Yes ,it is a rimmed case. The rim is over .600" wide. I have been thinking of this cartridge a bit lately. Will it be much of a hastle getting a pre 64 Mod 70 to chamber and feed a 50 Alaskan.Will it fit in a magazine? I wont worry about it if it will take huge amounts of work. If it is just a matter of opening up the bolt face and minor mods to the mag ,then I will go for it.

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I saw five pre 64 model 70s at the show today:

1) two in the $600's

2) two in the $800's

3) one at $1,300 for a .338
Some guy gave the seller grief for having the incorrect recoil pad.

I think I saw all the desirable pre 64's at a gun show in Missoula Mt. this weekend. We were visiting the U of M for a graduate school for my daughter and my wife noticed that there was a gun show in progress. Off my son and I went to the show while the women checked the school.

One dealer had a rack of pre 64's. Most were in mint to 95% condition. He had a 7.65, a 35 Whelen, a .30 WCF, .220 Swift, .257 roberts, 9mm, .22 Hornet and a few others. The cheapest one was $6,000 and the highest was $9,000. No, I left them there. It was a very good show and I got to spend a nice morning with Brad (Amundson) at Bozeman on the next leg of our trip.

I'd like to see Tom Burgess add his opinion to this thread, but I think he'd agree that those Model 70s in the 200,000 thru 300,000 serial number range (1951-55) are some of the very best in terms of excellent machine work, excellent tolerances, modern post-war features, and generally excellent workmanship. This is the serial number range that I usually look for, although I recently found a really great doner rifle in the 150,000 range that I'm going to have another .270 Win. built on.

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