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Is this a good trade???

OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
edited July 2013 in General Discussion
My friend wants to trade me a Remington 700 bdl in 257 roberts, he is asking 1300, for my Marlin 1894 fg 41 mag. Both guns are almost NIB. I was asking 1250 for the 41, that is what I sold my last one for here on GB.Both guns are 97% condition. Would you make the trade??? I love the 257 and have three 1894 fg's in 41 mag.
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    NO
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Since you have three, I would make the trade.

    I have a 25-06 and a 25WSSM....I really want a 257 Roberts and/or a 6.5-257 Roberts.
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  • M1A762M1A762 Member Posts: 3,426 ✭
    edited November -1
    Keep the Marlin!
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by perry shooter
    NO


    Perry, I have the up most respect in your opinion. May I ask why??? I will take your advice. Oakie
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  • NOAHNOAH Member Posts: 9,690
    edited November -1
    Marlin[;)]
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  • NEIAPredatorNEIAPredator Member Posts: 1,443 ✭
    edited November -1
    I would in a minute. A person can use a 257 R in a 700, a 1894 is most likely just going to be a safe queen.
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,938 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would be posting pics of your new 257 Roberts right now!

    *with the caveat that it is a cartridge I would reload.
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932 ✭
    edited November -1
    I like Bob.
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oakie, you have to be kidding us,..right? a 700 BDL in 257 bob, albeit a rare chambering, for $1300????? NO WAY on God's green earth. If it is NIB or close to it,..maybe $900, not a dime more. Tell him you can have a NIB Sendero for $1100-$1200, and it will shoot circles round a standard BDL rem 700.

    Maybe on the internet, but not to anyone who is a collector that knows the market.[V] If his is TRULY NIB, mayyyybbbeeee if you really want to have one to sit in the safe and never shoot it,..but that price is still a stretch.

    almost NIB is like saying my .357mag is almost a colt python. The chambering in 257 is rare, but not worth $1300, at least not to me. You would be better off buying a NIB VSSF in 220 swift, since they are discontinued, and with their accuracy, will one day be highly sought after.
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  • tsavo303tsavo303 Member Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No
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  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    marlin will age and increase in value[;)]
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932 ✭
    edited November -1
    Get some fair boot and get the thing. A 700 in 257 Roberts is fun. ....and that's what it's all about.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,529 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, you still will have 2 Marlins left.
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by JustC
    Oakie, you have to be kidding us,..right? a 700 BDL in 257 bob, albeit a rare chambering, for $1300????? NO WAY on God's green earth. If it is NIB or close to it,..maybe $900, not a dime more. Tell him you can have a NIB Sendero for $1100-$1200, and it will shoot circles round a standard BDL rem 700.

    Maybe on the internet, but not to anyone who is a collector that knows the market.[V] If his is TRULY NIB, mayyyybbbeeee if you really want to have one to sit in the safe and never shoot it,..but that price is still a stretch.

    almost NIB is like saying my .357mag is almost a colt python. The chambering in 257 is rare, but not worth $1300, at least not to me. You would be better off buying a NIB VSSF in 220 swift, since they are discontinued, and with their accuracy, will one day be highly sought after.

    I already have a 700 in 257 BOB, this one would be for my kid. I will take your good advice. I didn't know the value of his gun, Know I do. Thank you . Oakie
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    $1,300 American dollars?
    One else where just sold for $725.

    Cabela's
    http://www.cabelas.com/product/Remington-Model-BDL-Mountain-Rifle-Robts/1436964.uts

    Guns for Sale - Remington Arms Co. -- Model 700 BDL .257 Roberts-22' barrel-NIB-NICE!!
    Guns for Sale - Rifles For Sale - Bolt Action - Item# 9749864
    This Auction has Ended

    BuyItNow! Winner: R**B
    Seller's BuyItNow! Price: $575.00
    Quantity: 1 lot
    Auction Closed: May 28, 2010 06:29:36 PDT
    Auction Type: Basic Style
    NRA Grade: Factory New
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Look on GB. One for 1400 and one for 2400. Just nuts I say. I have many BDL's Just didn't realize that a 257 was that rare and expensive.
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  • deerhntrdeerhntr Member Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If it were me i would do the trade, the marlin will hold its value and only increase with the new gun trend which is geared toward defensive type guns, i see interest in hunting type rifles really on the decline if investment is a factor. That 700 is is a very rare find indeed and way more useful[:)]
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    it isn't that rare as far as production, it was actually the "classic" rifle in 1982. But for $1300, I would go for a VSSF or Sendero[;)] and have a few hundred left over[:D]

    there was one on another site for $650 and it set there for several weeks with no bites.
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,938 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well Oakie- what did you end up doing?
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Dave W.
    Well Oakie- what did you end up doing?


    I decided to sell my 41 mag outright. I found a few BDL's in 257 for a lot less and will just buy one.
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