Guess 3 lefties thought it precious enough.

 

Guess 3 lefties thought it precious enough.

As a card carrying lefty, I am always on the look out for a great rifle at a decent price. This is not that. I would offer up to $150 for that rifle but that's just me. I see this as another example of irrational exuberance.

 

"# of bids 40"

Yep, some people must have got caught up in a bidding war.

 

"# of bids 40"

Yep, some people must have got caught up in a bidding war.

I have seen this before many times on GB. I can only assume the seller has a couple of friends bidding against each other to artificially drive up the price. I try to believe nobody is stupid enough to bid that high for such an ordinary plinker.

But then again:

"No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby."

H L Mencken quotes

 

i have two left hand 581,s and while 900 is over the moon, i have a left hand friend who is a remington man like myself and has offered me 300 for one of them. i am also a left hander and have six left hand bolt action rifles, i had seven but i just sold a win model 70 left hand ss .270 to another left hand friend. eastbank.

 

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i have two left hand 581,s and while 900 is over the moon, i have a left hand friend who is a remington man like myself and has offered me 300 for one of them. i am also a left hander and have six left hand bolt action rifles, i had seven but i just sold a win model 70 left hand ss .270 to another left hand friend. eastbank.

While $300 seems high to me, I do not know your local market. A few years ago, I bought a Remington Model 37 for $700 in a local private sale. I also bought a Savage Model 19 NRA and a Remington 550-1 at a local shop for $100 each. None of those rifle needed any repairs. One of my sons and one of my grandsons now have the Savage and the 550-1. About a year ago, I sold the Model 37 for $700.

A little over a year ago, I bought a left handed Martini International MK II, with a set of original left handed PH sights for less than $900. I have seven different left handed rifles in my gun safe right now. None of them came at a premium price for being left handed. I even bought a left handed Anschutz MPR for less than that. I do confess, I paid $1400 for an Anschutz 54:18 MS but later I sold it at my cost.

 

Someone had more money than sense.

 

And the sad part is, they are only "half" left hand!

DM

 

The Remington mini-788 series 22s are very cool, but not not that cool.

How are they mini 788's??

788's have rear locking lugs, the RF's have front locking lugs... That pretty much takes them out of the 788 camp in my book, as it's the most important part of the bolt action system...

DM

 

You are right, I was having a brain fart... Thanks for the picts...

Maybe I should take mine out and clean them more! lol

DM

 

geez, thanks a lot guys....now I want one.

 

AT $900? I have one, not sure I'd part with it for a mere 900 tho.

 

I know this is old post but I had to laugh a little I just bought one on gun broker for $450.00... and this gun shoots ragged holes at 25 yards... I guess it depends on how much money you have and how bad you want one...

 

I am a right hand shooter. I enjoy working the bolt of my 581L with my left hand from the bench. Never have to change my grip or take my eye away from the scope. It is a shooter like all the 580 series rifles I have owned.

 

If more right-handed benchrest shooter would pressure the gunmakers for more left-handed bolt rifles, maybe us lefties would finally get a break and have more products to choose from. Nope! Dream on!