chaim
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I need your help guys. Is this guy high or do I need to sell one of my .22 rifles?
Hmmm, I was looking at some used gun prices and a local dealer was selling a Remington 581 (bolt action .22lr) for $410 with a Leopold scope. Is this guy high or is that gun actually worth that? My gut says it isn't. Don't get me wrong, I love mine- it is my only 100% reliable rimfire and it is exceedingly accurate. However, I don't see $410 (ok, without the used scope I guess it means $270-320). Heck, I bought mine new just over 2 years ago for $210 at Walmart.
If this guy's price isn't all that insane I guess I'll have to sell mine. Mine is in pretty good shape (there was very light rust on the barrel from storage in a climate controlled storage unit but it has been removed and you'd never know it had been there and there are one or two minor nicks in the stock that could be pretty easily sanded out and refinished- or left alone really). I only have a nice (but cheap) Tasco scope on it. So if that guy's price is at all for real I guess I should be able to sell mine for $250-300 fairly realistically. If so it really isn't worth that much to me (it was barely worth the $210 I spent at the time and now there are other options I'd rather have for that). Heck, even if I could sell it for what I paid ($210 w/out scope), or close to it, I'd rather sell it and use the proceeds towards a CZ .22 bolt rifle.
Hmmm, I was looking at some used gun prices and a local dealer was selling a Remington 581 (bolt action .22lr) for $410 with a Leopold scope. Is this guy high or is that gun actually worth that? My gut says it isn't. Don't get me wrong, I love mine- it is my only 100% reliable rimfire and it is exceedingly accurate. However, I don't see $410 (ok, without the used scope I guess it means $270-320). Heck, I bought mine new just over 2 years ago for $210 at Walmart.
If this guy's price isn't all that insane I guess I'll have to sell mine. Mine is in pretty good shape (there was very light rust on the barrel from storage in a climate controlled storage unit but it has been removed and you'd never know it had been there and there are one or two minor nicks in the stock that could be pretty easily sanded out and refinished- or left alone really). I only have a nice (but cheap) Tasco scope on it. So if that guy's price is at all for real I guess I should be able to sell mine for $250-300 fairly realistically. If so it really isn't worth that much to me (it was barely worth the $210 I spent at the time and now there are other options I'd rather have for that). Heck, even if I could sell it for what I paid ($210 w/out scope), or close to it, I'd rather sell it and use the proceeds towards a CZ .22 bolt rifle.