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Originally Posted by Sillyak
I have recently cut down a bit and went quality over quantity. However, I have rifles such as the one below that are just not worth selling/trading because I don't think I would get my perceived value of it on the open market.

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A 1979 production BDL "Varmint Special" heavy BBL 308 Win. My wife's uncle bought it new for silhouette shooting, had it bedded and floated and the trigger worked on. Most accurate rifle I own by a lot. I worked up a load (178 A MAX, 44 grains Varget) and took it to 600m. Consistently under .6 MOA all the way out.

It's a nice rifle from some of Remington's best years and it shoots very well. On the market it's probably not worth more than any other BDL so even though I have no use for it (I would be better served with a smaller varmint cartridge) I don't think I will let it go because I think it's worth more than it's worth, if that makes any sense.


Your rifle is way cool!

The Varmint Specials I’ve been around were all spectacular shooting rifles.

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Nice. I was just thinking about getting a "varmint" 308 today for shooting deer from a hilltop.

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The scope is a 1977 production Leupold fixed 20x w/target dot and AO.

I'm thinking of making a 110 VMAX load for shooting gophers. Lots of powder and projectile for gophers though. I haven't shot the rifle in 3 years.

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I sold a few about a year ago. I regret doing but it was time. I hope I have a bunch of years left but I certainly don't want to be on my death bed with a safe full of rifles. For me 3 isn't enough but I understand. Congrats on letting go!

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I went though purge several years ago.. Sold all my O/U and S/S shotguns, but my grandfathers Fox.. Only pumps.. Good feeling..


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My Dad and Granddad's handful of irons mean the world to me.
My son and his son(s) is the reason I'll never purge my safe.

Different strokes............

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I had a purge of my own after my heart attack. I currently have 2 centerfires and two rimfires. No shotguns because that was part of the purge. I have to pick up a sub gauge this year. There's rifles on my radar but I don't know if I'll act on them. I will be looking for an H&R Handi Rifle 45-70 because JES is going to rebore it to.50-70 Gov't for me because I want a cheap BPCR.

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