The showing off guns thread got me thinkin'

[bwhntr350]

 I own a very valuable rifle and have owned it for 10 years. I never plan on selling it, nobody sees it. I am not worried about theft as it is harbored at a very trust worthy and good friend's house. So, what is the point of having it?

 Might as well show it, I guess, but most will not care about it unless you are into Pre-64 Winchester's.

 Cruddy photo's. Have had them a while and I am not good at taking pictures of guns, obviously.

[bow-n-head]

Wow I haven't seen a nicer one 458 to boot

[sirmissalot]

Very cool, have you shot it? I may need a 458 someday

[blackveltbowhunter]

Dandy!!!

[Huntbear]

Awesome rifle!   

Not many rifles compare to a Pre 64 Model 70. 

[bwhntr350]

 Never have shot it. My late Grandfather went to Africa in both 1971 and '72. He wanted to take an elephant. So, later in '72 he bought this gun. He never went back and never fired the gun.

 There are wear marks on the bolt just because the gun gets cleaned every 6 months. There is a primer mark on the face of the bolt. I understand that the pre-64's were shot one time before leaving the factory but I do not know if one shot, 50 years ago, would be enough to leave that sort of mark. It could be that the first owner shot it but have no idea. My Grandfather was under the impression it had not been fired since leaving the factory but even he may have been speculating or misled.

 He passed in 2003 and left me his collection of model 70's. This one here in nearly "like new" condition is definitely the cream of the crop, as it should be.

[Blacktail Sniper]

 

[huntnphool]

It's definitely a womper.

[JLS]

Wow, what a neat gun.  Too bad you don't have the box for it.  I'd be really tempted to load it up and hunt elk with it.

[bwhntr350]

Wow, what a neat gun.  Too bad you don't have the box for it.  I'd be really tempted to load it up and hunt elk with it.

Haha, I am not even tempted to shoot it.

[elkinrutdrivemenuts]

Man you gotta at least send a few down the pipe, that is a classic rifle right there!   If nothing more than just to feel like a bad a**! I would never sell it either, anything given to you by family is off limits to sell.

[Arnbo]

Priceless!     Do you have pics from his Safaris?

[marlin]

That's a beauty!! .458 win mag.. WOW.
A friend of mine's grandfather passed and left him a Pre-64 Model 70 in .264 Win Mag.. its a beauty too, and I actually got to shoot it with him. I offered him $1200 and he refused. Winchester is making some new model 70's as a tribute to the pre-64, and Cabela's has a .264 win mag.. Its nice, but now I'm broke.. Maybe someday.

[jyerxa]

I have my dads old 06 mod 70. But boy is it brush worn. Defiantly a pre 64. He said they were collectors items 20 years or so. And the condition yours is in. Wow!!! 

[kentrek]

Priceless!     Do you have pics from his Safaris?