I went pawn shoping yesterday and found one Model 76 in 30-06, beat to heck and they wanted $300. for it I passed. I found 10 742/7400's all in 30-06 and average price was around $275. I also noticed a lot of the scoped ones had see thru mounts. Some kind of perversion connected with these rifles.
Yeah, you do see a lot of them with see through mounts. I paid about what the price you quoted for a almost as new one. Seems to be the ball park for very good condition ones if you shop around a bit. Local gun shops/Ganders, etc. often have used stuff for what those in the know can buy new for.
