Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors What a Winchester m70 cost in Oct 1951

I thought that some might find this interesting. I was cleaning out a bunch of stuff, and came across this receipt for a M70 my Dad purchased just after he returned from serving in Korea. He's been gone 24 years now, but I still have the rifle sitting in my safe. Still has the Buehler mounts, but is wearing a plum colored Leupold 4x.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...ies/18131874/what-a-m70-cost-in-oct-1951

That was a lot of scratch back then

Equivalent to ~$2500 today, depending on what calculator you use.

Wonder what caliber?

Pretty cool

That weaver for 57.50 was high dollar. Back when they probably made 10 bucks a week. Pretty cool

The rifle is in .30-06... Give me a day or so, and I'll post pictures.

Pretty remarkable really. If you bought a new BACO model 70 today and put a quality scope on which cost slightly less than half the price of the gun … you’d be at roughly $2500.