You guys are scaring me. OK, here's my Model 70 story, one of many. When I was in high school, I bought a new, pre 64 Model 70 Featherweight in .270. Even back then, I couldn't bear to drill that thing for a scope, so it sat while I used other rifles to hunt. Groundhogs, not real hunting. The exception was sight ins and one pack in hunt in Western Maryland. That gun sat in the box for years until I got snakebit by a Parker SC with tags and original single barrel case at a show. I couldn't pay for the Parker, so away went the Model 70, box and all and other goodies. I think the trade value on the Model 70 was $225 at that time. The next time I saw the .270 was in a Shotgun News ad placed by Randy Newman. The ad was for an "unfired", new in the box Model 70, .270 Featherweight for an outrageous price, way over $1000. The good part of this story is that I still have the great SC, tags and case, and I've been shooting it for fifty years. I never asked Randy about the Model 70.
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