Looking for appraisal Fredricton, NB

SwedeShooter

SwedeShooter

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Any Mauser experts/appraisers in or around Fredricton, NB?

An acquaintance has a civilian Oberndorf mauser carbine in 8x57 (typical post WWI, nice grained full length stock, no handguard, peened receiver but no set trigger.)

I'm not sure if he's looking to sell or just wants a value for it. I've looked around the interwebs and found prices anywhere from $500 to several thousand. At least that's what they're asking for them.

Thanks,
Swede
 
take some good pictures and post on here. or compare it to the rifles in the trade ex canada site ,at the top of the page. don't get your hopes high .unless it came from a master gunsmith at Mauser and is in excellent condition.
 
Thanks guys. I don't have the rifle, I'm just doing some legwork for a guy I know on facebook. Quality pics seem to be a problem for this guy.

I've been too long out of buying, or even keeping track of prices to even give a ballpark figure on what his rifle may be worth.
 
Dosing said:
I dunno if its a good suggestion or not, but maybe The Gundealer in Mcadam.
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Any firearm out of the ordinary (unless it's a double shotgun) pretty much stumps the guys at the Gun Dealer in my experience. They usually go to the Blue Book of Gun Values not really an appraisal to me. Unless it is an extraordinary example value will probably on the lower end of the scale you mentioned. My 2 cents.
 
Also, FWIW, the least valuable original oberndorf sporters are those in .30-06 and 8x57. The very great majority were made in those calibres. Other calibres, like 7x57 get much of the love.

Mauser made these in several "grades", and it really depends on what you have. Some are pretty lacklustre, and the value reflects that.
 
Maybe worth reading this online article. The topic is covered better in expensive reference books, but this is OK and it's free.

Mauser sporters were built on four distinct Model 98 action types: the short or “kurz” action for calibers .250/3000, 6.5×54 Mauser and 8×51; an intermediate action for the 7×57; a standard action for calibers 6.5×58 Portuguese, 7×64, .30-06, 8×57, 8×60, 9×57, 9.3×62, 10.75×68; and Mauser’s notable magnum action for longer cartridges such as the .280 Ross, 8×75 and .404 Jeffery.
Receiver rings and bridges of the commercial actions varied from round tops, to single or even double square bridges. Their bolt knobs were elegantly pear shaped rather than being round as on the military actions, and the striker nut or cocking piece was longer than the military model to add mass to the striker to insure fail-safe ignition.
It wasn’t that Mauser’s sporting actions were merely styled differently than their military 98’s, they were also built to much tighter tolerances and carefully hand polished. Opening and closing an original Mauser sporting action says, “This is custom work!” And indeed it was.
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http://gunsmagazine.com/mausers-classic-sporters/

At the high end would be a kurz action in .250/3000 with double square bridges, tapered octagon barrels with integral sight ribs, set triggers and exhibition walnut, or the same configuration on the magnum action in .280 Ross. Both are very very very rare rifles.
 
Fredericton Gun Shop on the horth side on sunset drive.Chuck knows his sh*t and will treat ya strait. 454-8181
 
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