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model 70 barrel dies

22_man
I have the rolling dies for two Winchester model 70 rifles. They are the 9mm and 7.65 with a letter from the Winchester museum. I know the rifles in those calibers are extremely valuable but wondered what the market value of the dies/stamps might be.
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  • perry shooter
    other then a memento the only other use for these dies are to FAKE a gun hopefully people on this forum are not this type of person. [V][:(!]Maybe this is why this is the second time you asked this question and not anyone else has replied. You think.
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  • 22_man
    I think many collectables are not particularly useful including the rifles chambered for those two rounds and still there are plenty of people who would like to own them. I'm not exactly sure what you were implying about "faking" but I assume these are collectable Winchester items. I hoped that someone could give me an idea of value. If there are items that it is not ok to ask about then guess I should apologize.
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  • brier-49
    Minimum $250.00 to the right collector.
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  • 22_man
    Thanks for the valuation. They make cool paper weights too.
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  • sandwarrior
    If you are talking about the dies to roll the barrels, I would assume a fair bit of money if they are like new/new. If on the other end, worn out, then you have what they had back then, scrap steel.
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  • GuvamintCheese
    quote:Originally posted by sandwarrior
    If you are talking about the dies to roll the barrels, I would assume a fair bit of money if they are like new/new. If on the other end, worn out, then you have what they had back then, scrap steel.
    How could they wear out 9mm barrel dies when the only made about 12 guns in that cal.

    They would be worth quite a bit too crooks looking to fake barrels.
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  • Wolf.
    These are just some thoughts on the subject of your Win_M70 bbl dies:

    I believe that a Winchester memorabelia collector would want these barrel dies even if they are "worn out". You could ink them with a roller and press out a sample of what say onto some damp art paper to show to prospective buyers.

    Probably the only way to know what they are really worth is to put them up for auction either on GunBroker or some other auction site. Either that, or try a large auction firm that auctions off gun collections or individual pieces. Personally, I see the web-based auction sites as being problematic, because of the possibility or probability of very limited exposure for something like this. I have a feeling a good number of people would be interested in the dies, but KNOWING they are for sale (auction) is the big problem and they could go for much less than they are worth in that case. However, having said THAT, I have to say that I have no idea what exposure gun-related items, which are not guns or gun parts, might have on a web-based auction site.

    Another possibility is to donate them to the Cody Museum (Winchester items), the NRA museum or some other firearms museum, get a receipt and take a tax deduction for the donation, IF the museum you donate to qualifies under IRS rules for tax-deductable donations and IF you have a tax burden that would be impacted favorably by the application of such a deduction.
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