Aaron
posted this
19 February 2023
The $800 listing sounds about right assuming condition albeit a tad high. Very limited market however. I would purchase at $350 and retail for $599 at local store. Higher if advertising online. This rifle/caliber is just not a seller right now. If you have not done so yet, I suggest writing an agent on the gun sale sites to keep watch for the caliber.
A valid value is nebulous. It's worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it at that moment.
https://www.gunsamerica.com/915939684/Ruger_All_Weather_Model_77_22_Varmint.htm
Addendum: Years ago we sold Mosin Nagant rifles out of wooden cases for $99 each. If you bought two of them, we tossed in a spam can of ammo. Those rifles were in fantastic condition. After the Mosin craze died down some, the pickings got slimmer and slimmer as the prices crept ever upward. Eventually we were selling corroded rifles for $299.
Then, a few years later, some corporate buyer purchased several hundred rifles found, apparently, at the bottom of a toxic waste pit. We were TOLD to sell that absolute JUNK for $499 each at Cab... Believe it or not, they sold. Mostly to kids. Shortly after that fiasco and embarrassing stretch, I left that company for another industry job. Thank God!
Point is, if the demand is there, junk will sell for high prices due to perceived value. I would never purchase a Mosin for that much because it isn't worth that much to me. But I am thinking of a Cimarron Lonesome Dove Walker which another person will scoff at.
Good luck with your hunt! Do you still speak with the person who bought your rifle? Do they want to sell it back to you?
With rifle in hand, I confidently go forth into the darkness.
