Remmington mod 721
I ran across a remmington mod 721 in 270 cal. Its in very nice condition and shoots very tight groups at 100 yds. The owner had it at my rifle range and wants to sell it. I dont know anything about the mod 721 and need a little help with its basic value so I know something before I leap. Can anybody give me information on this? Thanks
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I bought one last year in 30-06 that appears all original, good blue and very few dings in the wood. I paid $300 and felt it was worth closer to $400. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by fatbobcat
I ran across a remmington mod 721 in 270 cal. Its in very nice condition and shoots very tight groups at 100 yds. The owner had it at my rifle range and wants to sell it. I dont know anything about the mod 721 and need a little help with its basic value so I know something before I leap. Can anybody give me information on this? Thanks
If nice condition means it also has all its parts to include front and rear sights and no extra holes drilled I'd split the difference between $300.00 and $400.00. It's basically the predecessor of the long action 700 with a stamped floorplate. Whatever a 270 700 can do the 721 can do as well.
The rifle is at least 50 years old, make certain you check the rifling - at the muzzle and throat too.0 -
Thanks to both of the replys. I needed that info 0 -
I bought one in .270 on the auction side, here, about a year ago. I paid around 350 for it. I bought one at a gun show a couple of years ago in .30/06 for 250. The '06 had a really rough stock.
The 721 was brought out in 1950 and was made to compete price-wise with the model 70 Winchester. According to my 1950 Stoeger catalog, the 721 sold for $79.95 while the model 70 had a price tag of $109.50. While it doesn't sound like much now, that $29.55 was a lot of money in those days.
The 721 is the fore-runner for the 700 and is basically a no-frills 700. While it has a sheet metal guard/non removeable floor plate, and a plain stock, all the important features of the 700 are there. And if the three I have are any indication, they shoot very well.0 -
Very solid rifle. What you see is pretty much an inexpensive solution to compete with the Winchester Model 70. It replaced the Rem Mod 30 (which was pretty much a "civilianized' U.S. Model of 1917. Which were mass produced by Remington in WWI. That rifle was expensive to make. And, so the basic idea was keep all the other trimmings and high cost processes off the rifle. These started being made, along with their short action counterpart, the 722, (721 was long action only) in 1948.
Mostly I say check for rust and abuse. Most of these and other hunting rifles rarely got the barrels shot out of them. That would be true of a competition rifle. But I find that most hunters rarely put over five boxes of ammo through one rifle in a year. In the .270, you won't burn out barrels anytime soon. How people clean guns (or don't) is probably worse than what they shoot through them.
On the auction side they've mostly been running in the $250-$400 range depending on how good the pics are and a good description along with whoever needs a 721 that day.
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There started to be a 'collectors' interest in these rifles a few years ago. That fell flat along about the time the economy did too. There are plenty of them around and so I wouldn't get into a bidding war over one. But they are worth having as an inexpensive shooter.0 -
the 721 was introduced in 1050 and was discontinued in 1962 when the model 700 (basically a 721 with several cosmetic changes to improve its appearance) was introduced.
My first rifle was a 721 in 30-06 and it accounted for several deer.
The only things I didn't like were the lack of a hinged floor plate and the fact that the bolt could not be operated with the safety engaged. This necessitated moving the safety to the fire position and operating the bolt 5 times to unload the rifle, not the safest configuration for this procedure.
I still miss that old rifle though.0 -
i must have a very rare 721 as the barrel date is TT, 1948. eastbank. 0
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