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Looking for a value on Model 98 Ger Mous
JTrevino
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I acquired this weapon many years ago. I have never shot it and im wondering if its worth keeping. I dont have the sling and the wood looks like its either been worked on or the weapon is in mint condition. Any ideas?
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It is far from mint. Worth keeping, sure is. Bolt mismatched, common issue with military firearms. I would put some oil on the metal parts as the freckling is getting pretty serious from storage. Would be a good shooter, imo only.Check bore and see what you have there.
Worth- guessing-$700-$900 retail
What would you say its worth as is?
Put it up for auction start at a penny. You will know what it is worth when it sells. That is not a weapon until it is used as such, nice gun.
Two years ago I would say $300. But, people are paying crazy (high) prices lately. Good luck.
I had a acquired a Russian pick-up years ago, and yours is a step up from that one, as it had all mismatched parts, and the stock was soaked in linseed oil and weeped out the handguard after barrel got warm. It had import marks on the upper barrel, and I cannot see if yours has any, it would detract from value. The barrel is another concern as most shot corrosive ammo and are dark and frosted, check yours, a good barrel adds value. The Russian pick-up's barrel was so bad I took a brass brush on a cleaning rod with a power drill and reamed out the crud in the barrel, I could still hit a 9" pie plate at a 100 yards with it. Your stock has been sanded and refinished, but done nicely, and usually the stock has the last 3 or 4 numbers of the serial number stamped at the bottom edge, yours are gone or were never applied. The refinished stock detracts value as collectors want it historically correct even if the stock is full of dings. The receiver is rusting, and it has its full complement of Hit-ler chickens which helps, as least they are not pinged out. The prices on these are all over the board, but a fair estimate on final hammer would be $850. The Russian pick-up had these horrible electro etched numbers on every part, so they wouldn't be lost in the batch when they were refinished. It turns out the Russians took the captured Germans to work refinishing their own Mausers after the war and mass refinished thousands of rifles.
Good luck on your Mauser.