Remington 725

Guns Magazine, Sept, 2008 by Jeff John

Q: I have a Model 725 Remington in .280 Remington and I can't find any information about this model. Were they a limited production model? What is the difference from the 700 and 721? Does this rifle have a special value?

Hal Thoreson

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A: According to Roy Marcot's The History of Remington Firearms, your Model 725 was a more deluxe version of the Model 721 and meant to compete directly with Winchester's Model 70. It was introduced in 1958 and chambered initially for the .270, .280 and .30-06. Other chamberings were added later. The 725 was only made until 1961 and was discontinued with only 16,635 rifles produced. According to The 28th Edition of the Blue Book of Gun Values by S.P. Fjestad, your .280 is the most valuable of the standard chamberings and such a model with 98 percent of its original finish remaining would be valued at $700.

The introduction on the very successful Model 700 in 1962 no doubt was the root cause of its early demise.