Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Winchester Model 70 Ultra Match

Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 20 ↗

Winchester, Model 70, Ultra Match Target Special Grade rifle, cal. .308.

What this entry requires

  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1972–1979.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States⁴
Manufacturer
Winchester-Western Div., Olin Corp.²
Type
Rifle
Action
Bolt³
Caliber
.308 Winchester
Made
c. 1972–1979production; ATF states no date¹
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 20 ↗ · ATF original ↗
Entries
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Verbatim check
Checked against the PDF text before every release
Editorial facts
Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. web.archive.org ↗, years: LSB Auctions lot "Rare Winchester Model 70 Ultra Match .308 Win … 1972" (Wayback copy): "First offered in 1972", special order only in .308 Win or .30-06, "somewhere between 179 and 263 produced in total before the model was discontinued in 1979"
  2. Wikipedia, “Winchester Repeating Arms Company” ↗, maker: "In December 1980, the New Haven plant was sold to its employees" and "incorporated as the U.S. Repeating Arms Company"; Olin's Winchester-Western made Winchester arms until then, so a 1972–1979 rifle is Olin-era
  3. Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 70” ↗, action: infobox action bolt action; ATF names the Model 70
  4. Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 70” ↗, country: infobox origin United States
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
2 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passEditorial confidence: Low → High. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
  2. Evidence passYears: 1964–1972 → 1972–1979. LSB Auctions (Wayback copy): "First offered in 1972, the Model 70 Ultra Match … was only available on a special order basis … discontinued in 1979" (179–263 made); resolves the earlier auction-snippet lead

All corrections · How corrections work

Historical context

Winchester Model 70 (base model shown for Winchester Model 70 Ultra Match)
Shown: a Winchester Model 70, not the Ultra Match target rifle.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Winchestermodel70.jpg” by Meniscus at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 70”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Winchester Model 70 is a bolt-action rifle. It has an iconic place in American sporting culture and has been held in high regard by shooters since it was introduced in 1936, earning the moniker the "Rifleman's Rifle". The action has some design similarities to Mauser designs, and it is a development of the earlier Winchester Model 54, itself being based on a Mauser 98–type action.