Blood Stain on Military Rifle Help

[pcvando]

Hello, I have a German Rifle that was used in WW1 & WW2+
I noticed that it had brownish red stain flowing along the hand guard, until it rested as a pool of dried blood in a dent in the stock. There are what appear to be some other areas that look like they have blood too.

At first I was skeptical it was blood, until my neighbor tested the stain with his OBTI test kit. The test took about 5 minutes, and it revealed something intriguing. Its not only blood, its human blood.

I thought to myself that I could have been a hunters blood or the previous owners blood after he cut himself, but its much older than that.

My question is; Should I remove the stain and blood pool, or should I leave it as "historic value"?
My neighbor said it was cool. Do people like buying a bloody gun? Is there some hidden niche of collectors I don't know about?

Thanks

 

[Obfuscator]

That's pretty cool. I wouldn't clean it, personally.

 

[Trinimon]

I wouldn't clean it off. You never know what cool stories could come from further investigation into the origins of the rifle. I've seen CSI... lol

 

[hoochie]

send a sample for DNA testing. see where it goes.

 

[pcvando]

CSI is cool... but I just hope the rifle wasn't used in some unsolved crime haha

 

[pcvando]

send a sample for DNA testing. see where it goes.

Do you know of any DNA testers here in Canada?

 

[doublelung]

I would send it for DNA... Could be a really cool story behind it..

 

[Canadian_Zuk]

I wouldn't clean it off

 

[Rust]

A part of its history. Very interesting. If the weight of what that particular rifle may have been involved in is too much to be comfortable with, you could trade it to someone for a different Mauser.

 

[Brutus]

Do you know of any DNA testers here in Canada?

To what end? Who's other blood sample do you have in mind for camparison?

I guess you have money to burn for this expensive test.

 

[pcvando]

A part of its history. Very interesting. If the weight of what that particular rifle may have been involved in is too much to be comfortable with, you could trade it to someone for a different Mauser.

Part of me is obviously curious and, as a history buff, I find it very cool. Having said that, I just hope it wasn't used in a war crime or atrocity. Also its not a Mauser, its an Austrian gun, but was used by the Germans.

 

[pcvando]

To what end? Who's other blood sample do you have in mind for camparison?

I guess you have money to burn for this expensive test.

Yea its not worth the price. I wasn't going to compare it to anyone else, just have it dated maybe, but then again... that's very expensive too.

 

[Shooter1of38]

 

[pcvando]

I knew this post would come along... I was having difficulty so I gave up. lol

 

[pcvando]

I just thought I would get feedback. I guess I will leave it, hopefully if I ever sell, the buyer wont be turned off.

 

[sewktbk]

don't clean it!! Its part of the history of rifle.

 

[Mad-Don]

WOW.. blood with a pool the imagination runs wild...

 

[pcvando]

don't clean it!! Its part of the history of rifle.

That seems to be the overwhelming consensus. I really wish I could see the history of the rifle and everything its been through. Interesting stuff.

 

[mikethebike]

I just thought I would get feedback. I guess I will leave it, hopefully if I ever sell, the buyer wont be turned off.

can you put some goddamn pictures now that you have teased us?

 

[pcvando]

WOW.. blood with a pool the imagination runs wild...

It certainly does. Imagine how I felt when the test revealed it was human blood, and older blood at that!