Originally Posted by Jim in Idaho
... I'm wondering if MRC has bitten into the Model 70 LH market at all? Two years ago any LH .30-06 in decent shape would start a bidding war, maybe now folks are sitting back and thinking, hmmm, a used Winchester at 15 or 18 bills versus a NIB Montana 1999 clone for $1000 or $1100 thereabouts?

This is where I am, at the moment. I have not purchased a LH Win M70 since I picked up my two LH MRC rifles. Not to say that I will never buy another Win M70. However, it will have to be inexpensive, or, have some unique feature or provenance that MRC could not easily replicate.