Ruger #3 223 value?

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dfletcher

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ndcowboy said:
Thanks for the reply. I was pretty surprised it was so quiet in here on #3s.

Kind of goes in cycles around here. I have some No1s and they sometimes give me fits. My No3 on its best day doesn't outshoot them on their best day, but it always shoots well.
 

Gonfishn

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Depending on your Nikon model, 3x9-40 on sale goes for about $140, since you've got the mounts that's a bonus as they're real hard to come by. Depending on the wood and overall percentage, I'd place it around $750 (+) as that's what they're going for on the various sites, when you can find one. I'd say you got a deal on that one.
 

mohavesam

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No. 3's seem to be becoming recognized as an expert's gun, a sort of specialized walking hunter that only a confident, experienced hunter carries into the field. In these days of cheap plastic spray-n-pray guns, a single-well-placed bullet has fallen from the front page for the majority of hunters.

If I were king at Ruger I'd have two limited-small run production No. 3 guns every year, in effective calibers, maybe in stainless, but never plastic...

I'd start with a 35 caliber (348 Winchester) and explore 7mm-08, the WSMs, and of course, the 480 Bill Ruger chambering.

Local seller has an EXC-condition 223 tagged at $499, which I would grab if I didn't have a perfect example already.
 

Rusty W

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A couple years ago I purchased an Immaculate #3 in .223 from a forum member here in the classifieds. I paid $700 for the gun and am happy to have even found one for sale. I thought I was going to get to enjoy it along w/my #1 in 45/70 but the "boss" took it over cause she fell in love w/it after I got it sighted in. I still get to enjoy it but have to ask "permission" to shoot it now. I only have a couple of pictures of it that I took while experimenting w/some 70gr swaged bullets formed from 22 jackets.

 
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