This absolute dream gun of a Winchester Model 70 had everything collectors want: Super Grade, carbine, in the early caliber of .257 Roberts, and even better than pre-64, it was World War 2 era – a time when commercial guns took a backseat to wartime production.
The result was a number of bidders who pushed the “rifleman’s rifle” past its high estimate of $8,500, and two determined collectors who drove it to more than TEN TIMES that amount.
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