Pistolero
Well-Known Member
I just got an email from a distributor touting Mauser rifles for sale.
I checked, even though I already have more than I really need. They had about a dozen rifles listed,
each described. All K98k rifles in 7mm caliber.
Examples of the description: stock: cracked, action: pitted, barrel: pitted bolt: pitted
another one:
Rear sight: missing front sling attach: missing action: pitted.
And on and on. All broken, missing parts and heavily corroded. IMO, junk.
And you can purchase one of these magnificent specimens of the rifle maker's art for ONLY
$185. C&R eligable.
Clearly they are scraping the bottoms of the barrel, cleaning out all the junk left in the warehouses. I bought
my first centerfire rifle, a Mauser 95 Chilean in essentially new, likely never issued, condition for $35. Many
more followed, including some nice Swedes, and many other. Not all that long ago I picked through a
shipping case full of Mosin-Nagant 91/30 to find a never issued gun, mint bbl for $89 out the door, no tax.
Maybe a dozen years ago.
The end of an era. All the newer stuff was select fire or even if semi-auto, banned from import.
Bill
I checked, even though I already have more than I really need. They had about a dozen rifles listed,
each described. All K98k rifles in 7mm caliber.
Examples of the description: stock: cracked, action: pitted, barrel: pitted bolt: pitted
another one:
Rear sight: missing front sling attach: missing action: pitted.
And on and on. All broken, missing parts and heavily corroded. IMO, junk.
And you can purchase one of these magnificent specimens of the rifle maker's art for ONLY
$185. C&R eligable.
Clearly they are scraping the bottoms of the barrel, cleaning out all the junk left in the warehouses. I bought
my first centerfire rifle, a Mauser 95 Chilean in essentially new, likely never issued, condition for $35. Many
more followed, including some nice Swedes, and many other. Not all that long ago I picked through a
shipping case full of Mosin-Nagant 91/30 to find a never issued gun, mint bbl for $89 out the door, no tax.
Maybe a dozen years ago.
The end of an era. All the newer stuff was select fire or even if semi-auto, banned from import.
Bill
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