Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors scoping a pre war M70

Well I will throw my 2 cents in too. A shooter grade pre war in a standard caliber is a shooter grade pre war in a standard caliber. If I could buy 2 with holes in the rear bridge to use new mounts and a current scope at the price of 1 shooter grade that I had to use open sights with, I would do that as many times as I could find them!

Going to have a custom made out of a Pre War or a Pre 64, the rear bridge is going to be drilled, I haven't seen any customs that didn't have provisions (bridge drilled) for a scope!

Would I pay the premium price for many exceptional condition Pre War guns with the rear bridge drilled? No

Am I going to drill and tap my Pre War shooter grade 7x57 Carbine? NO!