Remington 742 Woodsmaster value

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My in-laws inherited an older Remington 742 in .30-06 Springfield that comes with 2 magazines and an old Weaver K4 scope. Assuming everything is in good condition what would be a fair price? We are looking to sell it locally as it is quite heavy and probably not worth shipping.
 
The 742 aka "jam a matic" was a decent rifle in its day. If it's not too beat up, likely 250 on a good day. If it's rough, 150 and somebody will buy it. Local prices vary, that's just what I've seen them sell for, as opposed to asking price
 
I'd pay $500 max for a really good one that I checked thoroughly from muzzle crown to butt plate and test fired.
Many of the 740s, 742s, model FOURs, 7400s I've checked over are worthless beaters with worn out, loose actions.
 
A 742 was my first deer rifle. I recall several times having to disassemble it in a pickup at -30, springs and bits flying everywhere. The plastic pos action cover or whatever was the bees knees. After tuning the gas block I think I finally got her to around 3" groups off the bench, soon as I got off the bench it was 12"! Got a few deer with it but wasn't a confidence builder...
 
Our 742 in 06 was a decent gun.
Paw stripped it down to nuts, bolts & springs and cleaned it thoroughly once a year even if he only fired a few shots.
My win m100 carbine in 08 got the same treatment.
Neither were bench rest guns and weren't designed to be but never failed to do their thing at the critical moment when our eyes focused the irons or crosshairs as the case might be on that big buck.
Sold them both longer ago than we care to remember.
Our kids weren't into the maintenance required to keep a semi trouble free.
Most hunter/shooters aren't and they blame the guns.
 
My dad has the 1967 Centennial edition Remington 742 in .308....For the longest time it was a single shot rifle because it would jam after the first shot. I'm not exactly sure what he did to fix it, but in the early 2000's he was able to fix it and use it as a normal rifle again. Since then he has taken countless deer without any issues. If it will work like it is meant to, it is a great rifle..Nothing beats the older Remingtons...
 
742 in the longer cartridge length rifles (aka:30-06) had a tendency to be jammers and would disrupt metal in the back end of the receiver. Keep the rifle clean, especially the chamber, as they are prone to holding on to fired cases if not and will rip the back end of a case off. I've worked on quite a few of these.
 
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