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Gay or not, the Classic Sporter in a not so popular harder to find caliber going for just over 500 dollars, kind of floored me. If I didn't already have a classic sporter , and an XTR Sporter , and a Weatherby Vanguard and a Weatherby Mark V, I would have been all.over that. ( hangs my head, yes all in 270 Weatherby Magnum) So I will just continue to hold out for the ever elusive Classic Stainless 270 Weatherby Magnum.

Call it gay all you want, but the 130 Grain Bullets screaming out of the barrel at 3400 feet per second really interests me.

This auction of mine ended last night. 1954 M64 Deluxe in .32 Win. I got one bid for $999.99, really thought for the condition there would be more interest. That's $200 less than the current made in Turkey 94's...

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xq9u05zrye0pl2m/AABYHAWu5xR3sGRYl_tZgstNa?dl=0

Damn.

Been looking all over for that gun

I'd have gave 1000 for it...

That truly sucks. Now is not the time to be selling guns

Oh, the old 30-06 in it's new/old stock... This one is in great condition, but someone sanded on the toe of the stock. I know what they did, they dropped the rifle on the toe and busted it and broke the plastic plate. It probably wouldn't have done that if it were the aluminum one. Another winchester screw up. Anyhow, since the profile was skewed, it was the perfect candidate for a red recoil pad:



Now after wiping it down with some old English and installing the red pad:


$150.00 stock and $30.00 pad makes a big difference. Now I need to sell the custom stock... Maybe.. Might recoup most of my money I spent on this stock...

BSA, YOU SUCK!!!

Seriously, nice rifle. I think maybe the only better deal I ever heard about was that .338 from Cabela's for stupid cheap.

Yeah, that 338 was damn cheap. That guy stole that thing!! I seriously think some cabelas stores are good places to look. I actually saw a standard wt 270 at my nearest cabelas for $750.00 the other day. Serial number indicated it was made in 58. It had a scope on it, but was in about 80% condition

I wish the stock wouldn't have been re-contoured at the toe. I would have left it all original. That is the correct era stock fot that rifle.

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I won't cut an uncut Pre '64 stock, but I do like a pad. Even if the rifle is not a hard kicker, with a pad it stands in a corner better, you don't worry about busting the toe (as on your recent stock), and I think they overall handle better. So I like to find stocks that someone has already cut. Takes the "guilt" out for me, and lowers the price a good bit!

You did a nice job on that pad install. You need to get that rifle shooting good, then sell it to me at a "brother-in-law" price

I promise not to put Weaver rings on it . . .

HA HA.. you are funny. I like that though.. Check out the stock before I cut it. I agree, if it had not been "repaired" at the toe, I would have left it all original:


You can see where the angle is different than the rest of the stock near the butt. At that point, it turns into a "shooter" stock and game for glass bedding too!!! :grin I'll do my typical glass bedding and float the barrel. I don't know if it will shoot as good as my '56:


Its a sleeper:



It shoots powerpoints and partitions well enough for me anyway...

I have noticed there is less demand for classic rifles...I have decided to start moving some that I bought for investments while there are still some buyers alive...the younger generation is so programmed to price it's pathetic...I set up at a small local gunshow last winter, and very few people ever looked at my winchesters. Only old guys....I did sell the 1895 30-03 take down..I did sell a whole lot of plane junk that was headed for the garbage...junk scopes from old rifles were a hot item...20-35 dollars...sold every one...the leupold and Burris scopes were priced well and they didn't move...

Buddy of mine and I set up at a small local flea market/gun show, cheap scopes $20-$35.00 Tasco, Bushnell, no name whatever sell like nobody's business. We sell 10 el cheapo's to every Leupold to the point we don't even look for quality scopes anymore. I put my collectible Winchesters, Springfields, etc. back in the vault there's so little interest, won't sell them to the bottom feeders.

Im hanging on to mine.

Have to wonder a bit, the new FN M70s are pretty expensive, I don’t see many in the gun stores. Seems like a lot of today’s buyers either want cheap or expensive tactical/sniper rifles. In this environment are the production days numbered once again?

Well damn it, it happened again. Ive been in Reno for a few days and went to a nice little fun shop. This place was actually in sun valley. Anyway, im looking around the shop and saw so much brass and reloading supplies. Saw some 300WBY brass ad thought about the good ol days when i had one. I dont have a 300 wby anymore, but made a mental note of where that brass was hiding in one corner of the shop. The shop owner started taking rifles out of the safes and im thknking i might as well ask if he has any pre 64's. He said yes, i have 1. I asked whats it chambered in. He said 300 something and i asked H&H? He said no, i cant remember exactly what 300, so i asked Weatherby? He said, yeah i think thats what it is. I said, thats a shame. Im sure it used to be a 300H&H and he said, you might be right. He then asked if winchester ever made a pre 64 in that chambering. I said no. I then said well, when you get to it, id like to see it. When he pulled it out, he said i'll make you a hell of a deal on it, because ive had it for a long time. I looked it over and started to explain about how that used to be a popular conversion, but it greatly depreciates the value. He asked if ive seen very many of them and i said sure, on gunbroker. He asked how much they sell for and i said right around $750.00. He said ill sell it to you for "$499.00". I said, "Ill take it"!! Sold!! Ill get some pics when i get home..

Gun whore ^^^^^^^^^

Thank God it wasn't one of those hard kicking .300 Win. Mags!
hell, a Magnum action is prolly worth $500. What does the stock look like?
Does your wife know you're a thief?

Ha ha!!!! Ive seen just the H&H receiver/action with bolt and floor plate sell for $1,000.00, so i think i did alright. The stock doesnt look bad, but its had a recoil pad installed. It also still has its original sights and front hood!!!

Im not a huge fan of the short necked 300 winny. Had one, tried it for years. Always liked the weatherby better. Still have a good die set for the wby and im going to put it to good use. Ive actually been eyeballing beretzs 300wby for quite a while now. Now i have one of my own. I may look for a McMillan for it here shortly.

Back a few posts, on 7/22, I remarked on only getting $1000 for a minty M64 Deluxe. When I had it, I sourced out an original sling & swivels for the gun. I thought I was crazy to pay $100 for it 20 years ago, it just sold on Ebay for $300.

$1000 for the gun, $300 for the sling w/swivels, the cash is in the details.