price check?

[mtwarden]

I'm going to be selling a M70 Featherweight locally and wanted to get a ballpark price to sell. It's a circa early 80's New Haven, push feed, .30-06. Original factory wood stock- few minor dings here and there. Low round count- guessing 200-300 (carried a lot more than shot ). It has a fluted bolt, aluminum bottom metal, action has been bedded (gunsmith) and trigger to 3 lbs (gunsmith). The action/bolt/bottom metal Cerakoted.

Fluting (and he enlarged the hole on the bolt handle) was $125 (Kampfeld)
Cerakote was a $150 (BlueLine)
aluminum bottom metal $135 (PTG)
action bedding/trigger was $150

It's light (for a wood stock Featherweight anyways)- right at 6 lbs.

Anyways don't want to over price it, nor under price it. Probably best start just a wee bit high I'm guessing???

Thanks in advance
Mike

 

[SDHNTR]

I see $750-800ish. Maybe start at $850 and see if someone has to have it. The push feeds don’t command the prices that New Haven Classics do. And unfortunately, you’ll never fully recoup gunsmithing/customization costs. Nice rifles though. I have one that is similar and was my first big boy rifle. Very accurate, functional and reliable. It is like an extension of my body, point, shoot and dead.

 

[Axlrod]

You can go on Gunbroker, at the top click advanced, then click completed items. Type in your rifle model and look for items that had bids. This will give you a ballpark.