Hello fellow CGNers,
I am re-focusing my collection and as such I am thining out the herd. I was hoping you fine gents could help me establish some potential values on the following milsurps:
Walther P38, Berthier M1907/15 Forestry carbine, Mannlicher M95M sporter
The Walther P38 is cyq made in 1943 and is matching numbers with the exception of the magazine which is stamped "p38y" on the spine. Overall condition very good with some holster wear on the barrel and slide. Bore I would rate as good with some wear. She is one accurate pistol too.
The second would be a M1907/15 Berthier, receiver made at Etts Continsouza that was converted to the forestry carbine pattern in 1948 by Turkey. The overall condition fair to good with some wear and tear from usage. The bolt is matching to the conversion and is the lowest serial number I have seen of these, # 422. The bore is fair to good. There is a "bore ring" present about 4-5" back from the muzzle and a small bulge on the barrel in that area. I have a feeling this ring is from French WW1 service but that is only a guess. I read that only ~5000 of these French rifles were converted to this pattern
The third milsurp on the list is a Budapest M95M that was lightly sporterized at one point. I was planning on restoring her to complete M95M configuration but my plans have changed for this one. Bore is very good with hardly any wear, the crown looks excellent as well. The tangent rear sight has some possible battle damage as it is slighty bent up in the middle. However, the slide still works perfectly. The numbers doesn't match on this one but the important items, including the extractor and magazine en-bloc clip, are present.
I will have some pictures up soon for those interested.
I appreciate the help, thank you for your thoughts.
I am re-focusing my collection and as such I am thining out the herd. I was hoping you fine gents could help me establish some potential values on the following milsurps:
Walther P38, Berthier M1907/15 Forestry carbine, Mannlicher M95M sporter
The Walther P38 is cyq made in 1943 and is matching numbers with the exception of the magazine which is stamped "p38y" on the spine. Overall condition very good with some holster wear on the barrel and slide. Bore I would rate as good with some wear. She is one accurate pistol too.
The second would be a M1907/15 Berthier, receiver made at Etts Continsouza that was converted to the forestry carbine pattern in 1948 by Turkey. The overall condition fair to good with some wear and tear from usage. The bolt is matching to the conversion and is the lowest serial number I have seen of these, # 422. The bore is fair to good. There is a "bore ring" present about 4-5" back from the muzzle and a small bulge on the barrel in that area. I have a feeling this ring is from French WW1 service but that is only a guess. I read that only ~5000 of these French rifles were converted to this pattern
The third milsurp on the list is a Budapest M95M that was lightly sporterized at one point. I was planning on restoring her to complete M95M configuration but my plans have changed for this one. Bore is very good with hardly any wear, the crown looks excellent as well. The tangent rear sight has some possible battle damage as it is slighty bent up in the middle. However, the slide still works perfectly. The numbers doesn't match on this one but the important items, including the extractor and magazine en-bloc clip, are present.
I will have some pictures up soon for those interested.
I appreciate the help, thank you for your thoughts.
