Brian: I subscribe to the DALE CARNEGIE, theory of life. Unless I am specifically asked, to render a BRUTALLY HONEST opinion regarding a gun...NOONE EVER MADE A FRIEND BY PROVING THEM WRONG! I am certainly not saying you were wrong to tell him you did the work, and from what you say he certainly was out of any reasonable range for the described M70 rifle. This is a classic example of my GUN SHOW RULE, 99% of the people walking around with guns are asking what THEY WANT for a gun, not what the gun is ACTUALLY worth. I once had a seller tell me their Griffin and Howe pre-war 1903 Sporter was originally made with the 1944 High Standard Barrel it had been rebarrelled with.
