Your Winchester model 70 featherweight rifle which was made in 1983,will range in price from 250-450 dollars based on the rifle having between 60%-95% of its original finish remaining,and a good bore.
Short action
Your winchester model 70 chambered in .308 Win.is a short action.
Short action. Based on the .308 Winchester
Normally a rifle chambered for .243 Winchester would be built on a short action.
I would suggest checking gunbroker.com or gunsamerica.com to get an idea of current asking prices. Asking prices & selling prices can be very different. Post 64 Winhester Model 70 sn's made by Winchester ended in July1981 at G1,525,323. After that date, USRAC continued to make the Winchester brand (rifle and shotgun)under license from the Olin Corporation. This final year of Olin licensed production saw the introduction of the "XTR Featherweight". Not many made it to dealers before USRAC took over. The only way to tell who made it would be to look at the recoil pad. It will be marked either Winchester or USRAC Value depends on many factors, condition being paramount. You could be in the 350-700 range.
Short. Compare cartridge overall length to a .308 Winchester. That is a short action. Longer than that is a long action.
The 260.rem cartridge is a short action cartridge based on the .308 winchester.
The 223 is considered a Short Action rifle.
long
long
Yes, the length of the action.
Yes that's why these Winchester short magnum family of cartridges were designed.