How much money should someone be willing to drop to get a Winchester model 70 pre-64 feather weight. Just wondering and what about the post 64 model 70'S I think it would be neat to load a 264 win mag but it is difficult to find guns in this caliber. Thanks

How much do you have? How badly do you want it ? What is the condition? Is it in a rare caliber? I have seen $500 rifles sell for $750 around here, they do not show up often. There is a featherweight (243) at a local shop in average condition for $550, problem is it has a Herter's muzzle brake on it. I paid $750 for a 1952 unfired featerweight in 308 and expected to be outbid. Probably a better question is "What is a fair price?" I do not know. It appears to me that some folks will pay too much and be happy. I use the "Gun List" as a guide. There is a 264 on gunbroker right now.

To many a used pre 64 Winchester is worth a lot more than most new rifles if it's not buggered up too bad. Sometimes well installed recoil pads are welcome if you follow me.

If the old M 70 is close to new condition and not altered then the collectors bid the prices up.

I see nothing wrong with paying $700 for a nice one. At least you will be able to sell it and sell it quick if you don't mess it up yourself.

264's bring extra money and a FWT. 264 is a joke, you gotta have a lot of barrel to make a 264 work right....A std. wt. 264 has a 24" barrel and that works pretty well..They cost $1200 up....A poor choice of caliber IMHO.

A 95 percent 06 or 270 can be found for $600 give or take a hundred dollar bill....

A 98 percent plus will run costs up to $900 to a $1200.

Rare calibers and magnums run the price up even more.

I just sold a 95%, late production, pre-64 fwt in .30-06 for $550.

Today I bought a pre 64 M-70 .308 for $500. and it is 98% metal, but the stock had a spacer and a recoil pad, sooooo....I just wanted a shooter and if it shoots maybe I'll stock it...I have a piece of Claro full fiddle deep red blank that must be 15 years old and it cuts to be very hard for Claro...I'm thinking very slim, a round bull sack grip as opposed to a steel grip cap, short 9" forarm and Silvers pad...maybe a panel on each side, hmmm, we'll see if it shoots first.

Here in the NorthEast the prices are higher. Things cost more here. I get classifieds used as packing and you can buy a house out there in the West for beans. Here a starter house is $125,000.

M 70's go for more also. Just regional differences.

There is a .220 Swift here in a shop on consignment and they are asking $950. That's a little high as it's not that fine.

A nice, original 264 Featherweight will bring in the 1000-1200 range..All had factory-installed, Winchester-marked recoil pads, BTW......It is the second rarest catalogued caliber in the Featherweight series....
Values of altered Model 70s in common calibers decline greatly over original ones. Condition is everything.......

I agree that a pristine Featherweight in .264 will bring a collector premium, but for a shooter, Atkinson has it right -- the .264 does poorly with a 22" barrel. It needs 24 to 26 inches to achieve the velocities which make it something more than a louder .270.