I bought my first M/70 in the mid 1970's while in gunsmithing school in Colorado, it was a prewar .30-06 which I restocked with a fabulous exhibition grade walnut blank purchased from Herters. Over the years between then and now I have owned many pre '64 M/70's. Currently I own two, a prewar standard grade .257 Roberts and a Super Grade '06 that I had rebored to a .35 Whelen. Will probably never sell either of those rifles, I have hunted whitetail with the Whelen and would like to take the Roberts deer hunting some day.