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Then why do you even bother posting on it? We're all surprised at what they're bringing nowdays. The fact is they don't, and probably never will, make them again. That there are some people willing to pay that kind of money for them establishes their market value, whether you agree or not.
Using your logic they should price this at $3500 because that's what it cost new and all I wanna spend on it. Chevy for sale

"Then why do you even bother posting on it?"

If you don't like my opinion move on.

Like most, I saw the stupidity on the $ spent on that rifle; some posted "HOLY $&*#!!!", others like myself commented on the outrageous price and commented on what it is actually worth.

Market value can influenced by a few nutcases (or many nutcases), if you want to spend $2500 on a blued run-of-the-mill LH 70, go for it. 'Fire members here absolutely will not, "market" bullsh*t notwithstanding.

If guys here can sell them for that, by all means go for it.
It is worth profiting if the idiots are willing.

It's ironic...ScottF270's fine .30-06 (custom shop) KS brought $800 on GB and it was twice the rifle of this LH70.
Again, my .02.

I reckon its "value" is whatever the market will pay for it. So, right now, I'd say they're worth somewhere in that $2k range.

That one was tempting... Especially given the recent price increase for KS stocks...

It sure was. Immaculate rifle in a great chamber from a good seller. Tough to beat that.
If I didn't already own a 700 FS in '.06 I would have purchased it before the GB sale...

I also have to say that the presentation and number of photos was first rate. The straight wood grain is pretty standard, but one could see it clearly for what it is.

Given the fact that it is almost certainly unfired, NITB and complete with papers and box, in a popular caliber, and from a trustworthy seller, I can see someone wanting it enough to pay the price. It is a nice rifle and getting hard to find, certainly in this condition.

Personally, I have been getting them for less, ranging from about $750 to 1550, but who is to say that that will continue. The LH Model 70 Classic is my favorite model of rifle by far.

BTW, while I have had awfully good luck in buying here from great sellers, trust is a valuable item, as I have learned over the years from my law practice. There's nothing like it.

LMAO...I found a buddy lightly used 30/06 just like the 270 here for $575 two weeks ago.

Never seen a std Classic sported worth anything like $2k plus. People are driven nuts today by perceptions of rarity and have more money than brains.

"Perception is reality"

If you don't mind saying, where did you find a LH .30-06 for that price?

I found a couple of NIB LH Featherweights this past summer at a small gun store just outside Salmon, ID. The owner was selling them for the same retail price as new right hand Fwt's, so one of them followed me home and the other was sold the next day.

Yep, well said.

I obviously ain't living right...

Jim: At a large gunstore in southern Maine. They aren't exactly common but they do show up now and then. My friend asked me to keep my eyes peeled for one last November so it took a couple of months before I bumped into one. He really wanted a 270 but the 30/06 was too good to pass up.

It's always good to have a credit card handy, you never know when opportunity will knock...

Gotta be ready...

I know people who work there...they have a 7 day hold policy, no money down;told them it was for a friend so got his name etc. I took a few cell pictures, texted him,with photos of rifle and his receipt. He came up 3 days later and bought. It was all pretty easy.