The Win 70 Is Back
11-08-2007, 06:04 PM
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RE: The Win 70 Is Back
We have "Surf Control" at work and if the site is firearms or hunting related i can't usually access it also happens when I log on to AR. I have to access it from home . Gone a little while and all of a sudden you have an Optics Forum....WOW
11-10-2007, 07:37 AM
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RE: The Win 70 Is Back
ORIGINAL: The Rifleman
Take a used car, give it a paint job and try to sell it for 3 times what it is worth. That is what this company is trying to do.
Winchester is NOT back in buisness, what has happened is that another company has bought the patent and is going to manufacture the Model 70 Type rifle.
A 1955 Chevrolet cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $3000 new.
I could buy the patent for the dies and the design and manufacture a brand new 1955 Chevrolet. But with a price tag of $150,000 - I do not think that there would be many people that would be willing to shell out that kind of money to buy one.
I would not be called Chevrolet, I would not be allowed to call myself Chevrolet. But I could manufacture their style of automobile. I could buy the name Chevrolet, but I still wouldn't be the origional Chevrolet.
Invest you money in worthwhile ventures and not fly by night companies.
Take a used car, give it a paint job and try to sell it for 3 times what it is worth. That is what this company is trying to do.
Winchester is NOT back in buisness, what has happened is that another company has bought the patent and is going to manufacture the Model 70 Type rifle.
A 1955 Chevrolet cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $3000 new.
I could buy the patent for the dies and the design and manufacture a brand new 1955 Chevrolet. But with a price tag of $150,000 - I do not think that there would be many people that would be willing to shell out that kind of money to buy one.
I would not be called Chevrolet, I would not be allowed to call myself Chevrolet. But I could manufacture their style of automobile. I could buy the name Chevrolet, but I still wouldn't be the origional Chevrolet.
Invest you money in worthwhile ventures and not fly by night companies.
If I thought that the rifles would be made by B.C. Miroku in Japan, I would rest assured that the quality will BE HIGHER THAN IN THE ORIGINALS! I have owned enough Mirokus to know this!
11-10-2007, 09:12 AM
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RE: The Win 70 Is Back
If I thought that the rifles would be made by B.C. Miroku in Japan, I would rest assured that the quality will BE HIGHER THAN IN THE ORIGINALS! I have owned enough Mirokus to know this!
11-10-2007, 09:37 PM
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RE: The Win 70 Is Back
I have never been a M70 fan, but I just bought a 1965 model 270 WCF topped with a Weaver K4 (El Paso mfg.) out of the estate of a friend. The main reason that I bought it was sentimental, but I shot it today and am VERY impressed with the accuracy (1 1/4" at 100 yards and 3/4" at 50). Would I pay a grand for it? Heck no! For $300-400 more, I can get another Sauer 202.
11-11-2007, 07:55 AM
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RE: The Win 70 Is Back
ORIGINAL: oldelkhunter
. Let me know where you can buy a 202 for 1400.00. Then you can tell me what is so great about a 202
Would I pay a grand for it? Heck no! For $300-400 more, I can get another Sauer 202
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...?Item=84828832
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...?Item=84768660
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...?Item=84679152
I have bought 2 and traded for another in the $1200-1450 in the last 3 months. There are "deals" to be had if you are patient and look for them.
As for what is so great about them, the smoothness of the bolt, their fit and finish, and their accuracy just to name a few. I like German rifles, and if you don't that is fine. To each his own.
11-11-2007, 09:17 AM
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RE: The Win 70 Is Back
As for what is so great about them, the smoothness of the bolt, their fit and finish, and their accuracy just to name a few. I like German rifles, and if you don't that is fine. To each his own.
You could have just replied about what features you like but seems I touched a sore spot
You could have just replied about what features you like but seems I touched a sore spot