TEN TIMES ITS ESTIMATE! A Winchester Model 70 Bidding Battle

[@WeishaarFilms]

Wow! Just... Insane!!

[@glenalexander7989]

This the definition of auction fever.

[@pb68slab18]

Bidder frenzy!

[@darthmartinez]

I bought a 1957 featherweight in 30-06 in very good condition with a classic weaver scope for 800$ and I thought I was over paying lol.

[@krockpotbroccoli65]

Wow! Almost a hundred grand for a bolt action hunting rifle?! To think, I just recently picked up its discount, but fairly rare younger brother, a model 770 in .30-06 for $400 from RTI...

[@ggcutter4098]

i have a pre 64 model 70 in 257 Roberts made in 1939

[@RockIslandAuctionCompany]

That's a classic.

[@brivas3343]

WOW... just WOW!

[@gvii]

Good Lord. I mean, it is a gorgeous example. But everything is only worth what someone's willing to pay for it. And that's what someone did. Good for the previous owner.

[@kengilcrest8670]

Wow. Nice, I love it.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

l still have a Model 70 Super Grade........Thank y'all.....

[@roberthallam6824]

I have my grandfather’s Model 70, Pre 64. He bought in 1941. I’ll never sell it. It’s a .270.

[@jerryburgess977]

Wow

[@stevedavis4377]

i guess i should have kept my featherweight in 358 win. with factory installed reciever sight.made in 1956.

[@southernfried769]

All the comments from the poors just makes me smile and warms my heart. 😊

[@boffa-deez]

Not poor but…. Not sure about 99k for a model 70.

[@WalterWild2]

Oh screw your arrogance you can't afford it either, or wouldn't even if you had the paper

[@southernfried769]

@@WalterWild2 really sounding like a triggered poor now.

[@leonardjanda6181]

Unbelievable 😳

[@warren3665]

Could you imagine what the original owner would think of this rifle selling for 85 grand!?

[@blackforest270]

Jack O'Conner is laughing in his grave.

[@usnchief1339]

Wow, so much disposable income out there.

[@markhenderson2896]

That's just stupid

[@billsteele495]

100 bucks says it will never be loaded, never.

[@247tubefan]

Can someone explain this?

[@quentinking4351]

Winchester wasn't making many civilian rifle during WWII, and this would have been a very early pattern of the legendary Model 70. Was also in fantastic condition. To a collector of All Things Winchester, the original projection of $5.5-8.5k seems reasonable. But obviously 2 very affluent people had collections that this rifle would Complete (tm). And the auctioneers just made their client and themselves a shitload of money, so they want to show that off as advertising to anyone else who wants to sell anything of just how high they can drive that sale price for you.

[@edwardabrams4972]

I think the value of my like new pre64 just went up in 270 win🙌

[@cedhome7945]

Rich people will allways be relieved of there money, con artists make a good living off them all the time

[@tristengklein1462]

@@quentinking4351 and keep in mind it’s an investment the longer the individual hangs onto it who purchased the item the greater the value of the item becomes. And like you said it’s a very rare item in excellent condition. I’m surprised it didn’t go for more if I had the financial resources to own an item as rare as this, I would have no problem handing out that kind of cash because I know in a long run, it will only increase in value a.k.a. market price.

[@jerryw6699]

It is a fairly rare caliber for the supergrade, and it is a carbine, which is very rare for a supergrade, and it is in nearly 100% mint condition. Add the year of manufacture, if it was during ww2, all of that makes it very valuable. A comparison would be my 1951 22 hornet supergrade, with extremely well figured wood, later model= less value, rare caliber, + . 24" rifle barrel, - adds up to a rifle worth about 10k

[@crawlspaceboy5575]

holy cow!

[@cedhome7945]

Bet all the idiots who bubbed there old grandpars gun wished they hadn't

[@dusty7264]

He could have bought a new Holland &Holland for that much.

[@tristengklein1462]

Not about the price it’s the value of the rare item and the longer the individual hangs onto it the more valuable the item will become. It’s an investment.

[@k24civic]

Their appraiser gets it wrong more than the weatherman. Everything yall sell “over estimate” maybe its time to hire a new appraiser

[@sgtwright14]

And now every boomer that has an old Model 70 is gonna claim its worth 90k

[@brivas3343]

I'll sell mine for $50k each :D

[@MegaRiffraff]

Im not greedy ! I’ll take half that for 1 of my 3 pre wars 😂

[@tristengklein1462]

They have every right to ask for that kind of price if there’s someone willing to buy it at that price then good for them. If I could afford one in this condition, I definitely would do it. It’s an investment. It’ll only go up in value the longer I hang onto it.

[@Mike-du4tq]

Nope

[@mark109s]

This is why I quit buying guns.

[@flintrichards945]

The same thing happens with cars as is going on with guns people with too much money love to bid on things and buy them for 10 times what they’re worth. Don’t get me wrong if you wanna pay 10 times what a gun is worth go ahead and do itbut I just think it’s stupid.

[@jaimesanborn308]

Fact. Boomers with money will die. gen x wont have the reverence for these. Its already happening. Prices are tanking on common pre 64 70's. This was a rare pristine rifle. Nothing more.

[@southernfried769]

@@jaimesanborn308 your assumption about Gen X is completely wrong thus proving your statement is false and not a fact.

[@jaimesanborn308]

@southernfried769 well a few facts here. I am Gen x. I've followed the pre 64 model 70 market for over 10 years now. Have flipped 25 of them from basic to rare. The market for them is dying because the boomers that had money & reverence for them are dying.. period.

[@jerryw6699]

@@jaimesanborn308 really? they seem to be doing quite well in the upper midwest, nothing about firearms collecting is slowing down here. Many good old collections have changed hands and done very well in the last few years. Just try to buy any m70 supergrade in excellent condition and see what you have to pay.

[@jaimesanborn308]

@jerryw6699 Bought a really nice 1 owner 90% condition 1937 supergrade in 30 gov 06 for 1500$ also got a 50' in 257 Robert's 80% for 750$ with plenty of collectors at the same auction. Tell me again about this pre 64 market being solid still? 😂🤣😂

[@jerryw6699]

@@jaimesanborn308 yea right, I was just born yesterday

[@monumentlandscapeservicesl6464]

Rich people are the reason the rest of us can't afford anything anymore.

[@MomentsInTrading]

That’s an ignorant statement

[@robertfandel9442]

It's a ignorant price.

[@ericc.7000]

You can buy these all day long on Gunbroker for $1,000.00-$1,500.00, less than many pay for an AR15. This specific one has date, condition and rare caliber going for it. It's extremely rare, and in incredibly good condition, so it's expensive. Rich people buying Ferraris has ZERO impact on me buying the car l prefer.

[@WilliamJohnson-g6z]

Damn right. Raise the price on anything and some rich idiot will buy it. Then keep the price so high that only rich people can afford it. It makes me sick.

[@monumentlandscapeservicesl6464]

@WilliamJohnson-g6z how about the guy who just spent 5 million on a banana duct taped to a wall?!!

[@wolley2012]

I would have been bidding, but its not in 6.5 creedmore.

[@slavsupreme5129]

…multiple transferable MGs…or 1 bolt action rifle that could be outshot by many moderns setups

[@shawndmiles6747]

My 1954 mod 70 in 270 does Dime groups at 100 with factory ammo. Good luck finding anything today that can do that for free.

[@slavsupreme5129]

@ I would hardly call near 100K free would I? If you’re looking for that you could get many MULTIPLE Accuracy Internationals or Barret MRADs that could perform better. Hell, even the Sabre line of PSA AR-10s I can squeeze out 0.75 MOA groups at 100 yards with Barnes 175gr

[@jaimesanborn308]

​@@shawndmiles6747Nice try. 1.5 on a good day with that relic. 😂😂😂

[@shawndmiles6747]

@slavsupreme5129 A "dime grouping" is an old timers term not used much anymore but a dime measures 11/16 of an inch.

[@slavsupreme5129]

@@shawndmiles6747 No I get that…my point is is the extra 0.25 MOA of accuracy worth thousands to tens of thousands more? This isn’t even getting into the fact that wood is nowhere near as conducive for accuracy as modern materials due to issues such as swelling in humidity, water intrusion, etc.