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I recently acquired a Remington 700 CDL Limited Edition in 35 Whelen. The gun is currently in mint condition and it unfired. I was just curious how much of a loss I'd take on the value if I ended up shooting it. Would you keep it in the safe as a safe queen and let it's value stay (or perhaps increase) or would you get out and shoot the thing?
 
Mint condition and unfired will be nearly the same on that rifle imo. If its going to show its use, maybe put it in another stock before you crawl through the woods with it
 
Im with slamfire on this, every rifle i buy gets used. Unless its a super rare collectible rifle i cant see the value changing too much.
 
photog_shooter said:
I recently acquired a Remington 700 CDL Limited Edition in 35 Whelen. The gun is currently in mint condition and it unfired. I was just curious how much of a loss I'd take on the value if I ended up shooting it. Would you keep it in the safe as a safe queen and let it's value stay (or perhaps increase) or would you get out and shoot the thing?
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I have the same rifle and bought it to use it.





I ditched the wood stock for a B&C, and debated swapping the the floor plate because of the “Limited Labeling” (keep it mint), but didn’t bother. 2 weeks after it arrived I harvested a Bear with it.

IMO a rifle like this will unlikely see a drastic drop in value with some wear on it. I routinely see the various chambering limited CDL SF models, or Classic series vary much in price new or lightly used.


It’s a rifle, it was made to be fired........ and this is coming from a guy that constantly over analyzes everything. :)
 
Shoot it but keep track of how many rounds you fire.
Personally I keep away from ads that state that "gun was never fired".

Cheers,
 
I think it's stupid to buy and save a rifle for someone else to enjoy. Down the road, you'll sell for not much ,if any,gain and maybe even a loss. In the end you'll have gotten no use or enjoyment and the new owner will have a very well preserved rifle to use. Limited edition doesn't always equate to collector value or low production numbers.
 
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It is not an expensive rifle, the difference in price on resale between "fired-mint" and "unfired" on that rifle is $100-$200 to a collector, for a shooter there is no loss of value. Go ahead and shoot it.
 
photog_shooter said:
I recently acquired a Remington 700 CDL Limited Edition in 35 Whelen. The gun is currently in mint condition and it unfired. I was just curious how much of a loss I'd take on the value if I ended up shooting it. Would you keep it in the safe as a safe queen and let it's value stay (or perhaps increase) or would you get out and shoot the thing?
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This past autumn I hunted and killed a bull elk with a $7,700 firearm. Shoot it, life is to short!
 
Pretty sure every rifle is factory fired for QA purposes.

I take it you bought it second hand from a previous owner. Anyone who owns that gun next will be the 3rd owner. No third owner of a gun seriously believes any claim made the seller of a used gun.

If you are interested in resale value, sell the gun as soon as possible to someone who wants to use it. It really doesn't have any collector value per se.

If you bought the gun to use it, then use it.

NO one pays a premium for a used gun based on the unsubstantiated claim of a secondary owner as to the round count.
 
photog_shooter said:
I recently acquired a Remington 700 CDL Limited Edition in 35 Whelen. The gun is currently in mint condition and it unfired. I was just curious how much of a loss I'd take on the value if I ended up shooting it. Would you keep it in the safe as a safe queen and let it's value stay (or perhaps increase) or would you get out and shoot the thing?
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Like others have said its NOT a RARE collectable Rem Rifle -it is a Nice one so GO hunting with it ! My son Hunts and shoots moose-elk and bears with His ! jmo RJ
 
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