What is so great about Mauser rifles to make used ones so $$$?
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BigUglyMan
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Start with finding the OP a comfy chair...he's going to be here learning on this subject for quite a while.
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All models? I though early ones were on Mauser actions... Hmm, time for me to study up lol.
Ardent
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Without looking at what Clay at Prophet has listed right now (I bought a very expensive Mauser from him a couple years ago), as a rule of thumb you pay for time, and rarity. Both are straightforward considerations, the basic military Mauser didn't take much time to construct, and isn't rare. A Rigby .275 or .416 took a great deal of time to fit out, and is extremely rare. If it's expensive it contains time and is rare.
calvados.boulard
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CRF is also a value add.
Thanks,
Cal.
Thanks,
Cal.
The Mauser 98 is one of the reliable, rugged & simple bolt actions ever designed. I would say THE most, but I haven't tried them all. Properly polished the bolt throw is extremely smooth. The feed is extremely smooth & reliable when using the rounds it was originally designed for. A lot were converted to magnum cartridges, and there the reliability starts to depend on the skills of the smith who did the work.
Price can range from a couple of hundred to a cut-up milsurp, to tens of thousands for custom rifles. I believe the rifle you were looking at was the 22-250? In that instance, the price reflects some really nice wood, and the skill of the gunmaker who put it together.
Price can range from a couple of hundred to a cut-up milsurp, to tens of thousands for custom rifles. I believe the rifle you were looking at was the 22-250? In that instance, the price reflects some really nice wood, and the skill of the gunmaker who put it together.
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The M52, M58, and M69 S&L target rifles were all built on K98 actions with S&L propietary medium-heavy barrels and target stocks. I don't have any experience with their commercial hunting rifles, so I can't comment on that.
They were. Reworked leftovers from WWII.
The state-of-the art Mauser, which command high $$$ involves hand fitting and wood quality, and it's what makes the value go up very fast. As an example, all the metallic parts are fitted and polished (filing, sanding, honing, lapping etc) by hand. There is a lot of time and experience invested in those rifles, every parts are file / stone fitted....
You must see it as each rifle is a one of a kind for all the art / crafstmanship / material involved.
On the other hand, you have all those pre-WWI interwars, and WWII rifles which were more utilitarian - mostly used and owned by the upper classes or rich "farmers", the nobles using the more fancy ones - going for some good money too. The main thing about them is that they're still accomplishing the task they were designed to, and they still will for many decades in the future.... and that there are not so many around.
You must see it as each rifle is a one of a kind for all the art / crafstmanship / material involved.
On the other hand, you have all those pre-WWI interwars, and WWII rifles which were more utilitarian - mostly used and owned by the upper classes or rich "farmers", the nobles using the more fancy ones - going for some good money too. The main thing about them is that they're still accomplishing the task they were designed to, and they still will for many decades in the future.... and that there are not so many around.
