Winchester Launches Model 70 Ultimate Shadow Hunter SS

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posted on August 14, 2015
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Winchester has announced the launch of its latest addition to the venerable Model 70 line in the Ultimate Shadow Hunter SS. The Shadow Hunter SS sports a lightweight synthetic stock in the new Mossy Oak Break-Up Country camouflage pattern, alongside a stainless steel receiver that features the popular pre-'64 style controlled round feeding with claw extractor and fixed ejector.

The Ultimate Shadow is offered in a 22", 24" or 26" blued barrel and available in popular standard calibers and three WSM calibers.

Other features include: 

• Gray overmolded rubberized gripping surfaces offer enhanced control
• Matte metal surfaces
• Alloy one-piece bottom metal with steel floor plate
• Forged stainless steel receiver with integral recoil lug is bedded front and rear to eliminate shifts in zero
• Three Position Safety
• Sporter weight free-floating stainless steel barrel
• M.O.A. Trigger System with zero take-up, zero creep and zero overtravel
• Blade-Type Ejector
• Win-Sorb Technology recoil pad

The MSRP will range between $1,099.99 and $1,139.99, based on version specifics.

For more information, go to WinchesterGuns.com.

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