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My long-time keeper buddy now being out of keepering, possibly "in between" but possibly permanently, my lamping nights are a thing of the past and my mind turns to selling my foxing rifle but I haven't a clue what kind of money I should ask for it.

I need to dig out the receipt for it when new from Riflecraft, commissioned and built new for me. I can then factor in a round count of 200 per year, always cleaned after use.

The rifle is a TMR1 so a blueprinted Remmy 700 action and heavy barrelled .22/250 bedded into a Choate Super Sniper stock and Riflebasix trigger and threaded muzzle. The take off bits include T8 moderator with neoprene sleeve, Harris bipod, Leupold bases and rings and currently a Fox Firearms scope.

The round count is low because the round is out of spec on MV for gallery range use so it's seen a typical 1, 2, maybe 3 rounds into foxes on weekly lamping trips, sometimes blanked, sometimes cancelled due to weather etc and occasional daylight zeroing sessions down on the farm.

I'm mindful that a new .308 barrel will create a good FTR rifle or possibly a 7mm barrel/rechamber would give me an F Class rifle but, as they say, is this the right place to start from? My thoughts are to just sell it and move on.

MODS: I hope not to have tripped over a rule with this posting but I am genuinely unsure where to price this item and my posting seeking suggestions is completely genuine.

My first port of call would be gun trader to see what others are going for.
When I bought my Rem 700 I was warned that no matter what I spent on it, it would only ever be a Rem 700. Having kept an eye on the things I fear they were right, you may see them advertised at over a grand SH but they normally have a quality scope and a stoke that are worth a good amount in their own right.
I suspect that your set up is only worth the second hand value of your stoke and the blue printed action.
The choate Stoke can go for £3-400 on eBay.
I would expect that you could sell the action for £5-600. Unless you sell it to another hunter most will just be after the action and trigger.

Possibly worth enquiring about a trade in with your local shop, personally I would keep the action for a new barrel/direction unless you have money burning a hole in your pocket for a new build,
Just my thoughts,

Dm

Dangermouse wrote:My first port of call would be gun trader to see what others are going for.
When I bought my Rem 700 I was warned that no matter what I spent on it, it would only ever be a Rem 700. Having kept an eye on the things I fear they were right, you may see them advertised at over a grand SH but they normally have a quality scope and a stoke that are worth a good amount in their own right.Dm

And if only I'd gone for an RPA at the time. Oh well..

Dangermouse wrote: I suspect that your set up is only worth the second hand value of your stoke and the blue printed action.
The choate Stoke can go for £3-400 on eBay.
I would expect that you could sell the action for £5-600. Unless you sell it to another hunter most will just be after the action and trigger.Dm

My thoughts too in principle but I really appreciate your input on the numbers.

Dangermouse wrote: Possibly worth enquiring about a trade in with your local shop, personally I would keep the action for a new barrel/direction unless you have money burning a hole in your pocket for a new build,
Just my thoughts,
Dm

And, unfortunately there's nothing I have a desire to trade in against and if I was starting a new rifle build I might want to start with something other than a Remmy. As it is, I seem to be at a point in life when I can cope with fewer rifles rather than more.

It might actually be worth picking up a Remi stock (Wooden or synthetic, they go for about £40 on flea bay) and selling the rilfe as a complete rifle with a basic stock on it - then selling the Choate stock as a separate item? This should in theory increase your return for a small outlay

Mike

Dangermouse wrote:When I bought my Rem 700 I was warned that no matter what I spent on it, it would only ever be a Rem 700.

In a nutshell......

Sim G wrote:

Dangermouse wrote:When I bought my Rem 700 I was warned that no matter what I spent on it, it would only ever be a Rem 700.

In a nutshell......

All right, all right, no need to rub it in! sign01 sign01 sign01

The thing about the Rem700 is it is a known quantity and based on that a reasonable example should always sell.