Is the Blue Book even relevant these days in gun values?
$200 for the scope?
For many of us who are not desperate to acquire another gun,
the Blue Book is still a good guide.
The current edition addresses the covid and cultural crises and ammo shortages in the introductory material, multiple essays.
Of course you can get more for the scope than $200 if sold separately.
The Pre-'64 Winchester M70 Super Grade African at "100%" is still only $8,000 according to the Blue Book.
The right gunnut or riflecrank might pay $4,000 for a beater-shooter "60%" specimen of that.
1,226 of those were made from 1956 to 1963.
Blue Book comments on that African:
"Normal attrition and collectors owning more than one contribute to extreme rarity.
Retains considerable "shooter" value in lesser external conditions.
Watch for cracked and/or repaired stocks."
Blue Book sounds kind of relevant there.
