would you thread a Win Model 70?

cpileri · December 22, 2004, 10:13 AM

Would you thread the end of the barrel to accept a muzzle device on a Model 70 in 30-06?

I have to check as I dont have it in my hands yet, but I dont think it is a pre-64. But it is over 30 years old.

Is there collectors value to it?

We'd hate to see a premium rifle 'ruined' by external mods. But if it is 'just a shooter' then OK. Not that the owner will ever sell it, but just on principle would preserve any collector's value if it had any.

C-

James K · January 4, 2005, 03:02 PM

I would put any post-64 Model 70 in the "shooter" category. Some folks wouldn't even rate them that high.

Jim

impact · January 23, 2005, 11:13 PM

I could be wrong! but all the post 64 guns I looked at had a G at the beginning of the ser#. The pre 64s did not.

cpileri · January 23, 2005, 11:34 PM

actually, it looks like the one in question is a post-war, pre-64. so the owner says there willbe no threading.
Thanks for the replies all the same.
C-

December 22, 2004, 10:13 AM	#1
cpileri Senior Member Join Date: December 24, 2001 Location: Peoples Republik of Maryland, Sister State to Kalifornia Posts: 619	would you thread a Win Model 70? Would you thread the end of the barrel to accept a muzzle device on a Model 70 in 30-06? I have to check as I dont have it in my hands yet, but I dont think it is a pre-64. But it is over 30 years old. Is there collectors value to it? We'd hate to see a premium rifle 'ruined' by external mods. But if it is 'just a shooter' then OK. Not that the owner will ever sell it, but just on principle would preserve any collector's value if it had any. C- __________________ ___________________________ "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." -- William Pitt (1783)

January 23, 2005, 11:34 PM	#4
cpileri Senior Member Join Date: December 24, 2001 Location: Peoples Republik of Maryland, Sister State to Kalifornia Posts: 619	yeah actually, it looks like the one in question is a post-war, pre-64. so the owner says there willbe no threading. Thanks for the replies all the same. C- __________________ ___________________________ "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." -- William Pitt (1783)

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January 4, 2005, 03:02 PM	#2
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	I would put any post-64 Model 70 in the "shooter" category. Some folks wouldn't even rate them that high. Jim

January 23, 2005, 11:13 PM	#3
impact Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2005 Location: the great state of Texas Posts: 854	I could be wrong! but all the post 64 guns I looked at had a G at the beginning of the ser#. The pre 64s did not.