	Bill Smitrovich	Andy Fairton		1985
Short Circuit	Brian McNamara	Frank		1986
Outrageous Fortune	Peter Coyote	Michael Santers	Scoped	1987
	Gary Morgan	Agent Panansky
Harry and the Hendersons	John Lithgow	George Henderson		1987
The Living Daylights	Maryam d'Abo	Kara Milovy		1987
Colors		Gang members		1988
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	Michael Ruud	Alan "Big Al" Gateway	Scoped	1988
Messenger of Death	Charles Dierkop	Orville Beecham	"Pre-64" model	1988
Dead Bang	Various actors	Dixon's Deputies		1989
Lock Up		Prison Guards		1989
Tremors	Reba McEntire	Heather Gummer		1990
	Fred Ward	Earl
Desperate Hours	Various actors	SWAT snipers	Fitted with laser sights	1990
Point Break (1991)		Australian police officer		1991
Pet Sematary Two	Clancy Brown	Gus Gilbert		1992
In the Line of Fire	Various actors	Secret Service counter-snipers		1993
A Perfect World		Deputy sheriff		1993
Speed		LAPD SWAT Snipers	Some equipped with Harris Bipod	1994
Brainscan		Posse Member		1994
Forest Warrior	John Dennis Johnston	Williams		1996
	Chuck Norris	John McKenna
	Terry Kiser	Travis Thorne
	Elya Baskin	Buster
A Time to Kill	Kiefer Sutherland	Freddie Lee Cobb		1996
Eraser	John Snyder	Sal		1996
Anaconda	Jon Voight	Paul Sarone		1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Harvey Jason	Ajay Sidhu		1997
The Postman	Rex Linn	Mercer		1997
The Pest	Jeffrey Jones	Gustav Shank	Scoped	1997
Legion of Fire: Killer Ants!	Mitch Pileggi	Police Chief Jeff Croy		1998
The Pentagon Wars			With scope, seen on wall	1998
Drop Dead Gorgeous	Denise Richards	Rebecca 'Becky' Ann Leeman		1999
Escanaba in da Moonlight	Joey Albright	Remnar Soady	Scoped	2001
Cabin Fever	Robert Harris	Old Man Caldwell	Winchester Model 70 Featherweight Deluxe	2002
	Charee Cuthrell (credited as Cherie Rodgers)
Darkness Falls			Seen at the gun shop	2003
Dreamcatcher	Damian Lewis	Jonesy		2003
	Thomas Jane	Henry
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Various actors	Hunters		2005
Babel	Boubker Ait El Caid	Yussef	Chambered in .270	2006
	Said Tarchani	Ahmeds
Anaconda 3: Offspring	David Hasselhoff	Hammett		2008
When They Cry: Reshuffle		SAT snipers		2009
The Road		Scavenger		2009
Cold Prey III			Seen in Jon's car	2010
Tomorrow, When the War Began		Australian Resistance fighters		2010
Wrecked	Adrian Holmes	Man in the Woods		2011
The Artist	Jean Dujardin	George Valentin		2011
Rebellion		Rebel		2011
Straw Dogs	Alexander Skarsgård	Charlie Venner		2011
	James Marsden	David Summers
The Bourne Legacy	Oscar Isaac	Agent #3		2012
A Walk Among the Tombstones	Boyd Holbrook	Peter Kristo		2014
Into the Forest	Elliot Page	Nell		2015
	Evan Rachel Wood	Eva
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Dylan O'Brien	Thomas		2015
	Nathalie Emmanuel	Harriet
Villmark Asylum	Anders Baasmo Christiansen	Ole	Scoped	2015
	Mads Sjøgård Pettersen	Even
Hell or High Water	Jeff Bridges	Ranger Marcus Hamilton	Pre-64	2016
	Ben Foster	Tanner Howard
Revenge	Vincent Colombe	Stan	Scoped	2017
Thelma	Henrik Rafaelsen	Trond	Scoped	2017
Hold the Dark		Police		2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure		Resistance member		2018
Bad Times at the El Royale	Lewis Pullman	Milles Miller		2018
Daughter of the Wolf	Stew McLean	Seth		2019
	Sydelle Noel	Hobbs
	Anton Gillis-Adelman	Charlie
	Gina Carano	Clair Hamilton
OSS 117: From Africa with Love		Hunters		2021
Eternals		Amazon villagers	scoped	2021
The Batman		Riddler's followers		2022

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Gilligan's Island - Season 3	Rory Calhoun	Jonathan Kincaid	"The Hunter" (S03E18)	1967
Mission: Impossible - Season 2	Greg Morris	Barney Collier	"Operation 'Heart' " (S2E07)	1967
Mission: Impossible - Season 5	Lesley Ann Warren	Dana Lambert	"Takeover" (S5E14)	1971
S.W.A.T.	James Coleman	Officer T.J. McCabe		1975-1976
Hill Street Blues	James B. Sikking	Lt. Howard Hunter		1982 - 1987
The A-Team	.	poacher	.	1985
The X-Files - Season 2	William Sanderson	Edward Funsch	Post-64 model with scope / "Blood" (S2E03)	1994
The Stand	Stephen King	Teddy Weizak		1994
	Various actors	Boulder Free Zone guards
That 70's Show	Topher Grace	Eric Foreman	"Hunting" (S2E13)	1999
Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt - Season 4			(S4E10)	2001
Bones	Ryan O'Neal	Max Keenan	.	2005
Jericho	Lennie James	Robert Hawkins	.	2006-2008
Meteor				2009
Criminal Minds - Season 3	Pat Skipper	Harris Townsend	Fitted with scope and Harris Bipod / "Identity" (S03E07)	2007
The Walking Dead - Season 1	Michael Rooker	Merle Dixon	Scoped; "Guts" (S1E02)	2010
	Andrew Lincoln	Richard "Rick" Grimes
	Juan Gabriel Pareja	Morales
	Uncredited	Vatos gang member	"Vatos" (S1E04)
	Jeffrey DeMunn	Dale Horvath	Scoped; "Vatos" (S1E04)
Falling Skies - Season 2		Child survivor		2011
The Walking Dead - Season 2	Jeffrey DeMunn	Dale Horvath	Scoped; "Pretty Much Dead Already" (S2E07), "Nebraska" (S2E08)	2011-2012
	Michael Zegen	Randall Culver	Scoped; "Triggerfinger" (S2E09)
Longmire - Season 1	Robert Taylor	Walt Longmire	"Pilot" (S1E01)	2012
	Arron Shiver	Billy Barnes
The Walking Dead - Season 3	Travis Love	Shumpert	Scoped; "Walk With Me" (S3E03)	2012-2013
	David Morrissey	Philip Blake / "The Governor"	Scoped; "The Suicide King" (S3E09)
	Joseph Setticase	Woodbury Soldier	Scoped; "Prey" (S3E14)
The Walking Dead - Season 4	Michael Harding	Survivor	Scoped; "Inmates" (S4E10)	2014
Fargo - Season 2		Kansas City mobsters		2015
Wynonna Earp		Revenant guard	Scoped; "The Blade" (S1E04)	2016
Tokyo Vampire Hotel			Hanging on wall	2017
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3		Black Hat Reservation residents	"The Unveiling" (S3E07), "Children of Wrath" (S3E08)	2017
Riverdale - Season 3	Riley Keough	Laurie Lake	"Chapter Forty-Two: The Man in Black" (S3E07)	2018
Hawkeye	Fra Fee	Kazi Kazimierczak	Takedown with suppressor and scope; "Ronin" (S1E05), "So This Is Christmas?" (S1E06)	2021
The Last of Us - Season 1	Pedro Pascal	Joel Miller	with black synthetic stock; "Please Hold to My Hand" (S1E04) with wooden stock, scoped; "Endure and Survive" (S1E05), "Kin" (S1E06)	2023
	Ron J. Anderson	Anthony	with wooden stock, scoped; "Endure and Survive" (S1E05)
	Bella Ramsey	Ellie Williams	with wooden stock, scoped; "Kin" (S1E06)
	Nelson Leis	Josiah	with black synthetic stock; "When We Are in Need" (S1E08)
	Scott Shepherd	David	with wooden stock; "When We Are in Need" (S1E08)
	Troy Baker	James	with wooden stock, scoped; "When We Are in Need" (S1E08)
		Cannibal group member	with camouflage stock; "When We Are in Need" (S1E08)
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1	Ned Dennehy	RJ Gaines	"Alouette" (S1E02)	2023
	Milo Mazé	Hérisson
	Norman Reedus	Daryl Dixon	"Alouette" (S1E02), "Deux Amours" (S1E05)
	Tristan Zanchi	Emile Thibault	"Paris Sera Toujours Paris" (S1E03); "La Dame de Fer" (S1E04)
	Shiraz Tzarfati	Fallou's community guard	"Paris Sera Toujours Paris" (S1E03)
	Elie Haddad	Bastien	"La Dame de Fer" (S1E04)
	Eriq Ebouaney	Fallou Boukar
		Fuller's Auto Repair Guards and Power of the Living movement Guerriers	"Deux Amours" (S1E05)
	Bryan Vigier	Power of the Living movement Guerrier
		Nest Residents	"Coming Home" (S1E06)
True Detective - Season 4	Fiona Shaw	Rose Aguineau	"Part 6"	2024
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 2	Norman Reedus	Daryl Dixon	"Le Paradis Pour Toi" (S2E04)	2024
	Uncredited	Montmartre community guard	"Vouloir, C'est Pouvoir" (S2E05)

Anime

Title	Character	Notes	Date
Devilman: Demon Bird Sirène	Ryou Asuka		1990
Case Closed - Season 7	Tomoaki Okuda	Ep. "The Murdered Famous Detective"	1999 - 2000
Case Closed - Season 8	A shady man	Ep. "The Falling from Mt. Ryushin Case"	2000
Case Closed - Season 9		Ep. "The Gunshot at the Sunflower Estate"	2001
Case Closed - Season 10	Hajime Itakura	Ep. "The Truth Behind Valentine's (The Reasoning)"	2001 - 2002
	Itakura	Ep. "The Truth Behind Valentine's (The Resolution)"
	Yuzo Sakami
Case Closed: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure	Iwanagawa		2007
Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan	Prince Gill Cowell, Duke Gerard Musca		2009
Case Closed - Season 18	Takafumi Torihira	Ep. "A Present from the True Culprit"	2009 - 2010
	Hisaemon Yaguchi	Ep. "A Fool's Inheritance"
Gyo	Huntsmen		2012
Jujutsu Kaisen - Season 2	Mai Zen'in	"Metamorphosis, Part 2" (S2E22)	2023

Animation

Film Title	Character	Notation	Date
The Iron Giant	Deer hunters		1999

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
S.W.A.T. 3: Close Quarters Battle			NPC-only	1999
Silent Hill 2	Hunting Rifle			2001
Vietcong	Winchester Model 70	No scope attached	actually a Winchester Model 52	2003
Vietcong 2	Winchester Mod.70	No scope attached		2005
Silent Hill: Origins	Hunting Rifle			2007
The Godfather II				2009
State of Decay	"Model 70"	scope		2013
Payday 2	Platypus 70	w/ FN Tactical Box Magazine adapter; optional suppressor		2013
The Last of Us	Hunting Rifle	Can be fitted with a scope		2013
Mafia III	Manitou Model 67			2016
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades			Pre-1964 model	2016
TheHunter: Call of the Wild			Appears in several forms	2017
State of Decay 2				2018

See Also

• Winchester Repeating Arms - A list of all firearms manufactured by Winchester Repeating Arms.