How many of you have had or wanted a Gorgeous Vintage Rifle

[Maverick1]

To each their own. Some folks are in to guns for a variety of reasons, which I can respect. Whatever makes you happy, have at it!!!

But for me? Nope, no desire. A firearm is a tool to fill tags IMO, nothing more. If gifted a museum piece, I would turn around and sell it and put the money towards a tag.

 

[Lnewton]

To each their own. Some folks are in to guns for a variety of reasons, which I can respect. Whatever makes you happy, have at it!!!

But for me? Nope, no desire. A firearm is a tool to fill tags IMO, nothing more. If gifted a museum piece, I would turn around and sell it and put the money towards a tag.

I tend to agree with you, it would break my heart to scratch up one of these fancy rifles and I have had the opportunity to own a couple over the years, but I would much rather have a rifle that a scratch wouldn’t devalue or if I dropped it in the mud feel really bad about it. I do however, have some wood stocked rifles that I don’t mind going through the brush with like my old Marlin 336 in 30-30 or an old spoterized 6.5x55 swede. Those two are deer killing machines, and I have no regrets taking them into the field

 

[Gr8bawana]

And here she is; Remington 700 BDL Deluxe 1983 30-06 few pics and nice little group from the bench for fun. I know you said not the 700’s but I have never seen another 700 like this one!

Here's a match for your rifle only in .270. The vintage is about the same for the BDL and the ADL is a couple of years earlier.

 

[Lnewton]

Here's a match for your rifle only in .270. The vintage is about the same for the BDL and the ADL is a couple of years earlier.

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Oh! nice rifles! had an ADL a few years back in 30-06 that looked just like yours. These BDL deluxe rifles are close to some Win M70 safaris that I have held. The finish is amazing

 

[Wild Bill]

You guys should chop the barrels and throw suppressors on some of these.

Just kitten. Nice guns.

 

[Brad]

New Winchester model 70’s make them from investment castings now and to allow them to be “Push Feed, the claws sit looser in the receiver.

New Winchester M70's are not made from investment castings. Ruger yes, BACO/USRAC Model 70's no.