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WINCHESTER 535201212 MODEL 70 FEATHERWEIGHT COMPACT 243 WIN 20" BBL
Guns International #: 103604906 Seller's Inventory #: 048702002298
Category: Winchester Rifles - Model 70 Featherweight - Winchester Rifles - Bolt Action
Seller's Information
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Seller: Garys Gun Shop SD
Member Since: 11/7/25
State: South Dakota
Zip: 57105
Country: United States
Phone: (605) 332-6119 Ext. 2
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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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About Us: Garys Gun Shop is a family-owned firearms retailer in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, serving customers for over 30 years with exceptional service and quality firearms. We maintain an inventory of more than 2,000 new and used firearms, specializing in premium brands including Wilson Combat, Nighthawk Custom, Cooper Firearms, Benelli, Browning, Weatherby, and Winchester. Our knowledgeable staff helps each customer find the perfect firearm. We also operate a 12-lane indoor range and gunsmithing services.
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Description:
The Winchester Model 70 Featherweight Compact (535201212) is a bolt-action hunting rifle chambered in 243 Winchester, purpose-built for youth hunters, smaller-framed shooters, and mountain hunters who want the full performance and classic craftsmanship of the Model 70 Featherweight in a shorter, lighter package. This compact 243 Winchester bolt-action rifle pairs a 20-inch cold hammer-forged barrel with a 13-inch length of pull and Pre-64 controlled round feeding to deliver a rifle that fits developing hunters correctly and performs with the accuracy the Model 70 name has carried for decades.
Key Features
- Part number: 535201212
- UPC: 048702002298
- Caliber: 243 Winchester
- Action: Bolt action, short action, Pre-64 style controlled round feed
- Barrel length: 20 inches, cold hammer-forged, free-floating, Featherweight profile
- Barrel finish: Brushed polish blued
- Barrel twist rate: 1:10
- Muzzle: Recessed target crown
- Receiver: Steel, brushed polish blued, drilled and tapped for scope
- Stock: Grade I black walnut, satin finish, Schnabel forearm, cut checkering at 20 LPI
- Length of pull: 13 inches
- Drop at comb: 1/2 inch
- Drop at heel: 3/4 inch
- Trigger: M.O.A. Trigger System, stainless steel, brushed polish finish
- Bolt: Jeweled bolt body, knurled bolt handle, blade-type ejector
- Safety: Three-position safety
- Magazine: Hinged floorplate, 5-round capacity
- Recoil pad: Pachmayr Decelerator
- Overall length: 39.5 inches
- Weight: 6 pounds 8 ounces
- The M.O.A. Trigger System is factory-set with zero take-up, zero creep, and zero overtravel, delivering a crisp, adjustable break that benchrest shooters and hunting guides recognize as one of the cleanest factory trigger designs offered in a production bolt-action rifle.
- Pre-64 controlled round feeding uses a claw extractor to grip the cartridge rim the moment it leaves the magazine and maintains positive control through the full feeding cycle into the chamber and through ejection, reducing the risk of a double feed or loose round under field conditions.
- The cold hammer-forged free-floating barrel is produced by rotating the steel blank over a mandrel under high-pressure hammer blows, creating a barrel with a harder, more precise bore surface and tighter dimensional consistency than cut-rifled alternatives.
- The recessed target crown protects the rifling at the muzzle from contact with brush, dirt, or hard surfaces in the field, preserving the crown geometry that most directly affects accuracy at the exit point of the bullet.
- The three-position safety provides three distinct states, safe with bolt locked, safe with bolt operable for unloading, and fire, displayed visually at a glance so the shooter always knows the exact condition of the rifle.
- The Schnabel forearm and classic Featherweight cut checkering at 20 LPI reproduce the original Model 70 Featherweight aesthetic that has defined premium American bolt-action rifles since the 1950s, giving the Compact the same visual identity as its full-size counterpart.
- The 13-inch length of pull fits youth shooters and smaller-framed adults precisely out of the box, eliminating the compromised mount and inconsistent cheek weld that develop when a young hunter is forced to stretch for a full-sized stock.
- At 6 pounds 8 ounces with a 20-inch barrel, the Compact carries easily for all-day hunts in timber, mountain terrain, and thick cover where a heavier full-length rifle becomes a burden by midday.
- The 243 Winchester chambering gives youth and new hunters a flat-shooting, versatile round with enough energy for deer, antelope, and varmints at field distances, in one of the most widely recommended first hunting cartridges available.
- The hinged floorplate magazine unloads quickly and cleanly at the end of a hunt without cycling rounds through the chamber, a practical field advantage over blind box magazines that require single-round extraction.
- The drilled and tapped receiver accepts standard short-action scope bases, giving you full flexibility to mount any rimfire or centerfire-compatible optic without additional machining.
- If you are a parent equipping a youth hunter or a smaller-framed shooter looking for a rifle that fits correctly and performs with the consistency the Model 70 name has always represented, the Featherweight Compact 535201212 is the right starting point.
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Rifle Caliber: .243 Winchester
Manufacturer: BROWNING VIANA
Model: 70
Barrel Length: 20
Caliber Info: 243 WIN
Condition: NEW