Keith- you mentioned the "Dick and Craig" ads that are all over GUN LIST like a cheap suit- I called them ONCE- they had advertised a 1934 Winchester M54 in .270 Win as a SuperGrade-even gave a serial no. which Rule's book put at 1931 mfg. Super Grade came out in 1936-very few M54 SuperGrades extant- now Model 70's-Saw one about a year ago- MI gun show l954 era M70 .270 Win purported "Super Grade" dude was asking $4000 for it: few "problems"- no Super Grade QD sling swivels, no black forearm tip- Pachmayr Black vented pad- and when I asked him to field strip the barrel/receiver group from the stock so I could see the date and letter "S" stamp on the barrel that indictes a "Super Grade" M70- he "flinched"- he stammered- sure it's a Super Grade Mr.. just look at the magazine plate_ Yup- it was marked Super Grade- a l954 M70 with a "borrowed" floorplate from a "parts" M70- the script was the style of a l940's M70 Super Grade- how does that Latin phrase go- "Caveat Empetor?""
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