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A club member has 3 nib Model 70 FWT's in 6.5 x55 with open sights that he say's were for the european market.Any idea of their value? Thinking of buying one but have no idea of a fair price.

I owned one previously but did not have the fixed sights, would love another. Any photos?

What's he asking?

DF

Read somewhere that they were indeed intended for the European market and Grice’s took the overrun. There was a nib Swede Fwt at the Bloomsburg, PA show a few years ago. Nice looking gun, but I had no interest and can’t recall if it was a slick barrel or what the asking price was.

CRF or PF? I picked up mine, a slick barrel CRF and couldn't be happier. The last CRF slick barrel I saw for sale, sold at $750 used, not NIB. The open sight model should fetch more.

I've owned a couple of the 70 XTR FWTs that were made for the European market. They have an open rear sight in a barrel dovetail and a ramp front sight. The also made a run of 70 XTR Sporters with higher sights that would work with the monte carlo style stocks. There were made in 1986/87. I took mine to Botswana and shot most of my plains game with it. They are throated for the longer 156/160 grain round nose bullets. I shot 156 grain Norma factory loads in mine.

They would be PF if open sight.

Wouldn't PF bring less a premium than CRF?

DF

Stainless fw classic would bring the most; I don’t follow the xtr market enough to know between open sight xtr and blued classic.

No idea on value but I REALLY would like to have one. I am a fan of the Swede, model 70's and especially NIB stuff.

Absolutely love my slick barrel FWT 6.5. should have said it is a CRF.

Yes 1980's push feed.

Indeed, me too. I typically prefer a CRF but I came across a NIB XTR FW in 7x57 the other day and it is super tempting.

Mine is a slick barrel pf with the nicest fiddleback walnut I ever saw on a M70. Mb

Last one i saw sold for 750 with a cheap scope. Was in great shape. In July i saw same rifle in 7 mauser with a cheap scope. It went for 850

I bought one of those in 1986. Iron sights, and yes it came from Grice's. One of the sweetest rifles I ever owned. I had a Griffin&Howe QD sidemount installed and added a Lyman 48 receiver sight too.

After bore sighting I took a swipe at a groundhog way the hell down off the porch and across a field. Darn if I didn't roll it. That set the stage for a lot of fun I had with it over the next few years. Truly wish I had it back but it went to help finance a real estate deal. If anybody should stumble onto the little beast....

Seems to me I've seen these in PF model cataloged in mid eighties or so, some few years after the 7x57 production.
Just my take.
Best & Stay Safe
John

He's asking in the neighborhood of $1500 each...Ouch!! Maybe a little wiggle room,havn't really had a serious talk about them yet.

Ouch is right.

I have one in CRF that I bought for my son (who sadly didn't take to deer hunting). It's a great shooter BUT it has an annoying click from the movement of the rounds in the magazine it I put more than one round in the magazine. There just does not seem to be enough contact pressure to keep the 2nd round in the mag from moving. I've had the follower replaced (Callahan) with no change. I've replaced the mag spring with no change and I've re-contoured the bottom of the follower with no change. Still that second round will move in the magazine and click when it contacts the sides of the magazine box. I think it has to do with the taper of that round. I can put other LA rounds (280, 30-06) in the magazine and they stay put. Put in the 6.5 Swede rounds and they move around. Other than that annoyance, it's a nice caliber and I really like the M70 Featherweights.