Question about Remington 514

[Jim]

I have the option of buying an old, but in VERY good condition, Remington 514. The guy wants $150 for it. Is this a good rifle and is $150 a good price for it?

[EdS]

Jim: That's not a "bad" price for a 514 in really nice shape, but personally I prefer the 510 in single shot or one of the 512 or 511 models if you like tube or magazine feed. I believe the 514 was designed to get the retail price lower. You can find really nice 510 single shots for $125 and up. -Ed

[Larry in MT]

The seller is surely asking retail --- or more. I have a 514, and it's a good shooter but it always was a real entry level gun. As EdS mentioned; the 510 is a better built rifle.

I'm currently trying to deal on a real nice 512 that a gun store has priced @ $195.00 --- which, in my opinion, is too much.

[W.R.Buchanan]

Jim: My Rem 514 was my first real gun. It was $15.00! in 1963. I sold it and then bought it back 10 years later for $15.

I think $150 is a bit stiff for that gun. Really, more like $50 seems like a fair price. I know I would NOT pay over $50 for one, no matter what condition.

However I already have one so this doesn't affect me.

If I was going to spend that kind of money on a single shot .22 I think it would be on a TC break action gun. The kids style Encore is $199.00 MSRP, and it would make a great coon gun. I just saw one the other day, and if it had been the "camo version" instead of the "fuschia version" I would have bought it.

Street price was $149.95. 5 times the gun a 514 is.

Randy

[looseprojectile]

or, for that matter even the old Mossberg guns are far superior in quality to the new guns being sold now except the premium priced ones.

I try to buy the old Remingtons for around a hundred or less according to condition. Prices on old guns are increasing along with the new ones.

I do like the double locking lugs of the Remingtons, and the triggers.

I just traded a 512 Sportmaster for a Savage NRA 19. It is a sickness.


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