{"id":74885,"date":"2022-11-10T02:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=74885"},"modified":"2022-11-09T09:59:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T14:59:50","slug":"usmc-winchester-70-sniper-vietnam-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/11\/10\/usmc-winchester-70-sniper-vietnam-era\/","title":{"rendered":"USMC Winchester 70 Sniper &#8211; Vietnam Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XYX4Ce6vzHw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 24 Sep 2016<\/p>\n<p>This Winchester M70 was a rifle owned by the captain of the Camp Pendleton rifle team, and as such it is an excellent authentic example of the US sniper rifle of the early Vietnam era. It is chambered for the .30-06 cartridge, with a Winchester heavy target barrel and shorter stock. The scope is a 14x Unertl &mdash; quite high magnification, considering that the most recent official issue sniper rifle at the time was the M1D with a 2.2x scope. These rifles were used in a quasi-official capacity in Vietnam, and would ultimately evolving into the official M40 and M40A1 sniper rifles.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-10-at-09-58-35-USMC-Winchester-70-Sniper-\u2013-Vietnam-Era-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-10-at-09-58-35-USMC-Winchester-70-Sniper-\u2013-Vietnam-Era-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-77812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-10-at-09-58-35-USMC-Winchester-70-Sniper-\u2013-Vietnam-Era-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-10-at-09-58-35-USMC-Winchester-70-Sniper-\u2013-Vietnam-Era-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-10-at-09-58-35-USMC-Winchester-70-Sniper-\u2013-Vietnam-Era-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-10-at-09-58-35-USMC-Winchester-70-Sniper-\u2013-Vietnam-Era-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published 24 Sep 2016 This Winchester M70 was a rifle owned by the captain of the Camp Pendleton rifle team, and as such it is an excellent authentic example of the US sniper rifle of the early Vietnam era. 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