I certainly was not questioning the performance of the 270 WM cartridge. You are right, it is an awesome cartridge. I was only pointing out that the 270WM was not one of their popular cartridges. I sold Weatherby for years, and the 270 and the 240 were the dark sheep. I have a 7mm EuroMark with really really nice dark wood. It is definitely a nice rifle, and after a good bit of load development I did find a good accurate load. I wish I could help you more with the value, but it is a difficult rifle to price. What kind of figure does the wood have?? Good wood on a rifle like that can raise the price a couple of hundred dollars-or even slightly more. And the better wood can make it very easy to sell. Tom.