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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Jed_Burns on January 25, 2017, 05:46:01 PM

Title: pre 64 .264 win mag info
Post by: Jed_Burns on January 25, 2017, 05:46:01 PM: I've got a model 70 that I'm trying to find the date on it but i can't find the serial number. on the rifle it is 538847 but can find it listed on the web. can anyone help me figure it out?
Title: Re: pre 64 .264 win mag info
Post by: JimmyHoffa on January 25, 2017, 05:55:37 PM: http://www.rifleshootermag.com/rifles/featured_rifles_rs_model70wo_200803/ (http://www.rifleshootermag.com/rifles/featured_rifles_rs_model70wo_200803/)
looks like 1961
Title: Re: pre 64 .264 win mag info
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 25, 2017, 06:00:03 PM: It's a 1961 by the Winchester records. The last serial number made in 1960 was 504257, the last serial number made in 1961 was 545446. So that makes yours a 1961. :tup:
Title: Re: pre 64 .264 win mag info
Post by: b23 on January 25, 2017, 06:01:50 PM: Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on January 25, 2017, 06:00:03 PM
It's a 1961 by the Winchester records. The last serial number made in 1960 was 504257, the last serial number made in 1961 was 545446. So that makes your a 1961. :tup:

That's what I came up with too.

RECORDS AT THE FACTORY INDICATE THE FOLLOWINO SERIAL NUMBERS WERE
ASSIONED TO GUNS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
MODEL 70
1935 - 1 TO 19 64 - 700000 TO 740599
36 - 2238 65 - 809177
37 - 11573 66 - 833795
38 - 17844 67 - 869000
39 - 23991 68 - 928908
40 - 31675 69 - 0941900
41 - 41753 70 - 0957995
42- 49206 71 - 01018991
43 - 49983 72- 01099257
44 - 49997 73 - 01128731
45 - 50921 74 - 01175000
46 - 58382 75 - 01218700
47 - 75675 76 - G1266000
48 - 101680 77- 01350000
49 - 131580 78- 01410000
50 - 173150 79 - 01447000
51 - 206625 80 - G1490709
52 - 238820 81- 01537134
53 - 282735 82 - 01632872
54 - 323530 83 - 0165688:) 55 - 361025 84 - 01728457
56 - 393595 85 - 01783276
57 - 425283 86 - 01808838
58 - 440792 87 - 01845122
59 - 465040 88 - 01893903
60 - 504257 89 - 01950701
61 - 545446 90 - 01987984
62 - 565592 91- 02037985
63 - 581471 92 - 02037985
Title: Re: pre 64 .264 win mag info
Post by: Jed_Burns on January 25, 2017, 06:07:37 PM: cool thanks. any idea on what its worth? not gonna sell just curious
Title: Re: pre 64 .264 win mag info
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 25, 2017, 06:10:56 PM: Quote from: Jed_Burns on January 25, 2017, 06:07:37 PM
cool thanks. any idea on what its worth? not gonna sell just curious

As much as someone will pay. :tup:
Title: Re: pre 64 .264 win mag info
Post by: JJB11B on January 25, 2017, 06:20:45 PM: I have a pre-64 model 70 .308....It was my Grand Dads....
Title: Re: pre 64 .264 win mag info
Post by: Tree Farmer on January 25, 2017, 06:27:17 PM: Being your grand dads it's priceless. I have my grandmas pre 64 308 featherweight and grandpas pre 64 300 win mag. Both killed many many animals. Priceless to me. Wouldn't sell them for anything. Pay tribute to them and the family by keeping them in the field.
Title: Re: pre 64 .264 win mag info
Post by: JJB11B on January 25, 2017, 06:37:32 PM: I like listening to "Grandaddy's gun" and wiping them down with a silicon cloth and having a whisky. Memories of Grandpa. He was an amazing guy
Title: Re: pre 64 .264 win mag info
Post by: browney5er on January 25, 2017, 09:37:36 PM: Pm sent
Title: Re: pre 64 .264 win mag info
Post by: BigGoonTuna on January 26, 2017, 07:32:35 PM: not too many years to find a pre-64 .264, as the cartridge came out in '59. hope it's a westerner, then you can take full advantage of that 26" barrel!
Title: Re: pre 64 .264 win mag info
Post by: Bill W on January 26, 2017, 08:18:58 PM: Quote from: Jed_Burns on January 25, 2017, 06:07:37 PM
cool thanks. any idea on what its worth? not gonna sell just curious

That depends on what sort of condition it's in. I've seen them where the original owner wasn't happy with the 26 inch barrel and cut it off behind the front sight. Also seen stocks shortened and recoil pads installed. The throat was originally for a 2 diameter bullet and usually they were rethroated to remove that.

Any pictures?