Lot 128
**Pre-64 Winchester Model 70 Featherweight Super Grade Rifle in .243
Sale 1353 - Arms, Armor and Militaria
May 1, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

Sold for $3,600

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
**Pre-64 Winchester Model 70 Featherweight Super Grade Rifle in .243
.243 Winchester. 22" barrel length. SN: 413875 (mfg. ca.1957). Blued metal finish with matte blued receiver, jeweled bolt and extractor, and mounting glass bedded Walnut Monte-Carlo style stock featuring bordered wrap-around checkering on the wrist, and bordered multipoint checkering to the forend. Bolt-action repeating rifle fed by an internal box magazine. Item mounts folding rear notch and fully hooded front bead sights with the receiver drilled and tapped for optics mounting. Markings include the Winchester monogram firing proof to the receiver and barrel with the latter further marked MODEL-70-FEATHERWEIGHT. Magazine floorplate is marked -SUPER GRADE-. Rifle mounts a checkered and blued buttplate with polished flanks, black synthetic forend cap, and a blued semi-pistol grip cap. The serial number range and the presence of the earlier controlled feed extractor indicate this rifle was manufactured in 1957. Serial number is marked into the underside of the bolt.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Condition Report
Very Good. Bore is Minty with sharp rifling throughout. Blued metal finish shows some faint internal cycling mars, some flecking at the crown, and faint muzzle wear. The jeweling on the bolt shows some cycling wear with the jeweling remaining strong on the magazine follower. Some hardened lubricants present on the edges of the barrel and receiver. Stock shows some scattered light scratches, a scuff to the left stock below the receiver, and some flaking and abrasions to the toe.

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