found this add;



Winchester Model 70, 30/06 caliber, standard rifle. Mfr. in 1950. 100% new in its original box with papers. Mint bore, original sights. Low comb stock to original buttplate



how much would you pay for this gun??

I wouldn't give more than $400 for that rifle, it's ugly!

Even if you think it's ugly, at a mythical $400 purchase price, you could at least resell it for a rather handsome profit!

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At this point, I wouldn't buy it unless it was ridiculously cheap.

Reason being it is now an investment only piece. New and unfired - okay, maybe someone wants to buy it to shoot, but then you'd ruin the "new and unfired" and it would just be another pre-64 albeit in really good shape. If you just want a good pre-64 M70 to shoot, especially a garden variety .30-06, there are lots and lots of them in very good to excellent shape still around for 1/3 the asking price of this one.

As an investment - that's pretty dicey. What did it cost in 1950 - about $125, maybe $175? I honestly don't know but that's pretty close, right? The ASKING (not necessarily the gettin') price now is $1999. If you had put $175 in any of several good stocks in 1950, I'm thinking they would be worth a lot more than $1999 today.

Someone held onto it too long so that now it's neither a really good, sure fire investment piece but it is way to pricey for a shooter.

'Course, if someone just wants a "new and unfired" American icon just to say they have one, why not?

I would be very cautious about such an ad. If it is new-in-box, why would the advertiser also say "mint bore"? After all, NIB is supposed to mean NIB. Why would a NIB rifle have anything other than "original sights". And while I don't know when M70's went from "low" comb to "high" comb, something here sounds fishy.

How about it whtailtaker? Are you trying to jerk our chain?

I have a 1949 wincester model 70 that has a mint bore , 95% blue and a couple of scrathes in the stock(big deal)original butt plate . I paid $550 for it about 2 years ago .



Mine came with a mint old 4x weaver and redfield mounts. It has a leupold varix III 3.5x10 and new leuplod rings and bases now. So I would give about that ($550) for it.



$1500 is too much

I'll bet it didn't cost more than $75.00 in 1950.

The 1950 "list price" for a Standard Rifle in 270 and 30/06 was $123.25.

I believe the high comb stocks became available in 1952