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Mauser Experts, A Question If You Please

David Nunn
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=388850062

As stated in the description, this is not my rifle. I know little about it, and there seem to be very few for sale anywhere. I have found a sold one that went for less than the asking on this one, but it was not nearly as nice.

Anyone have any facts about this variation? Something I should have put in the description?

Thanks.
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  • gary wray
    Nunn.......Man, what a nice rifle!![:)] If I wasn't in the "Sell" moment I would be a all over this collector rifle as I don't have one (have the forerunner of it...the 1904)! Actually it is referred to a Portuguese 937 and I have seen it in two forms over the years....seldom like this one in such good condition but rather the "other" kind....the beatup jobs that were used by the German Army and beat to death, usually. This one might have actually came from Portugal, but who knows. No one really knows how many were produced but the numbers have to be small compared to total 98k production...heck, in some Mauser books (like Lud's for instance) they are hardly mentioned. Someone is going to get a nice rare rifle and I think your starting price is about where it should be. I wish Lud was around so we could ask him!!! Good luck with the auction!
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  • mark christian
    I am not a Mauser expert but it appears to be a Model 937 Short Rifle, which is basically a copy of the Kar 98k with a few changes. There were two variations of the 937 based on an adjustable front sight and the location of the sling swivels.
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  • chiefr
    David, I answered your question in the general forum before I checked ATE. I have no idea what it is worth or how many made.
    Mr. Christian nailed it.
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  • p3skyking
    You don't have to add anything unless something is broken. You got the name right and have lots of photos. Collectors know what it is. Personally I think the starting price is too high, but to each his own.

    You might want to ask the owner if he has a 98k bayo with a four digit number on the hilt next to the release button along with the standard Waffenamts. These rifles were sold with a bayonet and it adds a bit if it's a matching rig.
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  • charliemeyer007
    I thought the starting price was little high but the market will sort that out soon enough..
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  • sandwarrior
    This is one of those "get the popcorn and see" auctions. I keep saying some rifles are too high then I watch something go for $500-$1k higher than I though it was going to. Then the one I thought should go higher got two bids and WAAAYYY undersold.

    But, originals are going up in price no matter how much we wish they wouldn't.
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