keith wrote:There's a couple more I could add. The 338 Alaskan and the 264 Westerner already mentioned. I've seen several 264's but only one 338 in all my years. I had forgotten about tge 308 special order status; I have a 1953 308 featherweight (aluminum floorplate and buttplate) . I'm not sure how rare the 300 H&H would be, but it's hard to find one that hasn't been rechambered to 300 Weatherby Magnum.
.264 Mag 1959-1964 Regular production $2000.00 Nib
.300 H&H 1937-1963 Regular production $3598.00 Nib
.338 Win Mag 1959-1963 Sp Order only $2144.00 Nib
7x57 Mauser 1937-1949 Regular Production $6970.00 Nib
.35 Remington 1941-1947 Limited Production $Very Rare
.300 Savage 1944-1950 Limited Production $ Very Rare
In the reference I have, all the cartridges listed as very rare are listed with no price. Prices listed are average going rate for 2013 so I am sure they are a lot higher now. I don't know that much about Pre 64 Model 70's but I have a big stack of reference books going back to the 50's and I can read
. The ones in these two posts are the rarest calibers . I think the 9x57 would not have been a big seller in the US as Americans back in those days were not real big on the Metric calibers. The 7mm would have been more familiar to them due to the large number of bring back's and cheap surplus Mausers and Rolling Block Remington's that were then on the market.
Eddie