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Can anyone tell me who made this?

SEARS Mod 53. Sears Roebuck & co.
Mod no. 273.32070"
the action has
"U134XXX" printed on the side, not sure if you guys need the three numbers at the end.



Thanks for any info.


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Winchester Mod. 70.


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I think thats the sears winchester m70. sears Model 53
 
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Thanks, it's not mine and it didn't look anything like my Win 70 classic.

This rifle is unfired in the box and chambered in 243 Win. Since Winchester didn't chamber the 243 until 1955 can you tell approximately what vintage it is?

Is it worth anything exceptional?


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Economy version of 1972 type Model 70, without hinged floorplate or forend tip. MFG 1972-78.
 
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Thanks again.


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Originally posted by Fjold:
Thanks, it's not mine and it didn't look anything like my Win 70 classic.

This rifle is unfired in the box and chambered in 243 Win. Since Winchester didn't chamber the 243 until 1955 can you tell approximately what vintage it is?

Is it worth anything exceptional?


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Am I going blind or is the extractor missing from this rifle?


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SmilerHarris, I think it"s probably blued.
 
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Actually, that's a Winchester M-670 and they were pretty rough


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$200 bucks, on gunbroker, for a fired one
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It should say on the barrel,I think Ted williams model sold by sears and roebuck. Its modeled off the win model 70,and was a contract rifle at that time. van
 
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The rifle is a Winchester Model 70 action (post 64), and may have been sold by either Winchester or Sears, depending on the markings. It appears in the second picture that there may be a magazine floorplate. If so, and if the stock is hardwood (as it appears) rather than walnut, then this is an odd duck as most of the "economy" hardwood-stocked models used a blind magazine.

As to vintage, it would likely have been made in the very late 60's or the 70's.
 
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I have one of these very rifles as a beater and borrower rifle. It is made by Winchester and is basically just a cheaper M70. Mine has a hinged floor plate that looks like it is made out of some cheap-ass white metal that is then painted black.

There is no mauser style extractor because it is a post-64 M70.

Overall it's not a bad rifle and if it can be oicked up for $200 it is a heck of a bargain!
 
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