Coool. Mr. Plamondon has a Zf-41 Rifle for Sale

[skirsons]

Ok, I know that Soldat is Mr. Plamondon's alias on valleyguns. He's got a Zf-41 rifle, Russian Capture. You add the scope and mount...

I wish I had the extra grand lying around. You don't see these every day.

h ttp://www.valleyguns.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=895895221

I didn't see it on the P&S site.

 

[whitey07]

ill bet it came from tradex they got a shipment of rc 98s in and he said alot went to dealers i got a byf 43 off him

 

[Greenfields]

He doesn't double post items.

Cheers

 

[r.fallon]

byf 43

ill bet it came from tradex they got a shipment of rc 98s in and he said alot went to dealers i got a byf 43 off him

I was wondering if there is something special about byf 43 rifles? Thanks RF

 

[Claven2]

byf43 just means it was made by Mauser Oberndorf in 1943. Nothing particularly special about a byf43 over any other wartime Nazi K98k.

 

[Coyote Ugly]

I was wondering if there is something special about byf 43 rifles? Thanks RF

There were only 3 makers of the zf41 K98k sniper rifle, and byf was one of them.
The thing is you know it hasn't been humped by a huckster, and it is a sniper rifle. Only 1% (ONE PERCENT) of all K98s were zf41 snipers - now that's Special.

 

[skirsons]

I wonder if he'll get more than a grand. What's a rifle like this worth anyway?

 

[BadgerDog]

Well, as JP points out in his ad, the stock is incorrect and to make any real value out of it, you'd have to find an original one, like this Mauser K98k rifle stock for ZF41http://www.milsurps.com/vbclassified.php?do=ad&id=575

Win that auction for the stock and win the auction for the rifle, change the stock and add a ZF41 scope/mounthttp://www.milsurps.com/vbclassified.php?do=ad&id=494 set-up. You can also find them on eBay and GunBroker.

At that point, total value would be in the eye of the German collector who would like to get close to one of these with some reasonable savings.

Regards,
Badger

 

[Coyote Ugly]

I wonder if he'll get more than a grand. What's a rifle like this worth anyway?

There were 3 zf41 snipers on the Julia Auctions (w ww.juliaauctions.com) that had the impressive Stern Collection.

If you log in you will see the prices they went for.
They went from $3500 USD-$5500 USD with a scope.

 

[skirsons]

Still once you put the correct parts on, a stock and the scope, it's still only around $2000 which seems reasonable for a rifle of that rarity.

I am normally against "restoring" Russian captures but perhaps this is an exception.