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Mateba .357 6" or 6.5"
ginger49023
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I cannot locate any of the above for sale on various sites.
I believe they no longer import so finding a ballpark value on a 95%fit/finish and 100% mechanical id difficult.
Any ideas?
I believe they no longer import so finding a ballpark value on a 95%fit/finish and 100% mechanical id difficult.
Any ideas?
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Since it is a used pistol, with little buyer demand. I would price it out, at the wholesale price, i.e. new selling price -30 percent, plus or minus 5 percent.
I sold a nice one with the box about a year ago for $3000.
Our local Cal Ranch store, had 2/3? of them in stock couple years ago. Don't remember the exact model(s), but they came in different barrel lengths. Kind of surprised me? Not exactly the type of handguns, you expect to see at Cal Ranch.
To make a long story short, they were pricy. But nowhere near the $3000, you got for yours. Which model did you have?
http://www.GunBroker.com/item/607988911
With a few thousand sold, they aren't that rare. But, it's a very interesting & unique gun. I suspect that most are owned by either collectors or investors, & that most are mint or close to it. The fact that they are no longer being imported may have actually increased the value.
It's difficult to say how much one with 95% finish would go for, but most collectors & investors wouldn't want it. But, there are still a lot of folks who would like to shoot something that is really unusual.
Neal
"Opinions are like baracks, everybody's got one."
Well, this one went for (gulp) $4,950 here on GB, with a 4" barrel:
http://www.GunBroker.com/item/607988911
With a few thousand sold, they aren't that rare. But, it's a very interesting & unique gun. I suspect that most are owned by either collectors or investors, & that most are mint or close to it. The fact that they are no longer being imported may have actually increased the value.
It's difficult to say how much one with 95% finish would go for, but most collectors & investors wouldn't want it. But, there are still a lot of folks who would like to shoot something that is really unusual.
Neal
"Opinions are like baracks, everybody's got one."
Holy smokes! I should have bought all the ones Cal Ranch, had.
quote:Originally posted by toad67
I sold a nice one with the box about a year ago for $3000.
Our local Cal Ranch store, had 2/3? of them in stock couple years ago. Don't remember the exact model(s), but they came in different barrel lengths. Kind of surprised me? Not exactly the type of handguns, you expect to see at Cal Ranch.
To make a long story short, they were pricy. But nowhere near the $3000, you got for yours. Which model did you have?
I don't remember which one it was. It had a 6" bbl.
mine is a .357 with a 6.5" barrel,
maybe 50 rounds thru it and anally cleaned every time out.
Can't find the box [dumb on my part] but probably as close to new as possible.