mod 70 264 mag

slave2

August 13, 2003 19:12

Ive got a model 70 264win. mag. in good conditon. serial # starts with 384. Whats its approximate value? And, why dont people give out the full serial # when listing a gun?

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  cowdoc

  August 13, 2003 20:30

  in good condition can vary so much depending on person, also is it a standard grade,featherweight or super grade? can tell you it was made in 1955

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  aglore

  August 13, 2003 20:46

  If the receiver was made in 1955 this is not an original barrel on it as the 264 Win Mag. did not come out until 1958, the same year as the 338 Win Mag.
  
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  Hangfire

  August 13, 2003 20:58

  I agree with Allen. I actually think it was 1959 or 60 before they hit the market in any quantity.It is also not original if it has any thing other than a 26" bbl, in standard grade. The 264 was not offered in featherweight or super grade as I recall.It was called The Westerner.-Bob
  
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  cowdoc

  August 13, 2003 21:16

  what you should put for ser num is like 384*** or 384**
  because 384*** would be 1955
  and 384** would be about 1940
  my book says for mod 70 standard grade(1946-1963 production) that 18 standard cals. include 22 hornet,220 swift,243win,250sav,257roberts,264win mag,270win,7x57 mauser,300sav,300h&h,300 win mag,30-06,308win,338win mag,35rem,358win,375h&h. doesnt give any certain years for when a cartridge chambering came out, but do have a book that says 264win mag didnt come out in a mod 70 until 1959, so i dont know what to tell you.
  also books say that could either have 24",25" or 26"bbl in standard grade
  featherweight/westerner would have 22"bbl mfd 1952-1963

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  snickers

  August 14, 2003 04:15

  You have received a lot of good info already but here is one more thing to check on your gun. The s/n you have does date your gun to 1956 three years before the 264 hit the street. Take the stock off and check the bottom of the receiver for a 458 stamped into it. A few 458 recievers were used for 264's and 338's and that's why the s/n is not right for the caliber. If there is no marking on the stock I would think it has been fitted with a different barrel. If it is a fwt or super grade then it is most definatly a piece gun.
  
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  Herschel

  August 14, 2003 04:56

  Slave2, Since no one has responded to your question about not posting complete serial numbers, I will give you my opinion. There are some who are concerned that a crook can file a bogus theft report listing your sn as being on a gun that was stolen from them. I have posted requests for anyone to give an instance of when that has happened and no has ever done so. I believe others are afraid that the govt, or some agency thereof, will get the sn and put them in some kind of data base as having possession of that particular gun. Some will not even post complete serial numbers of guns recently purchased from CMP even though they are on record with CMP as being the purchaser. My personal view is that some folks are afraid the gun they now have was stolen at one time and the true owner will ask for it back if he sees the serial number.

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  drl50

  August 14, 2003 21:09

  Lots of good clues to go on. Here are a couple more. Mod 70 in .264 was catalogued from 1960-1963. Your serial # indicates 1956 as Snickers indicated. There was a Westerner Featherweight but only 3000 of the 21000 made were featherweights. They were made the last 18 months of pre-64 production. Also mod 70 went from hand checkering to machine in 1959 and switched to composition butt plates. This might help you date the rest of the rifle.
  
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