Value of .22 rifles?

[hddeluxe]

I have three bolt action .22 rifles I recently received from a relative. I am curious as to the value of them. They all fire and function flawlessly with short, long, and long rifle ammo. They show very little wear for their age. Wondering if I should sell them or keep them for the family. The descriptions follow:

1. Remington Sportmaster 512, .22 Bolt action, tube fed. Date of manufacture codes out to be Sep, l947. Wood is in excellent condition. About 90% overall. The rear portion of the iron sights is missing. There are holes drilled in the receiver where a scope was mounted at one time.

2. Remington Sportmaster 512-X, .22 Bolt actiion, tube fed. Date of manufacture codes out to be Jul, 1965. Wood is in excellent condition. About 90% overall. Again the rear portion of the iron sight is missing. There is a Tasco scope currently mounted on it.

3. Winchester Model 72 Bolt Action .22, tube fed. Unable to determine date of manufacture. Last date of manufacture is 1949. Wood is in excellent condition. It is complete including the original iron sights. There are flush mounted screws in the receiver where a scope was mounted sometime in the past. The safety does not appear to be working. Overall I would guess about 90%.

Thank you in advance for any info provided.

 

[woof]

I'm guessing a couple hundred each but search for them on gunbroker to get an idea.

 

[bragood]

Did you ever sell these?

 

[Loomis]

If you try to sell them or trade them to a gun shop, they probably won't give you more than 125.

 

[rangerruck]

go over to rimfirecentral.com and ask, they are all over 200 bucks, even in avg condition, and they may be as high as 400 , even 500 depending on condition.

 

[CRITGIT]

Invest in a Blue Book of Gun Values or subscribe via their website.
https://store.bluebookinc.com/Home/Default.aspx

CRITGIT

 

[Titan6]

Wondering if I should sell them or keep them for the family.

This is of course a personal decision. You could replace them with the copies of the same rifle easily but they would have no history. And given this:

They all fire and function flawlessly with short, long, and long rifle ammo. They show very little wear for their age.

It should be a no-brainer unless you need the money.

 

[cpttango30]

The remington 5teen series rifles are great rifles. I have 2 511 rifles both of which will shoot 1" 5 shot 100 yard groups. I defenitly would not sell them or try to trade them. Keep them as they are getting harder to find.

The 512 with a drilled and tapped reciever would lose some value but not a whole lot. Some of out their are avid collectors ( I am just without the money to support the habbit).

blue book list from $200 to $75 for the 512x. The 512 list for $215 down to $75. I would set it at around 70% with the drilled and tapped so around $100 to a true colletor but to a guy like me who just wants them to have you might get $200 out of each.