Here is a rare gun that I stumbled onto and picked up for a song at auction. It is a Winchester Model 70 International Army Match in .308. There were less than two hundred of these made (I've found two different sources saying 89 (Henshaw) and 179 (Rule)). It's one of those guns that I wanted as a young shooter but it cost more than twice what I paid for my first car. They were only made in 1970, although cataloged thru 1979, and were used for ISU Standard Rifle (a.k.a. Army) Matches in the World Championships and the Olympics. Here is a blurb from another source:
In 1970 the ISSF World Shooting Championships were held at the Ben Avery Range near Phoenix, AZ. One of the events was the 300 meter Standard Rifle match. For this competition Winchester supplied the International Army Rifle: iron sights, no palm rest or hook butt plate in a deep belly stock with a blind magazine. To be sure of making the weight limit the rifles had spruce stocks, light but strong. The AMU’s Jack Foster used his International Army Rifle to win the World Championship in the event.
This rifle came out the Phoenix area, maybe this was Jack Foster's rifle (Whom I knew from my Biathlon days). Anyhow, this rifle can shoot. I shot some 168g Federal Gold Medal match that was made for the RCMP (In retrospect this is probably valuable collector ammo, and I guess I wont shoot it anymore. Got it years ago as the RCMP cancelled a contract and had the dealer offer me special pricing). The group shown is 10 shots @ 100 yards with 175g FGMM.
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In 1970 the ISSF World Shooting Championships were held at the Ben Avery Range near Phoenix, AZ. One of the events was the 300 meter Standard Rifle match. For this competition Winchester supplied the International Army Rifle: iron sights, no palm rest or hook butt plate in a deep belly stock with a blind magazine. To be sure of making the weight limit the rifles had spruce stocks, light but strong. The AMU’s Jack Foster used his International Army Rifle to win the World Championship in the event.
This rifle came out the Phoenix area, maybe this was Jack Foster's rifle (Whom I knew from my Biathlon days). Anyhow, this rifle can shoot. I shot some 168g Federal Gold Medal match that was made for the RCMP (In retrospect this is probably valuable collector ammo, and I guess I wont shoot it anymore. Got it years ago as the RCMP cancelled a contract and had the dealer offer me special pricing). The group shown is 10 shots @ 100 yards with 175g FGMM.
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