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Pre-64 Model 70 .270 Range Day
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Oldtrader3
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Really nice late 1950's Model 70. It appears to be in really good condition and certainly shoots well! I don't know why you wanted to rebarrel the Model 70 unless you were going to use it for a project gun in another caliber. Most of the .270 Win Model 70's that I have seen from the era when yours was made would shoot or could easily be persuaded to shoot tight groups.
I have a Model 70, .270 Win, made in 1949, about the same time as yours but the stock on mine was ruined and I had to restock it. If my rifle had been in as good shape as yours, I would have left it as is. My .270 Win Model 70 has always shot really good groups though. I have had it now since 1973. You got a really good buy on the Leupold scope as well.
I have a Model 70, .270 Win, made in 1949, about the same time as yours but the stock on mine was ruined and I had to restock it. If my rifle had been in as good shape as yours, I would have left it as is. My .270 Win Model 70 has always shot really good groups though. I have had it now since 1973. You got a really good buy on the Leupold scope as well.
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My work here is getting done, slowly. If I could proselytize to and convince many here of how good the Pre-64 Model 70's are and how relatively cheap some are now compared to a couple of years ago. If I can get more of you guys converted and bought in, my work here is getting done! Every one of you who converts to a Model 70 makes me feel good about my life of owning these terrific rifles. :mrgreen:
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Us'n old farts are smarter than we look! This verified by the number of you young whippersnapper's snapping up those Model 70 Pre 64's :mrgreen:
DrMike alread has a couple or seven of Model 94's hanging around. I don't even pretend to know what he has put away in any one of his gunsafes.
DrMike alread has a couple or seven of Model 94's hanging around. I don't even pretend to know what he has put away in any one of his gunsafes.
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Okay, fellows, I turned down a pre-64 Model 70 in .270 today. I'm doing a new build and needed a Model 70 action. However, I said that this one was in too good a shape to be cannibalized. I urged them to sell it to someone who would appreciate what the rifle was, and I'd buy a new action. The only actions on the used rack that could have been useful were XTRs, which I might have used. However, I preferred the CRF. The old pre-64 did look fairly nice, however. Just don't know if I could have forgiven myself if I cannibalized it, and I don't particularly want a .270.
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The asking price was $750, which according to the market is not a bad price.
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DrMike
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It is in NRA good condition.
DrMike":1i614m9s said:
Thats pretty decent Mike.. Here is what they go for down here
http://www.daverifflegunsales.com/winch ... 0_270_1952
http://www.daverifflegunsales.com/winch ... eight_1961
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SJB358":1jkfsjuo said:
Hmmmmm! Maybe I should hightail it back to my LGS. I just hate the idea that it is a 270.
gerry
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The 270 is a great round too Mike, although that isn't a gun you would want to rip apart though, lot's of others around for that.
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SJB358":yn2i29ke said:
I suppose I should be grateful. :?
