Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors Any leads on a pre-64 .30-06 Featherweight for sale?

Nice going, balltownbob. Way to keep the radar up.

mtech, noboby's trying to bust your balls. But, you first have to understand that a lotta guys are hunting these rifles and always on the lookout to buy another one. In other words, nobody's going to shoot you a heads up that there's a nice FWT on xyz.com. You need to have your radar up, like balltownbob did on the one he snagged.

Here's another one your work computer can't see, bought her on the Fire. They come up once in a while. The trick is to be ready and jump when the opportunity presents itself.





Good luck.

mr Balltownbob, Let me know if you dont need it, I have a home for that one! thanks WinPoor

Will do however I suspect my heirs will be tasked with its disposal. Guns like this one are far safer investments these days, IMO, than most other forms...

I've bought several rifles from this seller over the years, mostly Oregon Kimbers, He is selling off his deceased FIL's collection. The starting price on every gun is usually what his FIL paid for it. I was well acquainted with the FIL; he knew what he was buying and he didn't buy junk nor did he overpay.

He had nice stuff..

well if you will PM your add, I will send you a few great cigars, I bought 3 boxes for my first grandboy 2+ mos ago, Bauza , Casa Grande, an hour of pure plesure, I shoot tighter groups with one going!!! very best WinBroke

Mr Bob has class, he sent KY!!!, Back when I preg checked cows I would buy it in gallon jugs, I worked a cattle auction in Dothan AL every Monday morning, Jeffers Supply had a 5 acre warehouse in Dothan and I bought all my supply's, vaccines ect. there and before I bought a fridge just for cow medicine I used the bottom shelf on the one at the house, I walked in one Monday night with a gallon of KY and a cooler of vaccine, my late wife looked at me like I was crazy and said not no but HELL NO! LMAO, She very rarely used any cuss, four letter words! very sophisticated lady ,I often wonder how she ended up with me! very best WinPoor

Couldn't agree more.

Im seeing more and more nice ones hit the market! These older guys that had the foresight are leaving the range , many WWII and Korea heros! I got a hot tip on 3 NIB , wife is selling from late husbands collection ! the very best WinPoor

Excellent advice and beautiful rifle. Deals do come along, you just need to know where to look. I picked mine up for $800.00 about 3 years ago. I've ran across some for less, but not is as good of shape. Oregon45 here has also ran across some damn good deals and has let some go here for pretty cheap. Just keep an eye out or wear the soles out on your favorite shoes at the gunshows. The small town gunshows around here are favorites of mine.

Here you go......

While Winchester trigger is superior to what is in HVA the rest of the gun isn't. The Winchester will set you back at least twice as much and for zero gain.

That would not be an opinion I share. Husqvarnas fall short on trigger quality, safety design, and stock quality, in my opinion. Great steel and a nice action but they require a bunch of work to bring the balance of the rifle up to the same level.

I'd also wager that there would be a "gain" in investment value, as the M70 will likely hold it's value and/or appreciate more.

I was just told yesterday by a young woman that here light weight husky 270 kicked the living chit out of her. She much prefers her Ruger m77 270 over it. That one will be for sale locally at a very reasonable price. They are not bad rifles by any means, just not what I consider being on the same playing field as a good pre 64 model 70 fwt... YMMV of course..

I looked over like new 'Crown Grade' .30-06 and except for the trigger design the HVA was superior to my M70 in every way. I didn't buy it because I have lifetime supply of ammo for my Winchester and zero for the HVA. If I didn't already own Winchester and had to choose I would buy the Swedish rifle. What I seen was at least as good as pre-64 Super Grade.

maybe your Model 70..

You're wearing your act out on the M70's. Why don't you switch gears and start telling us how schitty Model 12's are or somethin'...

Indeed. That's how I found my .30-06 pre-'64 FWT for $700, because someone put a recoil pad (that I wanted) on it.

Pal, the recoil pad sure does help if one wants to do a lot of shooting. Especially off the bench. I have 1 question to the OP: Are you looking for a "shooter" or an all original rifle? What percentage condition are you looking for too? Like some have suggested, Gunsinternational is a great place to look. Be ready to pay quite a bit for one though. Every once in a while one slips by, like the one balltownbob bought... He damn near stole that one..

I got that FW by dumb luck. A dealer was the only other interested bidder and he was too cheap to pay a fair price..

I check GI daily and have gotten lucky there but because I'm not constantly scanning it I've missed more than I've bought. The best sellers are listing on GI but there ain't no bargains from them. GB is full of junk and a buyer can get burned very easily if he isn't careful. There is no substitute for having the gun in hand before forking over the cash..gun shows are the best place for that though not as convenient as sitting at the computer.

A 3 day inspection is only as good as the seller's character. Doing business with established sellers is the safest policy but still not 100% foolproof. There's a few bad apples in their ranks..especially on the high dollar stuff...

On another note...there's an 8MM (7.92) Mauser 70 just listed on GI which is a very scarce caliber. Any hard core 70 collector should have a look at it...