M52 Harpoon Gun

jingks

Hi All,

My father needs to sell (or relinquish) what I think is a M52 Harpoon Gun. His possession license has run out (this is in Canada) and he either has to take a training course or get rid of the gun. The gun hasn't been used in over 30 years and has been sitting in the original crate in the basement. I took a couple images of the gun and put them on flickr.

Does anyone know what a respectable price to ask for such a gun would be if he decides to take it to a dealer. I know nothing of guns so even a vague ballpark figure would really help.

Thanks.

jingks

Or i suppose, does anyone know a better option that just selling it at the local gun store? It doesn't seem like something someone would just walk into a store and buy. Is it a collectible at all? Would any sort of museum or anything be interested?

Getting money for the gun isn't really of interest. As it was my grandfather's gun I would rather it just not go to waste.

Robin

I have no idea what something like this would bring. I would think that its value would be as a collectible since seal hunting is more or less a thing of the past for most folks. I have a friend that operates a small seafood restaurant and he collects and displays old and odd similar things. He has some antique nautical tools fishing gear, portholes, scuppers etc. that he displays in large coffee type tables with glass tops in his lobby. The tables are designed so the displays can be changed.

The crate looks like something you might see in his bar area.

rufe-snow

Kongsberg is the Norwegian national arsenal, where military firearms were built as far back as the 19th Century, or earlier.

Your Grandfathers harpoon gun was built using a 98 Mauser rifle, that was reworked.

In the States I'm sure a collector would be quite interested in acquiring it. Being your located in the great white north with all it's funky gun laws, no telling what hoops a collector would have to jump through to buy and possess it?