Good deal? NIB Winchester Model 70 for $300

[HUNTER74]

Hi all, looking for some advice here from fellow hunters/shooters:

I have the opportunity to buy a late-model NIB Winchester Model 70 Classic for $300. It is a .300 Win Mag w/ synthetic stock, 26"� BBL model. I"™ve never owned a Winchester rifle, I have a Ruger M77 Mark II (.30-06) and had a Remington 700 ADL so I have no experience pricing the Winchester Model 70. I don"™t really NEED another .30 caliber bolt rifle but if this is a bargain, I"™ll have to add a new item to my collection. I don"™t buy based on NEED anyway, so that"™s a moot point. I"™ve always thought Winchester Model 70"™s were $500+ rifles?

Anyway, I appreciate any and all advice on the subject, the sooner the better because I don"™t know how much longer it will be available. Thanks a bunch!

[Virginia7]

Sounds like a really good deal to me. If you want to get a rough idea on what other new
ones are going for, check 'em out on GunBroker.com (link below). Just go to rifles, and
enter Winchester in the search box.

http://www.gunbroker.com/

[oldelkhunter]

If you can buy it for that jump on it that is quite a good deal

[driftrider]

NIB? $300? Brother, if I were you I'd be grabbing the checkbook and car keys right now and be hauling tail down to that shop just as fast as I could to snatch that baby up! If someone didn't beat you to it, that is!

Good luck!

Mike

[James B]

If you are in the market for a 300 Win Mag then its a good deal.

[HUNTER74]

Thanks guys for the responses, it is much appreciated! I'm heading out now to go buy that sucker, assuming it's still there. I wasn't necessarily in the market per se for a 300 Win Mag, but I'm not against owning one either. The worst that can happen is my Ruger '06 will get jealous, heh heh.

Hopefully in about an hour, I'll be $300 poorer. I've never owned a 300 Mag before, I'm excited!

[Vapodog]

NO!!!!!...something is wrong here......it's too cheap and warnings and red flags should be sounding all over the place.....

[JagMagMan]

If it ain't glowing red hot, NIB! Jump on it!

[driftrider]

NO!!!!!...something is wrong here......it's too cheap and warnings and red flags should be sounding all over the place.....

While caution is always wise, just because it's being sold off cheap doesn't ALWAYS mean that there is something wrong with it. Maybe the dealer is just trying to make room on his racks for other rifles that will move better, and that Model 70 has been collecting dust for long enough that he's willing to dump it at cost. I encountered the same thing with my M700ADL .243 Win. I picked it up (well, grabbed it and ran after paying for it is closer to the truth! ) at Wal-Mart on clearance for $275. The only thing "wrong" with it was a very small amount of surface rust on the bolt. 3 seconds with a CLP soaked patch an you'd never know the rust was every there, and the rifle shoots great for a bone stock ADL. I've long planned on building a semi-custom 7mm-08 for my wife to hunt with, and $275 for a NEW M700 action is a great deal. Brownells sells the same thing for $400 retail.

As as a NIB gun, if there is anything wrong with it, he can always send it in to Winchester and have them fix it, and/or he could turn around and sell it used for more than what he paid for it if doesn't suit him. The way I look at it is no matter how you slice it, he wins.

Hunter74,

If you get that rifle, let us know how it shoots.

And again, congrats on both your new rifle and a great deal to boot.

Mike

[yote_dude]

i bought that exact gun at a gun show nib for 425 and thought i got a good deal. the 26" barrel cuts the recoil a bit too. very accurate gun and i love the model 70s 3 position safety. excellent gun. my next rifle will be a 70 not a 700!