Dithering over a 1932 Peruvian

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O K so here is the deal: several years ago I bought a collection. Part of the deal included a Mod 1932 Peruvian Mauser.. I didn’t pay all that much attention to it. Then I googled it up and found out I have what seems to be a pretty rare piece.

It is a small ring m98 made by BRNO. (7.65x54) Overall condition is good. However I think the action is supposed to be blued; this one is shiny. The barrel would shock a sewer pipe. On top of that somebody ran a 06 reamer into it (and went too far) so it is a 303/06 wildcat-not very exciting.

Now I do know a fellow with a 7.65 barrel and can recontour it to match. In other words I can restore it.

The question is strictly a matter on $ sense. Would it be worth the effort? (The blue book value seems between $400 to $700) For all intents I have nothing in it.

Last point: this is a very sweet tight action the least bolt slop I have seen for a 98. Make a great sporter.

I need your advice gang
 
FWIW, I don't know about a value range of $400-700 (Poor to Exc?) in Canada, as next to none change hands, but if that is a good estimate, then yours will fall at the bottom of that range and then some. If the rest of the gun is in good untouched condition, and barrel had been left alone (even as a sewer pipe), the gun could have qualified as collectible as it had the original matching barrel (bad as it was), and is sufficiently scarce to warrant a collector buying it and then waiting until a better one could be found.

IMHO - the expense of rebarelling will not pay off if you intend to sell it. You will always have a gun that has been re-barelled and not by an arsenal while in service. On the other hand if you want to shoot it, you have little choice. A compromise solution that is much more expensive, but will increase the value of the gun slightly and allow it to be shot, is to have the chamber and barrel re-lined. $$$

Me - I'd either sell it for parts, or be very patient and look for a sporterized version with a good, uncut barrel, and use the parts to restore it.
 
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Riflechair, I think it's time to enact plan 100A29 Alpha - "the old Man has finally gone scenile" plan - and recover those rifles before anything bad happens.
 
Tumbleweed...thanks for the heads up. Now I am going to have to rethink all the Elk and odd tasting sausage Riflechair gave me. As a matter of fact we have been feeling generally unwell.....
 
I suggest as possible options you rebarrel first, then at least a mauser collector could have a shootable representative example of this rather rare rifle. Of course it would have to be cost effective to you.

Next down the list would be to use the action for a nice little sporter and sell all the parts/stock into the US where VZ32 parts would sell for a premium.

Third, is sell it as is. According to the CFC/Ottawa Citizen/Home-Invasion-Made-Easy Database there are only 12 VZ32s registered in Canada.
 
alechs...Thanks for the info and opinions.Only 12 eh-I wonder how many are original? No way to tell of course. You seem to have the source-so then what is the rarest fire arm you have come across?
 
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