Value of "pre '64" model 70's decreasing with introduction of the new crf?

I don't think the new product will have any effect on the price of pre-64's. Any change in the last few years was probably more due to the economic downturn than the new production of CRF Model 70's. Just like 86 Winchesters, I would much prefer an 1886 that was fitted and assembled by skilled human hands, long dead, than something pumped off a CNC mill at Miroku. But that's just me.
 
I don't think the value of the pre-'64 rifles has changed much. They're still the same as they were before the new guns came out. And they're getting more worn and dented and dinged as time wears on. Many are used in custom builds - we all know the value of custom rifles is in the eye of the builder, those receivers are essentially apart of something else once they get smithed like that. So the number of actual, good condition pre-'64's is going down slowly but surely, ensuring the rest of them will hold their value for a long, long time.

That being said, the new Model 70's are f@cking fantastic for the price and represent a tremendous value for people who appreciate blued steel and wood instead of plastics. Sporter, Featherweight, Super Grade, Safari Express, all of them are great. All-weather guns are a dime a dozen nowadays (okay maybe not) but Winchesters are just as good as anyone else's in that price range as well.
 
So,if money is no issue,you would choose a super grade 375 H&H (1952,condition 95%) rather than a 2012 high grade 375 H&H.And I would be justified to spend $5000. for the pre-64 instead of $2500.for the 2012 version,wich is quite nice?
 
If money were no issue, yes, I would buy the '52 Winchester as it will appreciate in value while the 2012 version would not. Unfortunately I don't live in a world where money is not an issue.
 
borealbushman said:
So,if money is no issue,you would choose a super grade 375 H&H (1952,condition 95%) rather than a 2012 high grade 375 H&H.And I would be justified to spend $5000. for the pre-64 instead of $2500.for the 2012 version,wich is quite nice?
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$2500 will buy lots of bullets, powder and primers, so I'd go with the new one. I guess it depends on if you want to shoot and hunt lots or you want to sit around and admire it lots.
 
Gatehouse said:
$2500 will buy lots of bullets, powder and primers, so I'd go with the new one. I guess it depends on if you want to shoot and hunt lots or you want to sit around and admire it lots.
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You're an avowed heathen though.:D

I'd rather have the Pre-64 myself, but realistically the price for sought-after models and chamberings is pretty much prohibitive nowadays.
 
I've owned Classics and FN built Model 70's. I'll take a Pre'64 any day. They just feel different than the others. I have two Fwts that are pretty much original, a std. 270 that was restocked I'm guessing in the 60's, a custom 308 Norma on a 1960 action and two more actions destined to be customs.
All my other Model 70's are long gone.
Nothing really "wrong" with the Classics and FN's...they just don't feel the same to me.
 
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Gatehouse said:
$2500 will buy lots of bullets, powder and primers, so I'd go with the new one. I guess it depends on if you want to shoot and hunt lots or you want to sit around and admire it lots.
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I'd buy the new gun too, but if you must have the old sentimental model, what's stopping you from hunting with the old gun!
 
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