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Hello a fellow at the pit ask me if he could buy my fn49 the thing is I have no idea what a Egyptian fn49 goes for.
It's all matching the stock is a little rough the bore is nice and shinny but with a little pitting the bluing 90 85 percent.

It be nice to have a little cash would 300 be too high.

IV looked on the form faqs about asking this but I couldn't find anything if I broke any rules I'm sorry and plz delete this thread
 
Well new gunner, you scored large on that one! I paid 6 for mine with a bore rougher than I'd like, but it's a shooter.
Good idea to hang onto it!
 
They seem to have their limits though. The 8mm are the most prevalent rifles and most were ridden hard and put away wet. The 30-06 versions would be the next most difficult to find and they only made 8000 in 7x57. An average rifle sells for $600+. VG rifles with excellent bores will sell for $850+.

You need to be careful with these rifles because some of them have been through a factory thorough repair and have been refinished. This will slightly effect their value as well. In the 1990s International refurbed a lot of these fine rifles. The reform mostly consisted of installing a new stock, clean up and reblue of all parts no matter their condition.

IMHO the rifle you describe would be in the $600 range without seeing it close up.
 
Blastattack said:
A 30-06 would likely be in the ~$1000 range, and the 7mm would be similar to the 8mm. Regardless of how common or uncommon any variant may be, the one with readily available ammo is usually worth more.
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The 7mm rifles were made for Venezuela. They only made 8000 of them. They are usually found to be in VG or better condition. I would value them as the most desirable of the FN49 rifles for two reasons. Lack of availability and usually their exceptional condition. The ammo is just as easily found/loaded as the 30-06 so that isn't much of an issue. Right now there is still some corrosive 8mm so if you are looking for a shooter that would be the route to go but don't procrastinate on purchasing that surplus ammo because it is drying up already.
 
Blastattack said:
A 30-06 would likely be in the ~$1000 range, and the 7mm would be similar to the 8mm. Regardless of how common or uncommon any variant may be, the one with readily available ammo is usually worth more.
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I Think for most milsurp collectors, scarcity of ammo doesnt factor in too greatly. Condition and scarcity as mentioned in bearhunter's post are the drivers.
 
In my opinion the Egyptian ones are worth 600-1000$, Venezuelan ones are worth 600-1000$, and any of the others in .30-06 being worth about 600-1300$.

Reasons for this is a fair bit of the market wants these as shooters (partially because they are about as close to a FN-FAL as you can get). I had a Venezuelan one, and it was a nice gun but overall the demand wasn't as high compared to even a 8mm Mauser one. Even though it is much less common, to me they seem to come up for sale about as often (maybe a little less) as a 8mm Mauser one (likely because the 7mm Mauser ones just sit in the safe for the most part), with the .30-06 ones being the hardest to actually find for sale (as less people let them go).
 
I had an Egyptian and sold it long ago. Not a big fan of 8mm in a semi. I have owned a Venezuelan for 5yrs and it's very accurate. I got my hands on the scope mount - all these 8000 rifles were made for a slip in scope mount.
I've been on the hunt for a 30-06 just because it's a caliber I reload for other rifles. I want a Belgian with crest. Yes I know shooting for the moon, but I can wait.
These are great rifles that likely cost triple in today's dollars to make. There seems to be a lot of big wood early semi auto rifles that are IMHO undervalued. Ag-42s, FN 49s, MAS 49-56s.
 
sledge said:
These are great rifles that likely cost triple in today's dollars to make. There seems to be a lot of big wood early semi auto rifles that are IMHO undervalued. Ag-42s, FN 49s, MAS 49-56s.
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Some of these lesser known and numbered rifles appear to be undervalued, especially since some of them are post WW2
 
I'd agree on the consensus that the Egyptians are going for about $600 if they are in any sort of reasonable condition. I would suggest there is premium on the later "three swivel" examples from which Egypt selected their sniper rifles.
 
beltfed said:
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Some of these lesser known and numbered rifles appear to be undervalued, especially since some of them are post WW2
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That's true. Despite being really cool and well made rifles, they just don't have the history that a lot of collectors want. Which doesn't exactly make them 'undervalued' per-se. It's just what the market will demand. $600-1000 (max) is reasonable depending on origin, caliber and of course condition (most important).
 
A lot of FN 49s saw some serious fighting. Especially the Egyptian rifles. The Venezuelan rifles were used during their regular insurrections. As far as the 30-06 Belgians it would be quite likely many saw hard service and fighting in their African colonies.
 
bearhunter said:
A lot of FN 49s saw some serious fighting. Especially the Egyptian rifles. The Venezuelan rifles were used during their regular insurrections. As far as the 30-06 Belgians it would be quite likely many saw hard service and fighting in their African colonies.
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Don't forget Korea. The Belgians used them there as well.
 
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