a Remington 700 and it is synthetic with a drop mag and
a stainless barrel nor an expensive gun.
Your joking right?
It sure isn't a Savage axis, Ruger American, Remington 783 or 770.
That gun shop you took it to would give you $325. for it and turn around and sell it for well over 400 with a scope.
At a local gun shop and with a Bushnell scope $499.00
http://shop.williamsgunsight.com/mor...ucts.aspx&ai=M
To remove the rust I would have tried a simple eraser used to erase pencil mistakes. Many time if the rust isn't real bad that would do the trick.
Al