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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!,
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That’s a beauty! What’s it worth these days $2,500? I don't know but that would be my guess. 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. 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.
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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!
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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.....
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Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. - Plato
Deuteronomy 22:5
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If he bought it for an investment, this may be one of the best times to actual sell it.
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All it needs is the stock cut, a pad added and drill and tap the side for a side mount scope. 
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OH MY! I'd be happy with one like that! It wouldn't stay NIB very long.
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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!
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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? 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 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. 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!
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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.
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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!!
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That’s a beauty! What’s it worth these days $2,500? I don't know but that would be my guess. 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.
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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.
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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!! No this was a 22 pump I believe.
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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..... 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…
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Pump guns aren't big sellers in Nebraska, so I got my current 760 in 257 Bob for $428 otd in 09/20.
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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
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