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While I have noticed that the asking prices of the Swedes are going up on the EE, I have also observed that there is a slight increase in the dealer's prices too.
What really is noticeable is that the very good to excellent rifles are now scarce, and most are advertised as good to very good today. It seems that the supply in Sweden is drying up and the better ones have been exported, so we are now getting the ones that were passed over for sale before in Sweden.
Sweden changed over from the Mauser system in the early 1980s, and there was a great influx of the military m/96 rifles first, followed by a large quantity of m/38 short rifles. With the "gun control" aspect lately in the Scandanavian Countries, and the gun ownership laws tightened up, a lot of guns came on the market. These are the ones we have been seeing in the last five years or so.
The other thing is that the Swedish Mauser system is not as popular as the 98 Mauser system because of History and apparent misconceptions about the strength of these actions. Not as many Collectors are collecting the Swedes as compared to the various 98 rifles, so supply and demand and popularity have a bearing on prices too.
I would not be suprised to see the supply of Swedish Mausers become only a trickle five years from now. Then, we will see an increase in prices.
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