24 March 2026

Pre-64

All Winchester Model 54 rifles are pre-64 because they stopped making them in 1936.

Dear sellers, you don't need to say that they're pre-64 guns.

Something I've found interesting in the pre-64 Winchester Model 70 market is how few 30-06 guns I've seen for sale.

Bunches and bunches of .270 Win guns though.

This is the inverse of the Model 54, where .30-06 guns are the majority.

I noticed because I have a .30-06 Model 54 and I window-shop for a .270 to go with it.

Posted by Angus McThag at 15:30
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3 comments:

  1. Paul Chappell24 March, 2026 17:12

    Curious what makes pre-64 different on those rifles? I'm familiar with the Model 94 where they added an additional safety device, and am super glad I inherited my grandfather's old Mod 94, but...

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    1. Angus McThag24 March, 2026 17:51

      The big, huge, change was from the Mauser style controlled feed to a more Remington 700 style push feed.

      Remington was eating Winchester's lunch on bolt-gun sales because the 700 could be made less expensively and Winchester needed to make the Model 70 more affordable.

      I think that if they'd introduced the post-64 Model 70 as a different model number it would have flown with the hunters better.

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    2. Counter Jockey24 March, 2026 18:32

      That is why the 1200 sold so well. Somebody at Winchester had the decency not to cheapen the name of the Model 12 shotgun.

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