used Winchester model 70 300 win mag $400 yeah or neah?

[saiga308]

yah know how i like old wood this has some wear on the stock needs a light sanding and some new stain to bring it back to life got sites also with a cheap scope included i am starting to like it

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I have a Winchester model 70 chambered in 300 win mag. It comes with a 3-9×40 scope and also has iron sights. Would make a great truck gun or a solid action to build a new project off of. Asking $400 obo

 

[saiga308]

note stock appears to be early 1970s recoil pads the same white inlay and this one is 600$ on armslist
https://www.armslist.com/posts/1103...gnum-model-70-300-win-mag-rifle--used-as-new-

 

[jmr40]

If I liked it I'd take a chance at $400. Quality during the 1960's and 70's could be spotty, but even at that most of them were fine. And if you can't get it to shoot as well as you'd like you should be able to get most, if not all of your money back.

 

[LoonWulf]

400 seems a little steep, that scopes an old Bushnell, stocks pretty beaten up. 3-350 and I'd be interested.
I doubt that guns seen a whole lot of shooting, and those were usually pretty good. So if your willing to put the work into it, and soak up the recoil, it's probably a good shooter

 

[edwardware]

I'd figure the scope is trash, and the stock (if unsplit) will clean up and glass bed nicely; I would pull the action to look for rust underneath, and any signs of a monkeywrenching.

If you want a 300Win for hunting inside 200 yards, that's probably a good deal.

 

[Bill M.]

good purchase in my opinion. How else to get a model 70 action?

 

[saiga308]

400 seems a little steep, that scopes an old Bushnell, stocks pretty beaten up. 3-350 and I'd be interested.
I doubt that guns seen a whole lot of shooting, and those were usually pretty good. So if your willing to put the work into it, and soak up the recoil, it's probably a good shooter

recoil isnt as bad as a thought here

 

[Olon]

yah know how i like old wood this has some wear on the stock needs a light sanding and some new stain to bring it back to life got sites also with a cheap scope included i am starting to like it

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I'd go for it if it were me, but I love model 70s and I guess I wouldn't NOT love a 300 win mag. With a little TLC you can make her pretty or just leave it the way it is.

 

[saiga308]

I'd figure the scope is trash, and the stock (if unsplit) will clean up and glass bed nicely; I would pull the action to look for rust underneath, and any signs of a monkeywrenching.

If you want a 300Win for hunting inside 200 yards, that's probably a good deal.

what come on

 

[saiga308]

I'd go for it if it were me, but I love model 70s and I guess I wouldn't NOT love a 300 win mag. With a little TLC you can make her pretty or just leave it the way it is.

i like to keep it original looks nice maybe a trigger job and some stock bedding thats it

 

[Olon]

i like to keep it original looks nice maybe a trigger job and some stock bedding thats it

That's what I'd do, too. Something about a "sleeper" gun. I also really like iron sights on bolt guns for some reason so that's a plus for me.

 

[edwardware]

. . . for hunting inside 200 yards,

what come on

Now, now, don't get knotted. We're talking about an unknown-provenance, wood-stocked, sporter-weight, mass-market rifle. The cartridge is more than capable to long range, and some M70s are too. . . but there's no way to know if that one is.

In fact, all we really know about that rifle is that someone's selling it instead of shooting it; if it was possessed by the ghost of Carlos Hathcock, the current owner would likely keep it. Expecting a 0.5MOA gun from the potluck is a bit optimistic.

 

[LoonWulf]

I've only seen accurate to reasonably accurate m70s, even the super beat up and rusty ones that you see here.
I'd probably EXPECT that rifle to shoot 1.25 or better after work, unless something is actually damaged.

Now having owned and shot a pile of .300wms, I can say honestly that the recoil of those rifles have ALL been stiff, and the a few of them downright painfull. I don't think I've ever shot that vintage 70 in .300, but I've shot a bunch of 06s and .270s, and I'm betting it's fine with 150-165s, but becomes a little slappy with 180s on up.

 

[saiga308]

I've only seen accurate to reasonably accurate m70s, even the super beat up and rusty ones that you see here.
I'd probably EXPECT that rifle to shoot 1.25 or better after work, unless something is actually damaged.

Now having owned and shot a pile of .300wms, I can say honestly that the recoil of those rifles have ALL been stiff, and the a few of them downright painfull. I don't think I've ever **** that vintage 70 in .300, but I've shot a bunch of 06s and .270s, and I'm betting it's fine with 150-165s, but becomes a little slappy with 180s on up.

oh yeah not willing to go down that path

 

[troy fairweather]

400 seems a little steep, that scopes an old Bushnell, stocks pretty beaten up. 3-350 and I'd be interested.
I doubt that guns seen a whole lot of shooting, and those were usually pretty good. So if your willing to put the work into it, and soak up the recoil, it's probably a good shooter

I agree, tho sometime stocks look a lot worse then they are. That how I got my ruger 7x57 so cheap.

 

[LoonWulf]

oh yeah not willing to go down that path

For me the 180s are the lightest bullet I run thru a .300, most of what I've shot are 200-220s.
There's no real reason you NEED those long heavy bullets most of the time tho.
You also don't need to load balls to the walls. I just have this quirk that makes it hard for me to shoot a magnum at less than magnum loadings.

 

[saiga308]

You also don't need to load balls to the walls. .

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