Rifle/Scope - How Maximize Sale Potential

Wolf.

I have not sold guns on GunBroker auctions before. A disabled friend of mine inherited an 8mm "Mauser" "sporter" rifle with extensive engraving and European-style hunting scene carved into the stock. The rifle also has mounted on it a Carl Zeiss scope (that is all I know about the scope). I have seen some not-so-detailed photos of the gun/scope combination so far and to get any better data, I will have to examine the gun and take photos of it myself next time I go up there. However, the combination looks very, very nice.

So, the question related to the above is this:

When you have a potentially high-end long gun with a very high end scope mounted on it, then, generally speaking....what is the best way to maximize the sale value of the combination?

Should the scope be dismounted and sold separately from the rifle or should the combination be sold intact in order to get the most return from the sale?

golferboy426

split them

beantownshootah

+1 to splitting them.

Allows for more buyers to bid who might be interested in one or the other, but not both.

perry shooter

After there was a lot of German gunsmiths that converted Military Mauser rifles and turning them into sporters . The quality of the workmanship will determine value. Many of these rifles have a European
style of scope mounting . This involved hand fitted Claw Mounts and the scopes were some times Sodered to the mounts. This will determine of you should split up the scope from the rifle. IF the scope is sodered to the mountDO NOT split up, as the mounts will only fit this rifle. What ever you do leave the mounts with the rifle. T

Herschel

This is not an easy question due to a number of variables. Basically, I agree with perry shooter. An American made rifle mounted with a 1" tubed scope in common mounts is one thing. A German scope, which probably has a 26 mm tube, is another thing entirely. If the scope is mounted in the quick detachable claw mounts you certainly don't want to split them up. Having claw mounts made to fit claw mount bases on a rifle or drilling can cost hundreds of dollars. Pictures or a detailed description of the scope and mounts are necessary to get the best recommendation of whether to leave it as one item. I agree that the general rule is splitting a rifle and scope brings more money. This may be the exception to that rule.

ern98

I also agree with perryhooter, if the rifle is a fine old european engraved sporting rifle then it is probable that the scope mounts are a one of a kind type of claw system and should not be seperated from the rifle. Also if it is not a claw type mounting system it will probably mean that the rifle isn't really a fine old european sporting rifle but something else all together. Pictures are the way to go to get the answers you are looking for...

Grasshopper

As above leave together , they are mated for life,,my opinion.