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pre 64 M70 300 HnH Mag

luciausarmy
I am looking at buying a pre 64 M70 300 HnH Magnum. SN 350xxx year 1955. Gun itself is probaly in about 70-80% I would say has normal wear and tear but no big major cuts or marks out of bluing. Looks to be all original no scope but has rings on it. Curious to what the EST. price of this rifle is. Thanks
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  • Permanently deleted user
    $900
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  • Hawkshaw
    Hello---luciausarmy---I just bought the same gun a month ago here on the auction. It sounds like mine may be in a little better shape (90%+), and I paid $1,500, and was glad to get it. 300 H&H's are in high demand. Condition is everything, followed by, "is it all original"? Long story short buy it. HAWKSHAW
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  • lkannes
    Make sure the chamber hasn't been reamed out. I bought one several years back and when I fired it the brass came out as .300 Weatherby.
    I'll never get over that lesson.[V]
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  • luciausarmy
    Ya I heard that alot of them were rechambered into a 300 weatherby. and that lowers the value as a collector gun quite alot. the guy is asking 1100 but I could prolly get the price down to 900 maybe. I believe it is all original, I did not have time to go into a deep inspection of it but looked at it for a minute. Just wanted to get a quick price check before I spend time looking into the gun.
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  • cussedemgun
    luciausarmy,

    "70-80%" you say.

    The collectors with the deep pockets want the premium quality guns (read 90% or better) so a lesser grade gun should be priced as a 'shooter' or merely acessed as a total of their parts.

    The M70 300 H&H is the 5th most common cal. with approx. 37,000 produced. As a shooter, the bore condition is paramount to setting a price. Without a good bore, you just have an action ($500 +/-).

    Bottom line is you can find several good rifles for hunting/shooting in the $1000 range. How much extra is the prestege of "the rifleman's rifle" worth to you when you go afield?

    Jim
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  • luciausarmy
    Thanks for the info I really appreciate it. I just love the way the model 70 functions I truely believe that it is the best rifle you can get (for the money) My old mans post 64 .270 shoots dimes consistently with factory ammo.
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  • Ambrose
    I have three rifles in .300 H&H. Two are pre-64 M70's and the other one is a 721 Rem. I bought one of the 70's (a 1956) two years ago for $800. It's not a collector in that the previous owner had an after-market recoil pad installed on the cut stock and, for some reason, had the soldered-on ramp front sight removed. It came with a nice Balvar 8A scope in Bausch & Lomb mounts. So it's a shooter and it does shoot--a handload with 200 gr Sierra BT @ close to 3000 fps, averages just over 1" and produces almost 2 tons of muzzle energy.

    My advice would be to go get that rifle and if the owner hesitates at your $900 offer, give him the eleven that he's asking.

    Also, if you are going to handload for it (and you must if you're going to do any amount of shooting), note that this cartridge is notorious for case separations. I have been able to prevent that by necking up new brass to .32 caliber and partially necking back down until I get a light "crush" fit in the chamber of my rifle. (It only has to be done once). If I don't do that in my 70's, the cases start to separate on the third firing and have to be discarded. I haven't had the problem with the 721.

    Go get that rifle!!
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  • luciausarmy
    anymore thoughts suggestions???
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