Mauer Model 98
My buddy has a mauser brought back by his uncle who removed the stock and put it in his duffle bag. It has a sporter stock, the bolt has been turned down and it has been drilled and tapped for a scope. The markings are original w/matching serial numbers. The rear sight has been damaged. He has been offered $1200. cash should he take the money or is there a possiblity that it could be worth more. I do not have the rifle to take pictures but could arrange to do so if warrented.
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Being sporterized, by who knows who, it is a parts gun now. I would say take the money and run, but some of those actions are big bucks...but those are usually commercial Mauser's. It all deends on who made the action, as that is about the only thing worth any $$. Pictures would help. Especially of all the proof marks, and markings.
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Even a scarce action with bent bolt and scope base holes does not seem like a very valuable proposition, not to mention a sporter stock and bashed sight.
$1200 is way beyond generous.
I would be surprised if it were a true offer.0 -
IMHO the rifle is not worth any where NEAR $1200.00 Take the money . I also suspect the offer is BOGUS. 0 -
The only way that rifle is worth $1200.00 is if it is stamped PROPERTY OF DER FUEHRER.
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You say it has a sporter stock, was that the way it came from Germany? If so then I would need to see some pictures.
There are all manner of sporting stocks that run the gambit from just plain junk to works of art.0 -
By all means get pics and post them. What he has may be a sporterized milsurp, OR it may be an Oberndorf Sporter. Both were built using M98 actions. Make a positive identification of the rifle Before accepting any offers on it. 0 -
I pretty much agree with most of the posters above. Unless this thing looks like a work of art, and I think you might have mentioned that to begin with, but you didn't. It certainly isn't worth $1200 to the buying/collecting public.
Now, for someone that may have the ability to restore it to it's original state, and not have someone else know they did it, is why they could afford $1200 for this. If it was a collectible action. In the condition you give it is certainly NOT worth $1200 to you. If you want to hang on to it for sentimental reasons, it still isn't worth $1200, so don't sell it.
This also may be one of those "wish in had..." kind of offers. It sounds good until they've got to produce the money.
Anyhow, good luck with this, and if you get a chance, post some pics. Start a new thread if this one gets locked. They all get locked after ten replies, so don't take it as the moderators don't want you back posting pics. They do.
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I probably would take the cash, however, it's best to investigate first. People rarely offer that kind of money unless they know something about the gun's true value. I personally know of an inherited German WWII bring back that was quickly sold for $1,000 cash by the grandson of the deceased owner; It was resold 2 years later for $3,500 by the new owner. In this case the rifle was a fairly rare G43 8mm Semi-auto 8mm. The lesson is to know what you have before either buying or selling. Please post some good pictures and the forum members here will help determine what your friend has and its value. 0 -
I'll leave it to the experts who can do this without pictures.
It could look like this ;-).
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The odds Of a drilled and tapped Mauser with an altered bolt and a damaged sight being worth $1200. are not all that good. Post photos and let's see who is right. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but everyone who comes across an old Mauser seems to think he's hit upon rare treasure.
There were millions of plain jane Mausers made and only a few super rare Mausers worth the really, really, beyond your wildest dreams big bucks.0
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