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I was the one holding the right ticket and ended up with a very beautiful rifle lastnight. It's a mod 70 30gov06 presentation grade. The owner said it was made in 48. The optics are Weaver(presentation grade). Very nice looking engraving on the scope.
This rifle doesn't look like it's even been fired. Won't ever part with it, just wonder what these rifles are valued. Any ideas?
The real cool part of this story was about the men whom I was with when I won the rifle. A gunny sargent named Popaditch. The next congressman from Ca. 51st dist. Duncan Hunter was up there too. A good night. Nick Popaditch has become a friend through this campaign season. He was the tank commander on scene when they pulled the statues of Saddam down in Furdus(sp?) square. Nick Popaditch is going to be one of the finest Congressmen we will have on the Hill. He wrote a book, "Once a Marine" Look it up..
Thanks for the help with the rifle.
Eddie

Without pitures there is no way of giving even a rough value. Winchester never made a "presentation grade" at least no in 1948, is it a super grade perhaps? Really we need pictures.

Reelman.

Winchester made special, NON CATALOGUED high grade "presentation rifles" built in it's custom shop throughout it's history.

Many of them were Winchester m70s of all vintages. They were ordered by individuals as gifts to others or for their own collections, and also ordered by the factory management for gifts to dignitaries and as prizes for matches and other special events. Many were made to commemorate production milestones etc.

Were they cataloged items? No, Were they common? no again , but they DO exist. I even bet a few high grade m70s were built in 1948 .

As to the engraved Weaver scope, that is less likely due to the thin .drawn steel tubes on Weaver scopes. They really were not thick enough to be hand chiselled. The only "engraved" Weaver scopes I have ever seen are the shallow acid etched "engraved" Weaver 50th Anniversary scopes made in 1983.

In any case, such gun /scope combos are rare and I am sure we would all like to see pics of the OP's prize!

Most Excellent hayman!!! I'm sure you will make some fantastic memories with it.

Any chance Winchester, supplied with the s/n, can tell you who that rifle was originally made for? Or do they keep those records?

Who it was made for could have significant affect on its value.

Really no printed records exist for model 70's...

Thank you guy's for the responses. I will get right on the photos. Been very busy with the politic thing but will get some photos in the next couple days.
Fist off, the Presentation Grade? Well, I should have looked a little better. Or ..looked. They said presentation grade at the event and I never looked. It's a super grAde spelled like that too with the A capitalized. And the scope is in fact the Weaver 50th anniversary. Has the etching and the nice looking brass on the inside front and back. Looks very nice.
The gun also has sling swivels. The owner told me today they would be hard to find if they weren't already on the gun. I wouldn't know anything about that.
The owner told me he bought the gun at a pawnshop in 1980 and was building it for his Dad when he passed away recently. He is a loyal conservative and decided he wanted to help out this Marine named Popaditch so he gave his Rifle and asked them to see if they could use it to help the campaign. It did, to the tune of 10k. I t was a big event and there were many hunters in the crowd.
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