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OP..........don't mind SL........

he's from TN.........

You must have searched for racist right wing extremist deplorable by mistake.

That's a tough question to answer without seeing them. My advice would be to look at Gunsamerica and gunsinternational and see what others are asking for guns in similar shape. Armslist has a little bit of a reputation for having scammers on it, so I stay away from it. You can look at Gunbroker too, then list them here. That's the best advice I can give you. Good luck

Not really up on the older Remington's but .222 and .257 are desirable. I would sell the Lyman Super target Spot separately, In good shape they are bringing $750 to $1000.00.

It really depends. As was said Gunbroker and such give you a rough idea of what people think they're worth retail. But it's regional, it's what the buyer thinks it's worth. Ferinstance a nice center fire semiauto might show a good bluebook (or whatever) price but won't sell for anything reasonable around where I am because all semiautos get slandered as jam-o-mmatixs. I know a guy that buys/sells in addition to his other businesses. The guy has proven trustworthy and he knows the local market. His quotes are what he can sell it for locally plus a reasonable profit (doesn't do Internet sales). Find a guy like that. Not easy I know.

Take that 12 gauge and blow those nails off,

Ah you know..sell everything dad own so I can buy a few 8 balls and throw a party.

One generation makes it

The next spends it.

Your characterization of condition does not mean anything as we do not know you.

I'd use some of the funds to take a night school class on the proper use of the return button / paragraph structure.

Pops would be proud.

.220, .221 whatever it takes

By the way, that was supposed to be an I'm just kidding icon. Something about Firefox, Windows 7, and this site makes frames not always render right.

GOD damn man trade that pump gun for an axe to trim them nails

Musta been a full moon.

A few thoughts about selling the rifles:

1) Personally, I would use Gun Broker as the auction venue.
2) Pictures. LOTS of pictures. Good quality pictures.
3) Set the auction up for at least for 10 days duration. Preferably two weeks or one month. Longer time for potential buyers to see the listing before it ends.
4) Set the auction up to end on a Saturday evening or Sunday evening. Higher potential for "last minute" bids, or a potential small bidding war.
5) Do not use a "reserve". Set the minimum bid price at the lowest absolute price that you are willing to accept. Some bidders will not bid on a rifle with an undisclosed reserve price. With the minimum bid price set and no reserve, bidders know that they will win the auction if they are high bidder at the end of the auction.
6) If you are feeling really sporty, start off with a one penny opening bid and no reserve. You will find the true value of the rifle. This has the potential to result in a higher final bid price than #5 by virtue of attracting a larger group of interested bidders while the price is still low.

Regardless which path you take, good luck with your sale !

Come on, man...you know this is WAY too much work! Someone should just come along and offer the OP $3000 each and pay for the packing and shipping.

Your Old Lady needs a pedicure...

As opposed to the flip side of that coin? Yeah, I’ll take it...

As has been suggested by others regarding auctions.....Gunbroker is a great site. I’ve sold hundreds of firearms on Gunbroker and was extremely impressed by the buyers, for the most part they were competent and informed.

I never used a reserve price. I priced the firearm at my bottom dollar and let the market dictate what it sold for. I don’t think I ever sold a firearm for my bottom dollar since they always seemed to get multiple bids, maybe once or twice but it was nothing special. Most times it sold for what I had expected and many times it sold for considerably more than I expected. A dozen or 2 dozen times it sold for substantially more than I expected. I didn’t use the buy it now function unless I was selling new stock.

I ran most auctions for a week, sometimes 5 days. I found that the longer auctions didn’t get the views or the bids that the shorter auctions received. Gun guys usually want immediate satisfaction and don’t like to wait so the shorter auctions saw more action IME. If you had something unusual, rare or hard to find then the longer auctions might increase exposure but for a nice, older hunting/shooting setup like yours I think a 7 day auction is the way to go. In my experience most of the bids from serious buyers were placed in the final hours of the auction, no matter if the auction was for 3 days or 30 days.

I had a fixed price for UPS ground shipping of long guns which I think was $30. Sometimes shipping was less and sometimes it was a little more but by having a fixed shipping cost it took some of the trepidation away from the buyer. Buyers don’t want surprises or hidden costs so being upfront with the fixed shipping price alleviated those worries.

Welcome to the Campfire and good luck on your auctions. 👍

PS.....I would strongly advise you to use Gunbroker NOT Armslist.

+1, good advice from orion and aces.