La Coruna Mauser value Please?

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My neighbour wants to get rid of a few guns.

"I have a a few what's it worth" questions.

First up is a La Coruna 8mm Mauser in what I'd say is fair-plus to good condition.

Then a Swede Model 96 with a dinged up stock and good action and barrel.

Also a Mosin Nagant round receiver 91/30 in good shape.

And an Eddystone late series US M1917 in VG condition.
 
La Coruna is Spanish m43 probably. They are fairly low value. $300 tops. They sit at my local shows at $350 for months and months

The swede like $250ish.

The mosin, is it a refurb? $150-200

Last one no idea .
 
Hard to say without seeing the them, but I'd generally agree with AR

300 or so for the Spanish
250-350 for the swede
175-200 for the mosin
300-500 for the 1917 but perhaps much, much more depending on the details. Very few of them are unmolested.
 
Posting pictures will help get you better estimates, the Spanish Mauser's for some reason don't go for much here even though a lot of them are rebuilt and remarked, first quality Polish Wz-29's Mauser's from the Spanish Civil war. La Coruna ones are Spanish built ones although.
 
Philthy1 said:
Hard to say without seeing the them, but I'd generally agree with AR

300 or so for the Spanish
250-350 for the swede
175-200 for the mosin
300-500 for the 1917 but perhaps much, much more depending on the details. Very few of them are unmolested.
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The 1917 is untouched except that I have shot about six shots out of it.
 
Lots of the Spanish M43's that were rebuilt were heavily pitted and the rebuilding process was pretty crude on most of them. I suspect this is most of the reason why value is so low on them.

There are a few nice M43's out there but far and few between. Every one I've ever owned has been heavily pitted below the wood, poorly ground and refinished, black paint on ejector boxes, etc. CanadianAR has a nice one I believe.
 
jbmauser said:
Lots of the Spanish M43's that were rebuilt were heavily pitted and the rebuilding process was pretty crude on most of them. I suspect this is most of the reason why value is so low on them.

There are a few nice M43's out there but far and few between. Every one I've ever owned has been heavily pitted below the wood, poorly ground and refinished, black paint on ejector boxes, etc. CanadianAR has a nice one I believe.
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I have seen or owned a couple of them and all of them were in way better shape than the average South American issued Mauser. None of them showed signs of any pitting, even under the wood line.
 
mbogo3 said:
What was the steel like on the Spanish mausers? Harold
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If they are M98 versions it is as good as any other Mauser built outside of Germany or Belgium.

La Coruna supplied M98 Mauser actions made from the same steel to Parker Hale, Santa Barbara, Voere and a few others who then made them into M98 Mauser sporting rifles in even hot magnum chambering.

Parker Hale used them from 1967 onwards when they ran out of cheap Ex-mil German actions and the Parker Hale M82 (C3 & C3A1) sniper rifles also used Spanish made La Coruna Mauser receivers as the basis of their construction.
 
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jbmauser said:
I must have poor luck with them then. My experience is the exact opposite.
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That's quite possible, as a lot of them (ex Polish Wz-29's and German Gew98's) went thru a brutal civil war. Any made up on the newer La Coruna Actions (post WW2) should be in nice shape as they saw little if any combat use and spent most of their service life as barracks and parade rifles.
 
jbmauser said:
According to some tests done to Spanish small ring Mausers, the steel was pretty low grade and in a lot of cases, not hardened properly. I have never seen actual test results of Spanish made large ring Mausers though.
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That's part of the reason why it is not recommended to use factory .308 Win ammo in M93 Spanish rifles converted to 7.62 or .308 win.

A lot of Spanish M93 rifles were also made in Germany for them by Mauser before they started making them in Spain under licence.
 
mkrnel said:
If they are M98 versions it is as good as any other Mauser built outside of Germany or Belgium.

La Coruna supplied M98 Mauser actions made from the same steel to Parker Hale, Santa Barbara, Voere and a few others who then made them into M98 Mauser sporting rifles in even hot magnum chambering.

Parker Hale used them from 1967 onwards when they ran out of cheap Ex-mil German actions and the Parker Hale M82 (C3 & C3A1) sniper rifles also used Spanish made La Coruna Mauser receivers as the basis of their construction.
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I would suspect though that the commercial Parker Hale (Santa Barabara) receivers are made out of a more modern alloy than the original M43 receivers were.
 
jbmauser said:
I must have poor luck with them then. My experience is the exact opposite.
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same here.

South American Mausers are of the highest standard and quality. The same can not be said from the LaCoruna Mausers, their steel quality alone is questionable at best.

Having owned a few and disposed of at a great loss, I will not consider owning any Spanish produced Mausers in the future.
 
jbmauser said:
I would suspect though that the commercial Parker Hale (Santa Barabara) receivers are made out of a more modern alloy than the original M43 receivers were.
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The Spanish M43 and M44 rifles were made in peace time Spain (they never went to war during WW2) from 1943 until 1958 until then they started making their FR-8 Mauser M98 rifles from older M43 rifles and new M98 made actions from 1960 until they fully adopted the Cetme assault rifle in 1980.

Spain's steel industry was never anything but first world quality during the period of these rifles construction. The often heard but unproven claim of poor steel always comes from the fact that some early M93 Mauser's that were converted to 7.62x51mm Nato develop lug set back and then rupture from regular firing of 60,000 psi sporting .308 Win ammo in these rifles whose action (M93) was built in the early 1900's for a cartridge and action at the time that only was rated to 45,000 psi.

The M98 Spanish Mauser's never had this issue and they never changed the steel from when they made them for their military or the sporting arms makers they supplied actions and bolts to. They were still making military M98 Mausers at La Coruna at the same time as they were making ones for Parker Hale in the 1960's.

Nobody complains about Yugo made Mauser's made during and after WW2 and whose steel industry was far less developed than Spain's at the time and who suffered from shortages of good quality steel supply during and after WW2.
 
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polaris said:
same here.

South American Mausers are of the highest standard and quality. The same can not be said from the LaCoruna Mausers, their steel quality alone is questionable at best.

Having owned a few and disposed of at a great loss, I will not consider owning any Spanish produced Mausers in the future.
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Nearly every South American Mauser that was issued that I have ever had was severely rusted and pitted under the wood line. Brazil also made Mauser's during the same time as Spain post war and a lot of collectors find them very poor quality same deal with Mexico made ones.
 
So you might have some different experience, your arguments however, are not convincing.
BTW it is not only my experience, but any serious Mauser collector is aware of the lousy Spanish steel ( is it the steel or the heat treatment? doesn't matter in the least ) used in the production of those guns.

Another BTW, just checked my world map and it seems Mexico didn't change its location, therefore didn't move to South America.
 
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