My girlfriends dad had this Winchester Model 75 sitting in a case in the back of his basement.

Anyone have any idea what something like this is worth? It's very dirty so I'm going to pull it all apart and clean it for him, but I'd like to let him know what he's got on his hands.  According to some Google searches, it was manufactured in 1938 (S/N 411 on receiver and bolt).

EDIT: He actually traded the rifle for a case of beer.  The running joke in their family was that it was stolen

It's worth nothing but a stolen firearms charge



 

That and it has more holes in it than a pack of Swiss cheese, not to mention the Bubba checkering.

Part it out and ditch the receiver. I see maybe $300.00 + worth of parts.

I have a 1940 Model 75 (that my Grandfather bought for my father) and looked them up on Gunbroker a few years ago.  I recall they had some that sold for $1000-1500.
The checkering on the stock is going to detract from value, and it does look like there are several tapped holes drilled into the barrel that are not stock.  That will detract also.


Re: the "Stolen", I think OP's point was it was traded for a case of beer, so it was not actually stolen, but figuratively (if I read OP correctly)

Obilgatory pics of Dad's guns (1940 Win 75 and 1941 Remington 513-T)



PS: Shot "Rifleman" at my first Appleseed with both rifles

Great rifles you've got there.  Yeah I've looked up old threads about how the extra holes, no iron sights and checkering devalue the rifle.

I will just tell him about the history of it and to shoot the absolute piss out of it

Yup, tell him to have fun with it.  They are good guns.  Not a whole lot of collector value, but good fun value!