NOT A m190.

[3006novice]

Hello,

A friend forwarded these pictures of a M190 Springfield. I have not see the firearm in person. Roughly what would it be worth?

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[smellie]

Friend, I don't see a 1903 Springfield rifle in the photos.

If you mean the rifle on the right, it is an M954 Brazilian Mauser, and that is not entirely a bad thing at all. The M954 is marked as being made at Itajuba, Brazil, but they weren't. They were actuelly rebuilds of German-made rifles going back as far as 1907, with some Czech-made parts from the 1935 contract thrown in just for good measure. The Brazilians gathered up all their worn-out old 7mm Mausers and rebuilt them into .30-06s, Parkerised the things and, even though a lot of the stocks looked as if they had been run over by a truck, issued them, mostly for police use. In service, most of them were kicked around but they certainly were not fired a lot, so most of them have really good barrels.

The M954 in the photos looks to have had the forestock shortened but that CAN be restored if you like. The missing front barrel-band is exactly the same as a German 98 Mauser, which is actually what the whole rifle is.

What it is NOW is a German-built 98 Mauser in .30-06..... and that is definitely NOT a bad thing. The 98 action has been, for over 110 years, the standard by which all other bolt-actions have been measured. They are rugged and reliable and the feeding is smooth and quiet. The trigger is the standard military 2-stage, which is capable of really accurate shooting.

The dollar value of a rifle such as this is far out of whack with its value as a useful object. A cut-down M954 generally goes for $150 to $200 (from what I have seen) and they are a far better thing than that. If you can get the rifle for that money, you will have a winner for sure. They might have gone up a bit, but my experience with these rifles is entirely from the one I bought 30 years ago. I'm still quite happy with it, by the way.

Nice Toy for sure.
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[3006novice]

Wow. Thank you for that succinct, well written explanation.
I will pass your information to the owner.
I should change the thread topic as well.
Thank you.