I have been offered a 1950 Winchester M70 in .270 for $750. Pitting on the bottom metal, but the bore is pretty good and most of the metal is okay.

I would clean up the metal, and find a new stock for it more than likely.

Save it from what? You should just shoot it; these are not rare and the condition sounds like a hunter and shooter; not a top collector piece. What stock doe it have now?

Neglect I guess. It has the original stock but it is beat up. I thought it would be a good canidate for a partial restoration. Must've find a slim wood stock for it? To be honest it was the first pre64 I've ever held.

Why not...If thats what you want to do then go for it. I hear ya on the old 70s stocks, piece of crap as far as I'm concerned. Put something a little more trim and detailed...but be careful before you know it you'll have 3 grand in it.

Even beat up stocks can be restored; post a picture of it. Is it a FW or a Standard rifle?

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Originally posted by srtrax:
Why not...If thats what you want to do then go for it. I hear ya on the old 70s stocks, piece of crap as far as I'm concerned. Put something a little more trim and detailed...but be careful before you know it you'll have 3 grand in it.

You will have every ounce of $3000 in it. No joke on that one.

if you turn it down, I'd be interested for my collection....

It was a standard .270. Unfortunately I only got to handle it for like 5 seconds before my friend left to go home.
If I did decide to seriously go through it what should I be on the lookout for?

fire a magazine full and make sure it will feed and eject properly. Then pull the barrel and stock and send it to somebody like Jim Kobe here to have a nice custom rifle built on it.

What's your favorite caliber? It could be that, and something to enjoy hunting with for the rest of your life, then pass on to a family member.

Rich

No, leave it be. Go buy a new Tikka or Ruger Amarican and never look back.

BTW, can you email me the guys email address?

The price is pretty good, but I would just wipe it down and shoot or hunt with it..cost of restoration is a bad deal unless you do all the work yourself..

I live in an expensive part of the country and I still find good, problem free, pre 64s for around &1K. Not pristine examples, but good functional ones that require no work. I'm talking 270 and 30-06, other cals usually go for more. They are still common and if you have cash on hand you can usually get a deal.

So I would take a look around, it might be worth it to spend a few bucks more for one that doesn't come with headaches.