I picked up a buy of a life time at a pawnshop yesturday.It was a Winchester Feather weight 270 winchester .It is about 95-97% with a perfict bore.It has the best checkering I have ever seen.I picked it up for less than cheap rifles go for today.Its serial # is 337xxx when was it made.I was wondering their current value in this very good condition.It sure is one smooth gun.I want to go shoot it pretty bad.
Your rifle was made in 1955 .You got a nice one sounds like!Congratulations!I have a 30-06 just like yours that is my go to rifle,they are really nice,accurate rifles.Have fun!
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Those are the finest factory sporters made up thru that era. They were made from 1952 in 308 and the 270 etc. was offered in 1955. I would surmise that they were made thru 1963.
I have one in 308 in regular use and a couple of others as safe queens.
What is a 97% 270 worth in the 270 Feather weight.Its bore is like new.I want to go shoot it even though I dont like 270s too much yhis is one hell of a rifle.I was glad I bought it.I have never had any interst in pre 64s because there were so high.I laugh at suckers that bought the new 270 wsms after Winchester closed for $1200 .I do like this old Winchester.I have been cleaning it up even more.Where can you get an original butt plate?I may have to shoot it and the 250 savge ruger 77 and the 7x57 ruger this weekend.Little guns get no respect here in Alaska.
I would rather have one without the orginal butt plate as long as the price reflected that.
What butt plate does it have on it now? Has the little notch on the top of the stock been cut off? If the wood on the butt is straight accross now it's been cut and you might as well put a Decelerator on it.
If the notch is there and and it's orginal otherwise then look for a plate. They are hard you know and hurt when fired wearing shirtsleeves.
Its has an Ithaca shothgun pad on it that fits the original stock uncut.It looks like a shotgun pad or something.It has very pretty wood and the bluing except for the floor plate is perfict.I think its an awesome gun for $400 .I dont even like 270s but this one got my goat.
Originally posted by dgr416: Its has an Ithaca shothgun pad on it that fits the original stock uncut.It looks like a shotgun pad or something.It has very pretty wood and the bluing except for the floor plate is perfict.I think its an awesome gun for $400 .I dont even like 270s but this one got my goat.
If it has a pad on it now then the odds are that the stock was cut straight and the little notch that the FW butt plate has would have to be recut. There is an aftermarket pad that says Winchester on it and it's a copy of the original Winchester pad. That would be one option if your going to replace the exisiting pad.
Those duplicate pads are a little on the hard side but should be ok for a 270.
I have never fooled with a pre 64 much.Its alot better rifle than what people are paying preium dollars for that Winchester just made.I would like a fiberglass stock on if if I hunt with it to lighten it up some.The feather weights back then were heavy to us today.I like the straight stock with no cheek piece.
The pre 64 M70 Featherweights weighted about 6.75 lbs which is less than many rifles today including the post 64 M70 Classic. Adding a conventional fiberglass stock will not cut the weight as they weigh about the same as the stock on the rifle you have.
However one of the cored composite stocks will cut the weight quite a bit.
The monte carlo was added to some of the Featherweights to raise the comb for scopes which were becoming popular in the 50's.
You have the finest factory sporter made thru it's date. Winchester was losing money on every one they made and within a decade they had to drop it and come up with a cheaper to make version.
Use it for a year or so with the current stock and record the actual point of impact as time goes on. If the rifle stays sighted in then don't get a 'fibreglass' stock.
Originally posted by dgr416: I picked up a buy of a life time at a pawnshop yesturday.It was a Winchester Feather weight 270 winchester .It is about 95-97% with a perfict bore.It has the best checkering I have ever seen.I picked it up for less than cheap rifles go for today.Its serial # is 337xxx when was it made.I was wondering their current value in this very good condition.It sure is one smooth gun.I want to go shoot it pretty bad.
I have this very gun with a serial in very nearly the same range. It was my father's gun bought with his sergeant's Korean war re-enlistment bonus. I would not part with it for the world. Period. It would tear my soul into too many pieces.
Last week, I was working up a load for 140 gr STBTs (now discontinued, but I have 200) and still got a 5 shot .75" 100 yard group on a very windy day over a rolled up quilt rest with a 4X scope. Three shots were .25" in that group. The gun has had probably about 2K-3K firings over the years and has accounted for scores of deer, a dozen caribou, and some few moose and a bear or two. Though I will admit to many equals, a better general North American game hunting rifle has never really been designed in my honest opinion.
