![]() ![]() carried a photo of serial number 2 from the author’s collection, and page 52 showed a photo of a letter from Richard Pelton, Winchester’s Director of Marketing dated March 6, 1980. Quite naturally, the owner of the number 1 rifle acquired a copy as part of his research. ![]() Published in 1982 by Alliance Books, The Rifleman’s Rifle did much to expand and solidify collector interest in Winchester pre-64 Model 70 rifles. With significant reservation, the rifle was then retired from hunting after 50 years of faithful and flawless service. That 1 sparked a curiosity which lead to the realization that his plain old Model 70 was the first of its kind. Staggeringly, another ten years passed before a chance showing resulted in a dealer getting the vapors and blurting a surprisingly high offer.
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