6.5x55 Swedish mauser

[rem870winger]

Hi I have a 1943(i think) Mauser and I have absolutely no idea to the value of it. The firearm is in good condition and shoots great can anybody help me with a value

 

[polaris]

condition is everything, $150- $400 ?
photos would be of great help

 

[buffdog]

Photos are your friend. Do all numbers match, particularly bolt and receiver? Original or cut down? All affect value.

 

[Garand]

If the rifle has a disk on the butt stock, include a legible close-up in your pictures as it tells potential buyers the probable condition of the bore.

 

[kawicrash]

The stock discs are great ideas, but you have to remember that it was marked the last time it was checked by an armourer. Could have been 30,40,50 years ago, who knows what has gone on since.

 

[Garand]

I know very few shooters that would fire enough through their rifles, that the rifling would suffer, given the lack of surplus 6.5x55 and the current cost of factory ammo. Myself, through my 2 M96's I have put just over 2,000 cast lead bullets through mine with no effect on the rifling in the last 2 years. I would have a tendency to believe the disc's.

 

[Tinman204]

I know very few shooters that would fire enough through their rifles, that the rifling would suffer, given the lack of surplus 6.5x55 and the current cost of factory ammo. Myself, through my 2 M96's I have put just over 2,000 cast lead bullets through mine with no effect on the rifling in the last 2 years. I would have a tendency to believe the disc's.

Maybe Buffdog can chime in but IIRC often folks used to swap the stock disks on swedes to make the condition out to be better.

Only takes turning one screw.....

 

[bearhunter]

Maybe Buffdog can chime in but IIRC often folks used to swap the stock disks on swedes to make the condition out to be better.

Only takes turning one screw.....

It usually isn't the stock disc that has been changed out but a rifle put back into military garb with a take off stock that has been picked up for that purpose. I suppose someone might swap out discs though. Any of the take off stocks I have picked up seem to have the discs missing.

Garand, I agree with you about wearing out the rifling in a rifle for the average shooter. I have one that has had at least 3500 jacketed bullets down the bore since I purchased it in 1976. The bore and rifle condition were both at least 95% at the time. Now, the throat is pushed ahead about an inch but it doesn't seem to effect the accuracy at all. I guess that is what familiarity helps. I have noticed a lot of the later rifles that came into the country with worn bores that are much worse than their discs indicate. Who knows where they have been. Corrosive primed military ammo doesn't help either.