I don't know where the correct place to put this is but I wanted folks to be able to see that there are still "Survivors" out there. I saw this tonight at a long time family friend's home. He bought it years ago as an investment. I had never seen one before let alone held one in my hand. It was made July, 1954 and is brand spanking new in the factory box with matching number.

Sweet baby Jesus. That is NICE!

Oh my! Is he interested in trades? I’ll offer my first born. She’s great! Very valuable!

Beautiful

Wow ! Thank you for sharing

WOW, that’s cool!!! Can you imagine what kind of shape a firearm would be in if it was shipped to a dealer current day with no more packing than what that one has. It would not be good.

Love the bluing on guns back then

Does your friend want anymore friends?

Great investment. Gunbroker bidders would go crazy.

wow.

Speechless

100x original purchase price.

Good God Almighty that’s incredible!

Be still my heart!

LIKE!

So clean & simple, yet so, so... well, just damn nice.

Fantastic!! Thanks for posting the pictures. Your friend is a smart investor.

That is incredible, thanks for posting.

He has me already so that is likely all he can afford.

That is exceptional cool!

Post in the pump rifle thread in the deer hunting forum.

So that’s what Grandpas old 06’ would have looked like new?!? BEAUTIFUL!!!
~Nathan

Wow. Very nice. Love me some quarter bores

I never quite thought of it like that but yes. I would love to know the back story on the original owner. Why that caliber? And why leave it in the box and never fire it?

Beautiful gun

That is best porn I have ever seen. WOW!

I want it that is a rare sight for certain

That is the best porn I will ever see! HOLY %#&$

Love my mountain rifle 257, but that one is sweet. It’s just begging to be hunted lol

I was almost shaking when I handled it. Roughly 70 years old and NIB? I doubt there are many of these anywhere in the world. I will sleep on it but I may just need to step up and buy if from him.

It would be awesome to know the back story on that one, or most any gun for that matter. I’ve got a couple I know the story on, one is a heck of a good campfire story!

~Nathan

That’s a beauty! What’s it worth these days $2,500?

Judging from the amount of NIB or like NIB examples of firearms that turn up from that era I have a theory.

Back in the 50s-60s hunting and fishing were an “in” thing for a well rounded guy to do. So some Joe gets a casual invite from some guys at the office to head up to the big woods for deer camp. He buys a Field and Stream and studies up a little and heads down to his local hardware or sporting goods store and buys a red flannel cruiser jacket and a rifle. Time for the deer hunt rolls around and something comes up and he doesn’t end up going, so he stuffs his rifle in the closet before losing interest.

This theory is based upon my knowing where a pair of S&W M19s with 12 rounds each through them from when some guys were going to take up “target shooting” and went once for about 10 minutes reside. Plus my Grandad’s photo album and stories of guys who were invited and came to camp one year and never returned. Plus a few that I’ve bought from widows or old gentlemen over the years that were either unused or shot once.

Oh and yeah. Super cool rifle. I shot my first two bucks with one identical besides it being chambered for .244 Rem.

I don't know but that would be my guess.

Super nice!!

Considering what some "bread & butter" guns have been pulling on GB lately, that one may pull $15K or better....

I believe a lot of that schitt is Dealers getting their buddy’s to run up prices to see if they can get some poor sucker to bite.

I honestly don’t know, but surely it would be much higher than that? In today’s market, $2k+ rifles are fairly common, granted they may have more desired ‘functional use’ than this, but this rifle is FAR from common.

Wow super cool. Rare at all let alone NIB. In speaking of the guy that fires a gun on one occasion and then puts it away I've seen that too. I got a Savage 99DL with it's original box of shells with just 7 fired, and it looks it.

Awesome rifle and highly doubt there’s another like that one?!! $2500++ easy to a collector…..I could never own that one - ‘cause I’d just HAVE to shoot it!!

Thanks for sharing!,

PennDog

I guess I don't know how to even put a price on it when there probably isn't another one to compare it to in existence. $2500 is what he is going to ask when he decides to sell it.

I owned the same rifle in mint used condition with no box.
It was traded for a Winchester I had to have.
I wouldn’t think twice at $2500
Thanks for sharing!

I picked up 10+ years ago from a Michigan DNR Officer in the UP retired a Remington 760 Black Diamond in 257 Roberts had been used very little in the box.....$300 shipped to me....
Its the only one I've ever seen...was offered $2500 5 years ago and turned it down.....

PM sent

If he bought it for an investment, this may be one of the best times to actual sell it.

I dig it

All it needs is the stock cut, a pad added and drill and tap the side for a side mount scope.

OH MY! I'd be happy with one like that! It wouldn't stay NIB very long.

Box is prob worth 5

Prettier’n a petunia in a patch of chiggerweed! What a feast for the eyes! Just happens to be the perfect caliber too! Thanks for sharing!

That is an amazing rifle! Not too many unmolested perfect examples of something like that turn up too often!! WOW!

I agree with the above. And would like to add, Like a nice watch or a diamond ring today, many employers at that general time presented firearms to employees for various milestones. 10-20-25years, bonus, show of appreciation, etc. Some employers actually believed they were giving something better than cash! Something that might appreciate in value and be passed down to the next generation, etc.

Short story, slightly off topic. I Apologize......
I knew a guy who's Father in Law passed away. after a few years, they were always helping out the Mother in law financially. His wife told me there were 8-10 boxes with guns in them that her father received as bonus's from his boss back in the 60's she seemed to think and he never had any interest in shooting, guns, or hunting. 10-15 years ago she brought me some information from the ends of a few boxes once to get my opinion. Browning 20 gauge Midas, Browning 410 Diana, Browning 28gauge Skeet, etc, etc, etc......The next visit to her house he was going to bring the guns so we could sell them for her. She had the local police come to get them out of the house! No wonder the old bat was broke. True Story!

That is an amazing story! I know that Marlin offered a 22 rifle that was never sold and was given to people that bought a certain amount of stocks in the company. That is the only way the rifle could be acquired. The same gentleman that owns this Remington has one of the Marlin's I am speaking of and it is a 98% gun. As I recall, part of the history of the gun is to get the rich case color on them involved the use of arsonic in the process.

I believe the Marlin you're speaking of is the Marlin 410 Lever Action. I have a dandy of one my Dad bought in the early 1960's.
They are great guns!!

Way more than that. I sold a 760 in 6mm Rem (fleur de lis) with hunting wear for over $2000 five months ago. This rifle would sell for $5000 min IMO.

I just bought a model 742 from a guy that bought it for his dad in 1978. It looks like new. i should post it here. Oh, and an 870 Wingmaster from the 80's that's just as nice.

No this was a 22 pump I believe.

A few years back, when you could pick up common caliber 760s for $200-$300 regularly, I ran across a five diamond 760 in 257. It wasn’t NIB but it was in good shape. I thought they were crazy asking $700 for it and passed. Bought a nice but not perfect 300Sav a little while later for $200 and thought I did better. Hindsight and all that…

Pump guns aren't big sellers in Nebraska, so I got my current 760 in 257 Bob for $428 otd in 09/20.

160user: That is a COOL RIDE!
Wow.
Enjoy it, if you buy it.
They don't make'em like they used to!
The first 49 years of my life were spent living and Hunting in the dense woods of the Cascade Mountains west slopes - many of my friends Hunted with the Remington 760 Rifles for Blacktailed Deer, Black Bear and Elk.
I just never warmed up to them back then - but I would love to own the one you pictured!
Thanks for sharing.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

damn

Thank you and I had hoped that folks would appreciate seeing it. I have no intentions of buying it myself.

Well, we are both right!
I just flipped through Brophy's book on Marlins and both the Lever action 410 and the Model 47 22 pump "along with some others" were offered for free with a purchase of 4 shares of Marlin Stock.
Enjoy your day,
Ed

I’m thinking $2500 is pretty short on the value of this rifle. I’ve sold a bunch of pumps in the last few weeks and there are some guys out there with deep pockets!!!

Well, that is the price that he wants for it. I seriously doubt he would have any issues with someone buying it as an investment just like he did. I do think it would be fun to put it on GB just to see what the final number would be.

OMG......what a beautiful rifle. I have to admit to owning a Rem 760 .257 Bob into the late 80's. The rifle was in superb condition just missing the rear sight elevator. I was going to scope it anyway. The rifle was also an excellent shooter with Hornady 100 gr and 117 gr bullets. One of the few rifles I so regret letting go.


I will wager if the in the box 760 .257 is listed on Gunbroker the final sales price will exceed $3,000 if not close to $4,000 if not more.

The amount of Hookers and Blow 1 could get...


Amazing gun to say the least

You have my FULL and UNDIVIDED attention now.

I’ll take it!

That’s nice.

The guns were also wrapped in a heavy brown waxed paper.
Not to hijack the post, but I have a little older sibling of this M760, a nib M722 Bob that was born in Jan ‘53.