Winchester Mdl 54 30-06

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Well here is a blast from the past....Older fellow I know is getting rid of some of his guns so gave some to me to sell. Was wondering what is a fair price for this. Shoots pretty good too. Didn't shoot it for a groups but didn't have any problem hitting the 6" gong at 100 from a standing position with elbows on the table. The aperture sight is very nice. Someone must have put a side receiver mount on it at one point, a bit of a shame.

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I would consider it to be a solid 200 dollar value. One of my more recent project rifles is a Model 54 and if one wants to do some home gunsmithing, a messed up rifle is a good place to start.
 
I think $200 is a fair "project' price. They were really never meant for a scope, the bolt requires a big alteration by a skilled hand in order to mount a low scope. I think they are best with the receiver sight.

Eventually it could be a nice .338-06 or .35 Whelen... but that would take thousands of dollars.
 
It appears to be the later version M54 with the NRA stock and improvement upgrades to lock and trigger speed as well as gas escape.

If the stock has not been cut out for the receiver sight, the stock itself has a value of $200 to $250, but most of those receiver sights required the stock to be cut.

Someone might see some value as a $200 shooter??
 
Rod said:
It appears to be the later version M54 with the NRA stock and improvement upgrades to lock and trigger speed as well as gas escape.

If the stock has not been cut out for the receiver sight, the stock itself has a value of $200 to $250, but most of those receiver sights required the stock to be cut.

Someone might see some value as a $200 shooter??
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If you look at picture #4 you will see that the stock appears to be cut out for the receiver sight, so no luck there. :)
 
BigUglyMan said:
I'd rather have that for $200 than any bubba'd Lee-Enfield. Would make a dandy truck gun.
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Sorta what I was thinking too. Just for fun I shot some very old surplus ammo from a Garand Enbloc clip at 100 yards. The groups were nothing to write home about but had I been using some modern factory ammo, my spectacles instead of shooting glasses and a bit bigger target ( the front bead completely obscured the target) it probably would have fared better. Still good enough to kill a moose or deer- I know the owner shot a number of each with this rifle. The action is nice and smooth as you would expect from a good rifle that is this old, and the two stage style trigger is crisp. The rifle feels nice and solid and is lighter than I expected it to be.

Best group about 3.5"

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Two different holds- 6 o'clock on left, right on target at right. Only 2 shots in the left target since the Enbloc has 8 rounds :)

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Grand old rifle, never mind the alterations. It could go on hunting for a number of years with only the occasional cleaning. I would take it in heartbeat over one of the new el cheapos that the bolt handles fall off of.

Of course, my opinion doesn't count for much, as my main whitetail rifle for a the past ten years has been a 1950's Model 94 .32 Special. Before that it was a mutilated 98 in 8mm-06 with a $10 scope, and before that a Churchill Arms No.1 MkIII*. :) Somehow, the deer either died of fright or I was lucky. :p
 
$250 is probably about the right price for it. On the good side, you have a 30-06, which, with a good 180 grain hunting bullet will kill any animal in north America that it hits in a descent place, out to about 200 yards.
On the badder side, the rifle can't be mounted with a scope, because the bolt handle is in the way. The action has been riddled with drill holes, which will likely not lower the strength of it, but few people would want so many holes drilled in the metal, like this one has.
Did I say $250? That is too much!
On re-thinking, $200 is even on the high side.
Bruce
 
H4831 said:
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On the badder side, the rifle can't be mounted with a scope, because the bolt handle is in the way. The action has been riddled with drill holes, which will likely not lower the strength of it, e
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I figure the holes drilled on the side must indicate that at sometime, someone mounted some sort of side mounted scope? Maybe one that the bolt handle didn't run into?

Or what other purpose would those holes fufill?
 
Gatehouse said:
I figure the holes drilled on the side must indicate that at sometime, someone mounted some sort of side mounted scope? Maybe one that the bolt handle didn't run into?

Or what other purpose would those holes fufill?
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I believe the Noske scopes of roughly the same time period ( '30's-40's?) had long eye relief so the bolt handle or safety didn't interfere. The safety operates exactly backwards to a Mauser 98, which would mess me up badly.
 
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