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 Re: Pre 64 win 70 stock finish options.
[Re: nsmike]
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10/14/15 01:52 PM
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ndhunter
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There's a market for pre 64 model 70's as shooters. I hunt with the one I got from my granddad. I knew it was pre 64 and valuable when I got it but it was the only bolt gun I had and wanted to take up deer hunting. It is a 30-06 and I put a Leupold scope on it. It was pristine when I got it so I try to be careful with it but I know he would want me to use it. The 30-06 is pretty common caliber, it is my understanding that the not so common calibers are worth a lot more.
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Re: Pre 64 win 70 stock finish options.
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10/15/15 12:12 AM
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Buzzsaw
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Re: Pre 64 win 70 stock finish options.
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10/15/15 12:13 AM
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Buzzsaw
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sorry about the extra pictures. Photobuckets new format sux.
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Re: Pre 64 win 70 stock finish options.
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10/17/15 12:26 AM
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Colt W. Knight
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Well, if somebody wants to know if a finish is shellac, denatured alcohol will tell you. Just pick a hidden spot.
Way back when, I had a Pre-64 in 220 Swift. I liked it, but was afraid to mess with it and ruin any value. Finally just sold it for more than I paid for it. Plus, the rifle was heavy and I wanted something lighter. Thinking back on the stock finish, it did look more like a beat up varnish finish than anything else, but that's just a guess.
I may well be wrong, but I'm thinking that shellac isn't a great stock finish. Varnish would certainly be more durable. But that's only opinion and not fact. Denatured Alcohol will also strip some lacquers as well.
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Re: Pre 64 win 70 stock finish options.
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10/22/15 09:49 PM
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I'm a gunsmith in Abilene ( www.abilenegunworks.com) and if you want to run it by someday, I'll show you a few options.
Old age ain't for sissies!
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