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09-21-2015, 09:17 AM
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Thoughts
Looking at a pre 64 Mod 70 308 featherweight topped with a B&L Balfore scope.Rig will go about 95%....price...around a nickle.
Need it...NO.......want it....eaah.........any thoughts from the gallery????????? Dan
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09-21-2015, 09:42 AM
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Buying a pre 64 mod 70 can be like walking into a mine field if you don't know what you're doing... most are worth at or more than what you're describing $500... scopes, well I personally don't think they add value, whether or not the seller believes they do. It'll probably be an above ok or screaming deal, if it's all original. Some can go more that $1000, but I'm not trained enough to know those $500 differences. If it's a Balfor B scope, probably worth in the range of $70-110, which is why if prefer to deal on gun only and they can keep the scope. Buying guns is like buying a car. Personal preference and all about if you "want" to spend the money for what the seller is asking. I'm not a mod 70 fan, so I'd let it walk even if it was a screaming deal...you may choose to do otherwise. I do like the caliber though!
Scopes... I don't buy used, unless they have a lifetime warranty and can be shipped back to manufacture if they aren't true. But still who wants that hassle? A $100 used scope definitely isn't worth my time, so if I was an interested party, I'd tell the seller, gun only and give me a new price, minus $100
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09-21-2015, 06:03 PM
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Well, I adopted it.....95+ condition. With my Winchester cheat sheet, !954
production. Unlike Petey, I just have a thing over ole Winchesters. Dan  Oh well, another for the kids to inherit..........................................
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09-22-2015, 07:12 AM
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Nice find!
I think I would have bought it, too. Is the Balfor scope a plain Balfor (adjustments in the mount) or a Balfor B. Reason I ask is, the B&L mount with the adjustments in it is in some demand. I've seen them go for 150$. 1954 should be the plain Balfor, if the rifle was scoped when originally purchased. The Balfor B was B&L's first internal; adjustment scopes - quite good scopes, for their era, but not up to today's glass, especially the lens coating.
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09-22-2015, 07:56 AM
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Jack, it's a plain Balfor.........originally scoped and used only twice. Bought it off a lady at church that knew I hunted. Late hubby used it twice and put it up.
Due to circumstances I didn't feel like negotiating much. Dan
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