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Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this HIGHLY DESIRABLE bolt-action rifle today for a penny start auction, this is the Pre-'64 Winchester Model 70 Standard Grade Chambered in .22 Hornet!
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SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Winchester
Model: 70 Standard Grade
Serial: 177796
Date of Manufacture: 1951
Caliber: .22 Hornet
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 24"
Optics/Sights: Hooded Blade Front with Folding Notched Rear and Buehler Scope Base Mounted to the Receiver
Stock/Grips: Checkered Walnut Pistol Grip Stock
Action: Bolt
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The Winchester Model 70 is called “The Rifleman’s Rifle” by Winchester and it is a title it well deserves. It has been made in a large variety of calibers from the ear splitting shoulder crunching .470 Capstick in recent years down to the .22 Hornet back before and after World War II. The Winchester Model 70 in .22 Hornet was made between 1936 until 1963 by which time 20,306 had been made, the vast majority being made after World War II. Prior to World War II only 3,500 Model 70’s in .22 Hornet were made out of a total pre-war production of 50,000 rifles. This makes a .22 Hornet Model 70 a collector’s item and really good pre-war examples can fetch surprising amounts of money depending on model and condition. The Super Grade was made in .22 Hornet as well as more plain Jane varieties. The .22 Hornet may seem to be a very small and low powered cartridge in this modern day and age and in truth it is. But if you are looking for a small game cartridge that has a very light report and negligible recoil then the .22 Hornet is still one of the best caliber choices you can make.
For fox whistling the .22 Hornet is a superb caliber and the Winchester Model 70 in our pictures would be an excellent fox whistling rifle either with or without a telescopic sight. The other use for the .22 Hornet in a short light rifle is for turkey hunting. Prominent American sportsman Henry Edward Davis called the Winchester Model 70 in .22 Hornet “The best commercial rifle for wild turkeys the world has ever seen”. The light report of the .22 Hornet yet its indisputably sufficient power to humanely dispatch game the size of foxes and turkeys makes it a great cartridge. Because this is a very collectible rifle it may not get used for fox whistling or turkey harvesting although we hope it does. A “rifleman’s rifle” should not be wasted just taking up space in the gun safe. It should be out there being used for what it was designed to do.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Model: 70 Standard Grade
Serial: 177796
Date of Manufacture: 1951
Caliber: .22 Hornet
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 24"
Optics/Sights: Hooded Blade Front with Folding Notched Rear and Buehler Scope Base Mounted to the Receiver
Stock/Grips: Checkered Walnut Pistol Grip Stock
Action: Bolt
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The Winchester Model 70 is called “The Rifleman’s Rifle” by Winchester and it is a title it well deserves. It has been made in a large variety of calibers from the ear splitting shoulder crunching .470 Capstick in recent years down to the .22 Hornet back before and after World War II. The Winchester Model 70 in .22 Hornet was made between 1936 until 1963 by which time 20,306 had been made, the vast majority being made after World War II. Prior to World War II only 3,500 Model 70’s in .22 Hornet were made out of a total pre-war production of 50,000 rifles. This makes a .22 Hornet Model 70 a collector’s item and really good pre-war examples can fetch surprising amounts of money depending on model and condition. The Super Grade was made in .22 Hornet as well as more plain Jane varieties. The .22 Hornet may seem to be a very small and low powered cartridge in this modern day and age and in truth it is. But if you are looking for a small game cartridge that has a very light report and negligible recoil then the .22 Hornet is still one of the best caliber choices you can make.
For fox whistling the .22 Hornet is a superb caliber and the Winchester Model 70 in our pictures would be an excellent fox whistling rifle either with or without a telescopic sight. The other use for the .22 Hornet in a short light rifle is for turkey hunting. Prominent American sportsman Henry Edward Davis called the Winchester Model 70 in .22 Hornet “The best commercial rifle for wild turkeys the world has ever seen”. The light report of the .22 Hornet yet its indisputably sufficient power to humanely dispatch game the size of foxes and turkeys makes it a great cartridge. Because this is a very collectible rifle it may not get used for fox whistling or turkey harvesting although we hope it does. A “rifleman’s rifle” should not be wasted just taking up space in the gun safe. It should be out there being used for what it was designed to do.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Shipping Details
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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