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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Dipsnort on December 10, 2009, 02:49:40 PM

Title: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: Dipsnort on December 10, 2009, 02:49:40 PM: I've been toying with the possibility of replacing my deer rifle. The one I own that I may decide to sell is a Winchester Model 70 Featherweight (wood stock) 30.06. I bought it new in about 1993. The scope is a Nikon Buckmaster purchased new in about 1999. Both are in excellent condition. So, what's the best way to determine their value? :dunno:
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: coop2424 on December 10, 2009, 02:55:29 PM: I would suggest going on gunbroker.com or auctionarms.com and finding comparables for the rifle that you have..
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: Intruder on December 10, 2009, 03:01:00 PM: Quote from: coop2424 on December 10, 2009, 02:55:29 PM
I would suggest going on gunbroker.com or auctionarms.com and finding comparables for the rifle that you have..

:yeah:

You're likely not get much for the scope. It may make it easier to sell but it won't really increase what you'll get. If you like it, might be better to just pull it and just sell the gun.
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: bobcat on December 10, 2009, 03:30:12 PM: Go look in the Cabelas in Lacey and see what they're asking for their used rifles. I was in their the other day and I couldn't believe the high prices! Guns must have dramatically increased in value in the last few years. I just couldn't believe what they were asking for old beat up rifles. From the prices I saw there, just guessing but I'd say your rifle, without the scope should be worth at least $500. You might also bring it in and ask how much they'd give you in trade.
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: Straight Shooter on December 10, 2009, 04:02:54 PM: Quote from: bobcat on December 10, 2009, 03:30:12 PM
Go look in the Cabelas in Lacey and see what they're asking for their used rifles. I was in their the other day and I couldn't believe the high prices! Guns must have dramatically increased in value in the last few years. I just couldn't believe what they were asking for old beat up rifles. From the prices I saw there, just guessing but I'd say your rifle, without the scope should be worth at least $500. You might also bring it in and ask how much they'd give you in trade.

Great suggestion. You can do the same at local gun shops. I'm going to do the same thing with a couple of guns that have been collecting dust in the safe for a few years.
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: BigGoonTuna on December 10, 2009, 06:24:58 PM: i don't think cabelas used rack is any kind of sane estimate of the gun market...they're awful proud of some of those junkers.

a gun shop or pawn shop would be a better place to compare.
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: Bofire on December 10, 2009, 06:37:49 PM: :)If you were to trade or sell to a store you are looking at 350 for the outfit, best case, outright sell maybe 500.
my 2
Carl
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: littlebuf on December 10, 2009, 08:50:36 PM: its not worth anything. give it to me and i will dispose of it properly for no charge. im just that nice a guy
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: PA BEN on December 11, 2009, 05:16:56 AM: Keep it. They don't make that gun any more and it's the best '06 made. Pass it on to your kids some day. Guns like that should stay in the family and passed on to family. :twocents:
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: ing on December 11, 2009, 06:57:22 AM: Post a picture of it. Maybe I or someone else on this site will make an offer.
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: TEX-X on December 11, 2009, 07:33:59 AM: i'm thinking that the only ones that are worth a whole lot are the ones that came with the Pre-64 action am i correct?
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: BigGoonTuna on December 11, 2009, 08:00:16 AM: Quote from: PA BEN on December 11, 2009, 05:16:56 AM
Keep it. They don't make that gun any more and it's the best '06 made. Pass it on to your kids some day. Guns like that should stay in the family and passed on to family. :twocents:
yes they do.
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: woodswalker on December 11, 2009, 08:21:19 AM: Quote from: TEX-X on December 11, 2009, 07:33:59 AM
i'm thinking that the only ones that are worth a whole lot are the ones that came with the Pre-64 action am i correct?

well yes and no...both the real pre-64 and the later Classics with the pre-64 style action bring more than the push feeds do.
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: Skillet on December 11, 2009, 09:27:21 AM: I have exactly the same rifle (with different optics). Mines in great shape, with one little, little dent in the stock. I wouldn't take a penny less than I paid for it new in '96 - $400+/- w/o out scope, rings and bases or sling. I don't think your scope will add too much. They are great rifles, and you have it in a great cartridge. When my grandfather died in 2001, he left his '57 featherweight M70 in 30-06 to me. Side by side at the range, I prefer my newer one. Only thing I did to it was put a scope on it and have the trigger re-worked, and I'm shooting what I consider really good groups with it. As long as you don't load a Featherweight down with a lot of extras, they make awesome mountain rifles. Nothing walks in Washington that it won't handle with ease with the right load.
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on December 11, 2009, 09:37:57 AM: I recently consigned six handguns at a local gunshop. The values they placed on them were very good, not lowball at all - every one priced higher than what i paid for them. Three sold within a week, I pulled back 2 (never planned to sell all 6), and one is still for sale.

Best of all, because I am taking store credit rather than cash, there is 100% credit, no consignment fee at all. (Had I gone for cash, the consignment fee is a very reasonable 10-13%).

Gotta go thumbs-down on the pawn shop estimate of value, they will probably give you only 1/3 to 1/2 what you would get private party for good quality, in demand firearms, only 15-20% for something esoteric.
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: Dipsnort on December 11, 2009, 10:28:34 AM: Thanks for the tips, guys. Yeah, those Cabela's prices look a little high. And I know better than to take my gun (or anything) to a pawn shop.

I have a new batch of reloads for my 30.06 so I'll hang on to it until I've exhausted my supply. This is my first and only big game rifle but I have no particular attachment to it (even though I've used it to take a moose, a pronghorn, 2 elk and a heck of a lot of deer) and it doesn't look like my kids are going to be hunters anytime soon so I don't mind selling it.
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: PA BEN on December 11, 2009, 06:00:52 PM: Quote from: BigGoonTuna on December 11, 2009, 08:00:16 AM
Quote from: PA BEN on December 11, 2009, 05:16:56 AM
Keep it. They don't make that gun any more and it's the best '06 made. Pass it on to your kids some day. Guns like that should stay in the family and passed on to family. :twocents:
yes they do.
Sorry about that, it's the youth mod. 70 they don't make any more. :o
Title: Re: How much is my Winchester Model 70 worth?
Post by: buckman on December 12, 2009, 11:18:36 AM: Well dipsnort I'll give you a buck ninety eight for you rifle, sounds like a deal to me. :bdid: