Originally Posted by rufgr

Minuteman- Thanks, I have had a lot of fun collecting M70's. The first one I purchased was about 1973 form an Army officer stationed at Ft. Harrison in Indianapolis. It was a 300 H&H magnum he had purchased new in 1959 in anticipation of being transferred to Alaska. His transfer never happened. He purchased the rifle at Em-Roe Sporting goods and paid $139 for the rifle and $210 for a 4-10 power Pecar scope. When I went to look at the rifle he told me he had just thrown away the box and paperwork. I thought nothing of it at the time. I gave him $350 for the rifle, scope, 100 rounds of Norma ammunition and a set of reloading dies. He apologized for how high the price was but said it was because of the scope. I am sure that when I got it the rifle had never been fired as the 100 rounds of Norma ammunition was shown on the receipt he gave me. I still have the rifle it is the one in a vertical position on the left side.