From what I've found the dom would be around 1969 which fits well with the scope on it is a Weaver 400 and from what I see those were made from 1970-73. This was Weavers first alloy scope and cost 33% more then their steel models of the time. Guess the thing to do would be put some money into a BlueBook subscription before I buy any more used rifles. I'm into this one for cash/trade $417. Which I'd say was a decent deal but not a great deal.