Rem M700 M24

remington jim said:
Remington M24 - Unfired
Rifle, manual, case.
5500$ FIRM

How does one of these command these PRICE or :confused: Can have BUILT a BETTER More Accurate rifle for LESS $$ - so Just wondering ? :p RJ
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I'll forego my usual snarkiness for this one...

To answer the question- actual "M24" models were built by Remington's Defense division as opposed to the plain ol' Remington Arms Co., so the quality control on them was substantially higher than a rack-grade M700, and they generally shoot very well.

Now, do they shoot $5000+ well? Not a chance, and that's not why they cost that much....

Not many M24's were released for the commercial market; the majority were sold to the US government, as the M24 and its variants have been the US Army's official-issue sniper rifles since the 60's. Due to the limited number of "real-deal" M24's on the civvie side, the price point is very high due to collector demand and rarity. It's easy to build a 95% M24 clone with off-the-shelf parts and a heavy barreled M700, but the factory-built M24's are a holy grail gun among US Army geeks and hardcore Remington collectors.

So is it worth $5500? It will be to whoever buys it at that price.
 
Not many M24's were released for the commercial market; the majority were sold to the US government, as the M24 and its variants have been the US Army's official-issue sniper rifles since the 60's. Due to the limited number of "real-deal" M24's on the civvie side, the price point is very high due to collector demand and rarity. It's easy to build a 95% M24 clone with off-the-shelf parts and a heavy barreled M700, but the factory-built M24's are a holy grail gun among US Army geeks and hardcore Remington collectors.

Well there's the explanation i needed ! About HOW many were released and what year - years would have this happened ? USA only ? RJ
 
That price is a collectors price... not a shooters price...

You can build a more accurate rifle for less.
 
remington jim said:
Well there's the explanation i needed ! About HOW many were released and what year - years would have this happened ? USA only ? RJ
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Not sure how many were released in the USA, but few enough that they're very desirable. The data I've found suggests there was a run of 500 part #86715 complete M24's with the correct scope and iron sight bases released in the USA around 2015. There have also been a few releases of surplus M24's in the USA over the years, so I can't speak as to those numbers...

As far as Canada goes though, if I recall correctly the Gravel Agency brought in a special run of part #25732 factory M24's back in 2017/18, which was limited to ten rifles. These were bare rifles with nothing on them but sling swivels.

I know the whereabouts of at least one more #25732 in addition to the one on the EE, assuming that it's not the same rifle just with a new owner.
 
remington jim said:
Not many M24's were released for the commercial market; the majority were sold to the US government, as the M24 and its variants have been the US Army's official-issue sniper rifles since the 60's. Due to the limited number of "real-deal" M24's on the civvie side, the price point is very high due to collector demand and rarity. It's easy to build a 95% M24 clone with off-the-shelf parts and a heavy barreled M700, but the factory-built M24's are a holy grail gun among US Army geeks and hardcore Remington collectors.

Well there's the explanation i needed ! About HOW many were released and what year - years would have this happened ? USA only ? RJ
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Actually not 1 single one of these rifles is a real M24.

Remington took M24 take off barrels and stocks and assembled them onto new actions for sale as M24 clones.

Just like McMillan sold M40 "take off" stocks to clone builders and collectors.
 
I have four 1980’s vintage Remington 40 XB Repeater’s
2 in 7.62
2 in 556
Winchester steel trigger guards
MacMilan stocks
Put together in the same time period
40XB’s were the go to gun at the time as a basis for a build
 
can14 said:
I have four 1980’s vintage Remington 40 XB Repeater’s
2 in 7.62
2 in 556
Winchester steel trigger guards
MacMilan stocks
Put together in the same time period
40XB’s were the go to gun at the time as a basis for a build
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Sounds more like a M40 than an M24
 
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