mjflores
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Well, you wont like my appraisal so I'm hesitant to give it. However, here it is. I'm sure it's a nice firearm, and it sounds like you found yourself a great one in great shape. The Rem 700's of the 60's through early 80's were not the nicest made Remingtons. If you look at your stock, and the checkering you'll see what I mean. The checkering was usually pressed rather than hand cut, and the grip section was often fat and fairly straight. It's often been theorized that those stocks are so glossy because they're poor grain and color quality...so they were lightly dyed and then finished with several coats of gloss poly to give them a uniform and smooth appearance. The metal fit has gotten better for Remington over the past 10 years or so, but your gun has the same round receiver and thick, removable recoil lug found on all Remingtons. All in all, if it's in excellent, unused condition I'd say it's worth around $300. Of course, I havent seen the firearm keep in mind. Three things that would have to be checked are: The muzzle/ crown, bolt face, and the top of the receiver. You mentioned it has a scope mounted on it, if the mounting holes are stripped or the top of the receiver is scratched from the ring mounting it could detract from it's value.
Depending on what you paid for it, you probably got a great deal on a nice old gun. Remingtons of those years are often in demand as custom rifles...you'd keep the receiver, lug, floor plate, bolt, and trigger...scrap the stock and factory barrel and you'd have a great start toward a nice custom rifle (true up the receiver and bolt face, adjust the trigger, fit it to a custom barrel, and glass bed the works into a nice stock).
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