Well, look what I found

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Came across this over the weekend:

 

[CAustin]

Is that a model 70?

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Is that a model 70?

Yep

 

[sierraone]

OK Phil, you are either going to have to give me a lot more pics, or a lot better description if you want me to guess what it is, (other than a M70)!

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

OK Phil, you are either going to have to give me a lot more pics, or a lot better description if you want me to guess what it is, (other than a M70)!

What newer M70 is awfully hard to find in this particular caliber?

 

[Royal27]

What newer M70 is awfully hard to find in this particular caliber?

I know! I know!

But only cuz I got told.

 

[rookhawk]

Well, it looks like a pre-64 super grade. And since you said it's hard to find a newer one, I'm going to say odds are it's the glorious 300H&H super grade.

Hedging my bets, I'd say 257 Roberts, 250-3000 savage, 358 win and 7x57 in that order.

(Watch me crash and burn with 5 guesses)

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Well, it looks like a pre-64 super grade. And since you said it's hard to find a newer one, I'm going to say odds are it's the glorious 300H&H super grade.

Hedging my bets, I'd say 257 Roberts, 250-3000 savage, 358 win and 7x57 in that order.

(Watch me crash and burn with 5 guesses)

Yes a pre-64 Super Grade in .300H&H would be a most excellent find. But yep, you're down in flames. I wouldn't call a pre-64 a newer model.

So it's post 64, care to try again?

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

I know! I know!

But only cuz I got told.

Shh.

 

[rookhawk]

So it's post 64, care to try again?

No. never. I view post-64 like I view the second three Star Wars movies. They don't exist, it never happened. In my egotistical world your new gun is basically Jar-Jar Binks!

 

[Rob404]

404 jeff
or 338 win

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

404 jeff
or 338 win

Getting closer.

 

[Mekaniks]

.375 Duh...

 

[Clayton]

Alright Phil, I'll play your silly game. All glossy & the knurl on the bolt handle makes me think maybe a New Model Super Grade? 7X57? Shoulder on the barrel don't look big enough to be a big bore.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

No. never. I view post-64 like I view the second three Star Wars movies. They don't exist, it never happened. In my egotistical world your new gun is basically Jar-Jar Binks!

Guess you'll have to live in your pretend egotistical world.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

.375 Duh...

Nope

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Alright Phil, I'll play your silly game. All glossy & the knurl on the bolt handle makes me think maybe a New Model Super Grade? 7X57? Shoulder on the barrel don't look big enough to be a big bore.

Rob's on the best track, just a bit ahead of himself. After giving up hope sometime ago of finding a M70 in .300RUM I happened across one this weekend at a Cabelas in Georgia on their website.

It will soon be on it's way to Wayne at American Hunting Rifles for conversion into a .404 Jeffery. This was a total want buy and not a need. But the stock from the pics I've seen is in really great shape. It will get some channel work to make room for the larger contour barrel. I just couldn't pass it up.

 

[Clayton]

Big grin . Good for you. What vintage? Field or Super Grade? Tell us more. Inquiring minds want to know. Oh and some more pictures.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

More pics can be seen here:

http://www.cabelas.com/product/gun-library/winchester-gun-library|/pc/103792680/c/103589280/winchester-model-70-300-rem-ultra-mag/2435188.uts?destination=/catalog/browse/winchester-gun-library/_/N-1103078+4294712963/Ne-4294712963/Ns-CATEGORY_SEQ_103589280?WTz_st=GuidedNav&WTz_stype=GNU

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Big grin . Good for you. What vintage? Field or Super Grade? Tell us more. Inquiring minds want to know. Oh and some more pictures.

Looks like a field grade, but a bit better than the standard. Definitely not a SG. The pics on the link show what look like scratches where the scope bases were. I used that to talk the guy down a bit on the price. Turned out it was just some leftover Loctite which he removed. But he didn't go back on his price, so winner winner. The original pics in the thread were sent to me after he cleaned the rifle off.