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Winchester Model 74 value question.

vepr762
I finally found my "shooter" grade Model 74 22lr. What a neat engineering job and probably expensive to manufacture. Wood is near perfect, but the blue is fading in patches, mainly on the underside and along the stock opposite of the ejection port, with no bare metal yet. The blue is probably 80%, all there, but not deep consistent color. I doubled checked the serial number and it comes in at 1950. Mechanically sound and after a real good cleaning, it shoots real well. It did seem to prefer hi velocity over standard velocity ammo. Real happy to have a piece of history...finally.

Did I do ok at $125?

Should I stick with standard velocity ammo or will the action hold up to hi velocity?

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  • joel_black
    It was designed for high speed .22s. $125 sounds like the right price to me.
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  • Bert H.
    I agree, $125 is a real decent price for one in very good condition.

    Bert H.

    Real Men use a SINGLE-SHOT!
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  • Grasshopper
    How can you go wrong? for 125/
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  • Wheelgun
    The only real shortcoming of the 74 is that they usually don't tolerate being dirty very well. But the fact that the bolt is easily removed makes it very easy to clean the bore, the bolt and the inside of the receiver. (I use a bronze 20 gauge bore brush to clean inside the receiver on mine.) [;)]

    Not the prettiest gun Winchester ever made, but they shoot.

    Mark





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  • jonk
    I have one chambered for .22 short, and want to get oneof the long rifle versions. Local store has one but not in great shape. Great guns, modern gunmakers would do well to copy the bolt removal system as it is great.

    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
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  • vepr762
    Thanks for the feedback.

    I did find that if I loaded over 11 rounds that the case rim of the first round would jam in the feed ramp. No big deal. I also found out that if I didn't release the trigger, instead of holding it for follow through, that the firing pin wouldn't cock. Again, no big deal.
    This is a real fun plinker.

    I put 300 rounds through it today without any problems after realizing what the rifle like to do.
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