...........and immediately thought that the seller was, ah, FISHING for some big ones...
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/929465770 
Yes, but remember back when we had back tags, the black silhouette rifle was a Remington m742. They still work for the once a year shooter though bolt actions have replaced the semi-autos in most places. The hunting population has gotten older and darn few of us are driving green swamps for each other any more and the deer and the hunters are both moving slower.
$850 is a bit of a stretch, but the market for 742's has gotten really strong over the last year....I haven't seen one under $550 locally in quite some time.
Well ya know guys, ya can't hit a home run if ya walk up to the plate and try to bunt. LOL
They have gone up since big green went belly up.
Some dumb ass will buy it. Lol
Doesn’t seem unreasonable. A quick search of completed auctions show many 742’s selling above $800. I don’t want one but obviously some folks do. Like guy57 says, why not try for the best price?
Thats what it looks like.
Is that the jam-o-matic model?
In the world of Left Hand Friendly Remington's, that is not an unreasonable price since Big Green went belly up. Not my cup-o-tea. However, would not be surprised to see it sell first time around...
The Rem 742's were notorious for the rotating bolt chewing up the inner receiver rails and being inaccurate. I wouldn't pay $85 no less $850 for a jamomatic 742.
From what I've seen over the past couple years, that's not unreasonable, but is on the high side of reasonable. IMO $650-850 is about where the market is, and its probably going up for a variety of reasons..
Saw one at a small gun show, locally, it was 7MM express (so 70's model?) had a scope, was priced $2300.00
I sold one easily as nice as that one with a 3 x 9 scope that had less than 40 rounds through it for $550 in January. There is a nice one at a local pawn shop for I think $600.
Jeez Redneck your favorite rifle were you all over that like stink on sh*t? Lol mb
Show me a nice example of any steel and wood rifle that doesnt seem crazy expensive.
700 Mountain Rifles at $12-1300. When I look to see how they are setup, just a bare rifle!
The chitt ADL guns sold 3 years ago, $500.
The T3s Grice's clearanced for $350, now $500+.
Hell, I don't know what a gun is worth anymore.