How much is this gun worth. It's clean, but not original with a refinished stock and recoil pad. thanks capt david

First off you have to like Remingtons for hunting. That aside the stocks on those old guns never fit me as the combs were too low for a scope. However people vary so just make sure that the LOP and comb are ok for you. Otherwise I like pads on old rifles as the price is less and with calibers like that one you want one anyway.

I suppose one might go for $450 but a dealer might ask more and in particular on an auction.

I just can't get too excited about that gun what with the old extractors, safeties, triggers, bolt handles and other stuff I mentioned.

Wait for an old M70 to come along. That would be worth twice the Remington anyday.

This one looks ok with one picture. It's not too bad at $13xx if the LOP is good for you. Offer him $1350. It's less than a used truck and it will last for three generations.

http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976578263.htm

Savage is probably about right on the price book value shows $320 for a 90% gun and $450 for a 98% gun.
If you like the Remingtons...a friend of mine has a classic he might part with in 300HH.

Thanks, but I believe the classic has a 22" barrel, I believe and the 721 has a 26" one. capt david

I thought the classics were 24" though I could be wrong.

Telly

Those old guns in "excellent 98%" condition in that caliber are bringing $600, so yours is refinished and recoil pad added, so about $450 to $500 should be fair....

I see some 85% pre 64 Winchesters in 300 H&H from time to time for about $800.00 and a few mint guns in same caliber for $1000 to $1500.

Always shop around...

I HAVE A 721 IN 300H&H.THE BIG PROBLEM WITH THESE IS THE EXTRACTOR.MINE GAVE OUT AFTER 40 ROUNDS.I WAS ABLE TO GET A NEW ONE BACK THEN.NOW,THEY ARE ALMOST NON EXISTANT.KEEP THAT IN MINED IF YOU DECIDE TO BUY IT.

Rayo, please tell me what happened to the extractor. I am about to come into possession of a 721 in '06 (don't have an '06 at present, need to remedy that and this one is at a very reasonable price...), but don't need to end up with a firearm that is unusable because of a broken extractor.
And I remember Jim Carmichel saying years ago that the 721 was a better action than the 700. (I think he wrote it in "The Book of the Rifle".)

I HAVE 2 722'S AND 2 721'S.THE EXTRACTORS ON THESE RIFLES ARE SIMILAR TO THE 700'S,BUT NOT THE SAME AND NOT INTERCHANGEABLE.THEY ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND IF YOU NEED ONE.ONE GUN IS ON IT'S THIRD BARREL WITH OVER 10,000 ROUNDS DOWN RANGE.IT STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL EXTRACTOR.THE 300H&H GAVE OUT AT ABOUT 40 ROUNDS.YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS ISSUE INTO CONSIDERATION IF IF YOU PLAN ON BUYING THE GUN.THE EXTRACTOR ITSELF IS A THIN C-RING THAT HAS A LIP PRESSED INTO ITS INSIDE CURVE.THIS LIP IS WHAT EXTRACTS THE CARTRAGE CASE.THE LIP ON MY GUN IS WHAT BROKE.

I bought my Remington 721 for $265 several years ago and like Savage 99 says the stock was terrible.....so low that one had to raise his head off the stock to see thru an even low mounted scope.

I restocked it and now it's among my most favorite guns for big game. I've not had the extractor trouble discussed by others and the accuracy of 125 ballistic tips is fabulous.

This gun also shoots 200 grain A-Frames to about an inch and that makes one helluva big game load at 2,900'/sec.

IMO if you buy it you need to restock it to use a scope and I really can't imagine this caliber without a good scope.