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Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT #7133203 12/01/12
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,065 Likes: 1 L.I. N.Y. S sqweeler OP Campfire Tracker
OP sqweeler Campfire Tracker S Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,065 Likes: 1 L.I. N.Y.	Price check on a 95% first year (1952,solid bolt knob)Model 70 Featherweight in .308.I see many in 30-06 but hardly any in 308. [img:center][/img] Last edited by sqweeler; 12/01/12.

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Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT sqweeler #7133267 12/01/12
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battue Campfire Ranger B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 20,812 outside the burgh	Solid 95% I would be happy with $900-$1200. laissez les bons temps rouler

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT battue #7134038 12/01/12
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Bushmaster1313 Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,199	Do you really want a .308 Featherweight? If you do, I agree with the above price

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT sqweeler #7134088 12/01/12
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bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,113 Likes: 12 Battle Born	Originally Posted by sqweeler Price check on a 95% first year (1952,solid bolt knob)Model 70 Featherweight in .308.I see many in 30-06 but hardly any in 308. [img:center][/img] I have one just like it and was offered a solid $1,500.00.....I paid far less for it myself but nonetheless that's what the offer price was. The one pictured is a very nice rifle. If it is a true 95% and all original as it appears it is highly collectable since it is a first year fwt and also solid bolt knob rifle (just as mine is)....If you can snag it for under $1,200.00 you'd be in like flynn..... Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT bsa1917hunter #7134199 12/01/12
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338Federal Campfire Regular 3 Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,027	sqweeler, If you're considering it as a collector piece that looks like a good one at a fair price. If you're looking for a hunter/shooter pick up one of the 06s you see more commonly. They both share the same heavy receiver but the 06 will actually weigh a bit less. No mag box spacer and extended bolt stop as the 308 has. And you'll be less tempted to hot load it so that it'll be "almost the same as an 06".

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Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT 338Federal #7134210 12/01/12
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bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,113 Likes: 12 Battle Born	Originally Posted by 338Federal sqweeler, If you're considering it as a collector piece that looks like a good one at a fair price. If you're looking for a hunter/shooter pick up one of the 06s you see more commonly. They both share the same heavy receiver but the 06 will actually weigh a bit less. No mag box spacer and extended bolt stop as the 308 has. And you'll be less tempted to hot load it so that it'll be "almost the same as an 06". I may have to disagree with that statement. My 308 is lighter than my 30-06 (It may be from wood density but it is definitely lighter)........You just never know until you have them in your hand..... Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT bsa1917hunter #7134234 12/02/12
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338Federal Campfire Regular 3 Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,027	Just saying there is more steel (weight) in the short ctg receivers because of the required box spacer and the bolt stop. Wood density is certainly a variable. Don't want the OP to bypass any good ol' 06 if it would be used as a hunter only and save him a pocketful of hunnerts.

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT 338Federal #7134240 12/02/12
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bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,113 Likes: 12 Battle Born	Originally Posted by 338Federal Just saying there is more steel (weight) in the short ctg receivers because of the required box spacer and the bolt stop. Wood density is certainly a variable. Don't want the OP to bypass any good ol' 06 if it would be used as a hunter only and save him a pocketful of hunnerts. Great advice my friend....I love both my fwt's and my 06 is probably my favorite but only because I like the cartridge better.....Damn sure no flies on the 308 though.... Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT bsa1917hunter #7134245 12/02/12
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bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,113 Likes: 12 Battle Born	The cool thing about the '52 fwt is it is the first one and his solid bolt knob model is the earliest....Here's mine just for comparison (also a very early '52 model): .....and my 30-06 for further comparison: Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT sqweeler #7135520 12/02/12
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bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,113 Likes: 12 Battle Born	Originally Posted by sqweeler Price check on a 95% first year (1952,solid bolt knob)Model 70 Featherweight in .308.I see many in 30-06 but hardly any in 308. [img:center][/img] I just have to say, that is a beautiful rifle. Are you buying, selling or what? If you are thinking about buying, how much are they asking? What does the other side look like and does it have any extra holes drilled (side mount etc...). How original is it?? Thanks... Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

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Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT bsa1917hunter #7135817 12/02/12
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OP sqweeler Campfire Tracker S Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,065 Likes: 1 L.I. N.Y.	Was thinking of buying but the price is a few hundred more than you were offered.

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT sqweeler #7135849 12/02/12
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Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT sqweeler #7135899 12/02/12
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bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,113 Likes: 12 Battle Born	Originally Posted by sqweeler Was thinking of buying but the price is a few hundred more than you were offered. Yeah, that's pretty steep...Sounds like he may be wanting too much...Very nice rifle though. I will add, it looks to be in better shape than mine but still seems to be steep....Just so you know, I've got $945.00 into mine exactly how she sits (including the 2.5-10x42 monarch scope and mounts too)....One thing about rifles is if you wait long enough the right one will come along at the right price.... Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT bsa1917hunter #7164377 12/09/12
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Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,389 Likes: 4 WA rain forest	In Jan 2012 I paid $400 + tax at a gun store [Lynnwood Guns] for a 1953 featherweight M70 308 with very little wear on the metal parts.... but a broken wrist and terrible bubba screwed it back together. If you want to see this up close and see the wrist, hold down the control button on the keyboard [Ctrl] and then hit [still holding down control] the + key three times. To get your display back to normal, hold the control key down and hit the - key three times. I have, lying around, a stock off a 1956 30-06 M70, but it has a generic plastic butt and not shaped right for the metal butt. That might be an aftermarket stock, but the cross hatching looks about right. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT Clarkm #7164479 12/09/12
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bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,113 Likes: 12 Battle Born	Originally Posted by Clarkm In Jan 2012 I paid $400 + tax at a gun store [Lynnwood Guns] for a 1953 featherweight M70 308 with very little wear on the metal parts.... but a broken wrist and terrible bubba screwed it back together. If you want to see this up close and see the wrist, hold down the control button on the keyboard [Ctrl] and then hit [still holding down control] the + key three times. To get your display back to normal, hold the control key down and hit the - key three times. I have, lying around, a stock off a 1956 30-06 M70, but it has a generic plastic butt and not shaped right for the metal butt. That might be an aftermarket stock, but the cross hatching looks about right. You still did great. Just put it in a micky edge or nice factory stock and rock on... Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT bsa1917hunter #7169014 12/11/12
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Jkob Campfire Tracker Joined: May 2003 Posts: 3,284 minnesota	I had one for sale at the gunshow last weekend and it did not go away at $895 +Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT Jkob #7171479 12/11/12
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bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,113 Likes: 12 Battle Born	Originally Posted by Jkob I had one for sale at the gunshow last weekend and it did not go away at $895 Why didn't you list it here? Show some pics and let us know what you've got...Sometimes a local gunshow isn't the way to sell something if you want to make more money (or even fn sell something)......It's a huge buyers market right now, so the more people you have looking at it the better your chances are at selling something. Throw it on Gunbroker, guns america, gunsinternational or here and lets see what happens...How original is it???? Let's see it.. Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT Jkob #7172327 12/11/12
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bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,113 Likes: 12 Battle Born	Originally Posted by Jkob I had one for sale at the gunshow last weekend and it did not go away at $895 Last pre 64 I bought at a local gunshow went for $440.00...I turned it into this: Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT bsa1917hunter #7172490 12/11/12
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battue Campfire Ranger B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 20,812 outside the burgh	Looks great and from what little I know of you it shoots fine along with being a hunter. Like to see them being used for what they were made for and not gathering dust. Now if it was a FWT it would be even better. The red pad is perfect. laissez les bons temps rouler

Re: Price check Pre-64 .308 FWT battue #7172500 12/11/12
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bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,113 Likes: 12 Battle Born	Originally Posted by battue Looks great and from what little I know of you it shoots fine along with being a hunter. Like to see them being used for what they were made for and not gathering dust. Now if it was a FWT it would be even better. The red pad is perfect. 375 H&H I lucked into the whole schebang......I knew where a primo 375 H&H barrel and stock were and a gunsmith willing to assemble them, all I needed was a Magnum reciever....The guy at the gunshow didn't know what he had. The magnum recievers are hard as hell to find and this one had a 300 win mag barrel on it. He thought the original owner had rebarreled a 30-06 receiver. Big difference between a magnum receiver and a standard....Good thing I knew what I was looking at . I couldn't lay the money down fast enough... Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

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