http://www.remington.com/rifle...700-200th-ann-ltd-ed

At 2400$, is this worth collecting?

My general rule... If it's made to be collectable, it seldom will be. There will be many unfired safe queens out there in 10 years. It's the items that are intended to be used that end up being rare in my life time.

My guess is not really. Unless you pick a chambering no one else wants today, then 50 years from now.... it is collectable because not many were made.

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Originally posted by Nate:
My general rule... If it's made to be collectable, it seldom will be. There will be many unfired safe queens out there in 10 years. It's the items that are intended to be used that end up being rare in my life time.

+1

Nice looking rifle anyhow

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Nate: If it's made to be collectable, it seldom will be. There will be many unfired safe queens out there in 10 years.

I can't imagine M700s being particularly collectible under any circumstances.

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Originally posted by fla3006:

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Nate: If it's made to be collectable, it seldom will be. There will be many unfired safe queens out there in 10 years.

I can't imagine M700s being particularly collectible under any circumstances.

^^^^^ This!

If I were them, the run would have been 200 of each caliber, and in a specially marked box.

No way.
Remember Beanie Babies....

Collectables are not made to be collectable - they turn out that way because there is some intrinsic value to the uniqueness of the quality or the item. Putting engraving or just calling it "special" does not make it collectable.

At the end of it, the only real collectable is cash.....

It may not be the same rifle but I saw an ad in the paper today for a 700 adl edition for 550 after the 50.00 mail in rebate. Ad said Remington 700 adl "Special Edition" commemorative 200th edition.

The way I look at the commemoratives from Winchester, Remington, and Marlin is that they are just fancier versions of what they already sell. These things are mass produced and never achieve "collectible" status. Making 2016 units of each model is not much of a "limited" run. But if you like the model and the caliber its offered in and would like to have one with higher grade wood and some nice engraving then it is a bargain.

A factory made 200th 700 for $2400 would be an absolutely terrible investment IMO. I'd bet you can buy one for half that in a few years.

Looks as fugly as a Weatherby rifle

If you could get it at a good price, it would be a hell of start for a rebarrel custom.
Steel bottom metal, great wood, NEG irons. Maybe a 416 rem project...

Never, ever!!!!

I bought my wife one about a month ago. She liked the way it felt when she shouldered it. Waiting on a chance to go shoot it.

The rifle shown is just a very nice Remington Model 700 BDL + rifle. Someone may consider it collectable so therefore it is, but most would not.

I am a Rem 700 fan. However, I would not buy one of these thinking the value will increase a significant amount. I might buy one at a decent price if it had great wood. And it would be a shooter or custom very soon.