Hi, I bought a Remington 700 from someone I knew. He claimed it was worth $1000 and I paid him $500 for it but after I looked it up I see the gun is $600 online and the Timney trigger he put in it looks like a model 510 worth about $136. The gun is a 26" and from the stock I am assuming it is a SPS Varmint. So the price doesn't add up and it's kind of beat up, the trigger guard is made of metal and it has a good chunk taken out of it, it would take a ton of force to do this damage. I also had to reseat the mag door spring, it fell off somehow.
The worse part is the bolt, I'm used to glocks and AR's but this bolt has unusual wear marks on it. The guy claimed and showed me a picture and he said he put a bullet on top of a bullet at 314 yards. I'm worried that whatever made the wear marks on this bolt did internal damage to the action. I don't know anything about rifles so can someone tell me if this is serious damage?
The worse part is the bolt, I'm used to glocks and AR's but this bolt has unusual wear marks on it. The guy claimed and showed me a picture and he said he put a bullet on top of a bullet at 314 yards. I'm worried that whatever made the wear marks on this bolt did internal damage to the action. I don't know anything about rifles so can someone tell me if this is serious damage?