Remington 40x/6mm Question

[Mike588]

BEFORE I post to the Marketplace thread I am seeking information.......I inherited a couple of Bench Rifles - 6mm with 40x actions. I am an AR and 1911 shooter and am ignorant of what goes on in the bench-rest world....

My questions......

1. Is there still a marketplace for these weapons? - I've been told that the 40x is "out of style".

2. If there is a marketplace, aside from the forum on this site, where is the best place to market?

As a side note - is the 40x receiver designed as a single shot receiver OR is it made a single shot in benchrest guns by using a plate to fill what would be access to an internal magazine?

 

[243winxb]

1. The 40x is still sold.

2. Gunbroker.com

3. Single shot actions come from the factoy , as well as repeaters.

More photos of 40xb br benchrest rifles http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/remington-40-xb-h2.3998842/

1970 guns.

 

[Nick Caprinolo]

Google this and you will find that it is selling for over $1,000.00 Seems to me it will only appreciate in value the longer you have it.

 

[Mike588]

Thanks for the information

 

[Mike588]

1. The 40x is still sold.

2. Gunbroker.com

3. Single shot actions come from the factoy , as well as repeaters.

More photos of 40xb br benchrest rifles http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/remington-40-xb-h2.3998842/

1970 guns. View attachment 1188663

Thank You.

 

[Mike588]

Google this and you will find that it is selling for over $1,000.00 Seems to me it will only appreciate in value the longer you have it.

Thank You.

 

[davidjoe]

Over the 25 years I’ve shopped these, a rough but unaltered 40-X has begun at about the contemporary retail price of a new stainless Sendero, which steadily rises. They go up from there.

To me, the original barrel is important. Older models are easily just as desirable but the wood stock could let the bottom half of the action rust, something to check. Long enough ago, the right raceway/bolt lug wasn’t grooved. And for single shots there wasn’t upward pressure so binding was not happening anyway.

Old 40-X triggers installed as shipped are also choice. Old bolt knobs are checkered more nicely. For a short period the action was marked with some sort of black printed lettering and to me, those are the 911’s that used the Boxster’s headlights in the early 2000’s.

No, they aren’t in style, true for at least the past 25 years and the custom action makers and gunsmiths of this era generally view these as overpriced at $3,000 plus from the Custom Shop.

 

[epc308]

I had a call from a friend to come look at 2 different 40x rifles at the KCKS Cabelas about 10ish years ago. One was 22/250 and looked like it was rode hard and had a sewer pipe for a barrel. The other was an excellent 222mag, almost $100 cheaper, and in far better condition.
Someone must have been asleep when they priced them, as I walked out the door with it for under $500.
The trigger was sticky and erratic and the whole thing needed a good scrubbing. A few hours later and the trigger worked consistently at about 1#, the rifle looks amazing, and it shoots like a ray gun.
I would have to say keep it, learn it, and shoot it. It may just stack bullets into little tiny groups, and that's never a bad thing.

 

[rkittine]

My Custom Shop 40X in 6mmBR Norma (build at Dakota Arms where the Remington Custom Shop was moved) was built on a trued 40X single Shot action, though a repeater was available. The barrel is a Krieger S/S 29" Heavy Contour Barrel with a Chamber based on the reamer I specified. 1:8 twist and a jewel trigger.

The MSRP was $2,995. I was a past direct Remington Dealer so I was given more than 40% off or I would not have ordered it. I was say that today with 300 rounds down the tube, it is probably worth $1,600 or so.

Bob