Flaig's Custom Mauser Valuation Requested
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Can not help regarding rifle's value, but will comment about the cartridge - 7x61 Sharpe and Hart. Was developed by Phil Sharpe as an "ultimate" hunting cartridge - he based his design around IMR4350 powder and 160 grain bullets. Only ever factory loaded by Norma, I think. After Phil Sharpe had passed away, and Remington had introduced their 7mm Rem Mag, Norma re-engineered the brass - different (better?) brass or heat treat - kept the exterior dimensions exactly the same but made more room for more powder inside by thinner walls and shorter internal cartridge head. Did not actually catch up to the 7mm Rem Mag - about 100 fps short. Most commercial rifles were made by Schultz and Larsen - many with 26" barrels, so real muzzle velocity likely identical with 7mm Reg Mag which usually came with 24" barrels. The original Norma 7x61 brass will be head-stamped 7x61 S&H Re, whereas the newer stuff by Norma is head-stamped 7x61 Improved. Both can be used in same rifle; hand loader needs to know there is about 5 grains capacity difference between the two versions of brass.
I had worked a few years ago with one - original ammo that friend had, turned out to be Norma 160 grain Triclad bullets; last time Norma loaded this round, they used 154 grain bullets. We re-formed a number of R-P 7mm Rem Mag brass into 7x61, and loaded with IMR4350 powder and Hornady 154 Spire point bullets - buddy took a Sask. farmland moose with it that fall with a single round. Apparently, you can tell original Norma factory because they have tiny "NP" embossed on the primers - Norma's reloading primers did not have that - NP on the primer found only on factory ammo, I was told, here.
I received a Schultz and Larsen Model 60 in 7x61 S&H for myself from the EE a couple months ago - still fussing over scope installation, so have not fired it yet. Was able to accumulate some factory ammo and decent supply of Norma brass. Have been stockpiling 154 grain Hornady Spire Point for a couple years, in anticipation.
I had worked a few years ago with one - original ammo that friend had, turned out to be Norma 160 grain Triclad bullets; last time Norma loaded this round, they used 154 grain bullets. We re-formed a number of R-P 7mm Rem Mag brass into 7x61, and loaded with IMR4350 powder and Hornady 154 Spire point bullets - buddy took a Sask. farmland moose with it that fall with a single round. Apparently, you can tell original Norma factory because they have tiny "NP" embossed on the primers - Norma's reloading primers did not have that - NP on the primer found only on factory ammo, I was told, here.
I received a Schultz and Larsen Model 60 in 7x61 S&H for myself from the EE a couple months ago - still fussing over scope installation, so have not fired it yet. Was able to accumulate some factory ammo and decent supply of Norma brass. Have been stockpiling 154 grain Hornady Spire Point for a couple years, in anticipation.
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I think with side safety, engraved trigger guard and mag plate, and whatever composite stock is on it the value is upped a few bucks from a typical tradex Mauser. Just a guess but probably 750-1200 for the rifle.
Personally I have no attraction to the caliber so it has no appeal for me.
Personally I have no attraction to the caliber so it has no appeal for me.
maple_leaf_eh
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A custom rifle is going to be a hard sell. One potential buyer will see some part of the work and disapprove, but might like another aspect. Engraving styles change over the years too.
What is it worth? Pay an auction house $50 for an opinion. They'll know what something similar has sold for, or what it could reasonably bring.
What is it worth? Pay an auction house $50 for an opinion. They'll know what something similar has sold for, or what it could reasonably bring.
A semi custom rifle is had to value but the scope as mentioned is quite high end around $1000 new , the stock looks like an HS Precision stock which is again above the average stock found on a rifle. The rifle itself seems very nice but in an unusual chambering which lessens the pool of interested buyers. I'd sell the scope separate and try to get $650 or so from it and the rifle probably $700-$750. Flaig hasn't made guns for a long time so few have heard of them and therefore aren't looking for them.
I think it's a commercial large ring action, either FN or Zastava, maybe Santa Barbara. Trigger looks to be a Timney
Flaig's, generally, used FN actions for their rifles and/or barreled actions. Back in the sixties and seventies, a lot of guys in our area (Moscow or Lewiston, Idaho) bought Flaigs barreled actions and stocked them (usually with Fajen stocks). This one appears to have been stocked, probably at a later date, with a Brown Precision stock and not a bad job of it. It also appears to have been reblued and that work is not quite as nicely done with the stamping dished out and the engraving obscured. I like the 7x61 but if your not a reloader, the 7mm Rem makes more sense.
