Hi Fellas.
Boys, it's time.
I have too many goddamn guns, the old lady is tripping over them, there's no room in the safe anymore and I am not shooting these rifles. It is time to downsize.
What I have is an old '98 Mauser that I want to throw on the EE for sale. Here is the deal: this gun was captured at the end of the war and promptly sent to the fledgeling country of Isreal where heavy metal was in desperately short supply. Apparently they bought train loads of these rifles after WW2 and refurbed them for service. They would stamp out the nazi proofmarks and rebarrel them to 7.62 and send them into service.
These rifles slowly got replaced by newer guns over the years and the Israelis sold off consignments of these obsolete guns to Canada and the US. Back in the 80's I bought one that had a curious 'defect'. It had been rebarrelled to .308 but the German proof marks were not stamped out and were pristine. (That does not make it a valuable collector's piece, but makes for an interesting conversation piece!). In event, this is just a plain Jane chit house Mauser in 308 and a damned good shooter. I potted a couple deer and even a coyote with it.
In any event she's mint, and I sadly need to get rid of it! I don't want to give the rifle away but I want it at a low enough price that a new shooter on a tight budget might afford it. Where should I be price wise?
I will try and post some pics once Photobucket is done being mad at me...
Boys, it's time.
I have too many goddamn guns, the old lady is tripping over them, there's no room in the safe anymore and I am not shooting these rifles. It is time to downsize.
What I have is an old '98 Mauser that I want to throw on the EE for sale. Here is the deal: this gun was captured at the end of the war and promptly sent to the fledgeling country of Isreal where heavy metal was in desperately short supply. Apparently they bought train loads of these rifles after WW2 and refurbed them for service. They would stamp out the nazi proofmarks and rebarrel them to 7.62 and send them into service.
These rifles slowly got replaced by newer guns over the years and the Israelis sold off consignments of these obsolete guns to Canada and the US. Back in the 80's I bought one that had a curious 'defect'. It had been rebarrelled to .308 but the German proof marks were not stamped out and were pristine. (That does not make it a valuable collector's piece, but makes for an interesting conversation piece!). In event, this is just a plain Jane chit house Mauser in 308 and a damned good shooter. I potted a couple deer and even a coyote with it.
In any event she's mint, and I sadly need to get rid of it! I don't want to give the rifle away but I want it at a low enough price that a new shooter on a tight budget might afford it. Where should I be price wise?
I will try and post some pics once Photobucket is done being mad at me...
