Hello Guys
Feast your eyes on this and tell me why it should sell for several thousand big ones, I haven't seen one of these for sale in NZ in 30 years of collecting Mauser sporters!
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketpl...ing/4578627231
Cheers
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Hello Guys
Feast your eyes on this and tell me why it should sell for several thousand big ones, I haven't seen one of these for sale in NZ in 30 years of collecting Mauser sporters!
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketpl...ing/4578627231
Cheers
PS - if you know why this is special just give a wink rather than letting the cat out of the bag . . . . Questions welcome however!
Nice! I will be interested to see what that goes for and if it ends up at my place :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tentman
@Tentman I can pick it up for you in CHCH
Leaving Ikamatua in about 1 hour and can pick up around 6 or 7pm if you discover the magic numberQuote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
Ok, giz a hint. Not that familiar with the minutae of Mauser sporters - but what I see is an early 7x57 commercial action Type B in a lower grade, no set trigger or fluff apart from the Obendorf floorplate release? I've handled one very similar to this before in NZ although I recall a different chambering.
You'll have to educate the masses to what we are missing but probably after the auction finishes haha.
Yup no clues until the auction gets beyond my pocket. Manufactured 1936/37 according to Jon Speed. Pretty unlikely to have been a war trophy.
;) @Tentman lovely jubly
Would 10 k be to higher auto bid to put on it :)
Yup. I'm picking about 3KQuote:
Originally Posted by blip
Well if you wanted to get it cheap you have just stirred the honey pot. I have just unlocked my invest account��Quote:
Originally Posted by Tentman
I can collect for you in 2 weeks if you win it Foster...especially if David doesn't beat you to it
Haha, best of luck, right from the start I was picking it'd finish too rich for me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Southcity
I'll syphon you some money from my secret NZ account @TentmanQuote:
Originally Posted by Tentman
Always wondered what my oldschool bench rifle started life as. Ouch….
Is it a Small-ring Action perchance.??(A guess).
Not a small ring but an intermediate length only used for 7 x 57 , the very same size Mauser supplied to Rigby for there .275’s , but it’s not a Rigby of course .
It does appear to have been chipped at the toe of the butt slightly at some stage and the bottom of the butt plate has been repaired or worn away, stock could possibly be shortened ?
It’s still quite a nice example , if your serious about bidding though I would get the LOP confirmed , I have brought old rifles over the years and it’s a real disappointment when they turn up and you realise they have been chopped.
This is my 7 x 57 so I can check length if any one wants that info.
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I wouldn't personally want anyone know i owned a bolt action repeating rifleQuote:
Originally Posted by Boxton
Last time I loaded a magazine it made me feel a bit sick
My offer was merely to help out a friend with the pick up in CHCH
Hahaha - Beautiful, a mauser snob "out snobbed"Quote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
I fully appreciate these Mauser's and do keep an eye out for them for friends.
There was an exceptional one at the Timaru auction last year on the sales tables.
I phoned @Tentman and @Scout instantly about it.
Because despite not being "my thing" when you see a 1930s rifle that's likely only fired one box of ammo in its lifetime, you try and find a mate who wants to own it.
Bore 10/10
Rifle 10/10
Everything mint
Lived its entire life in a canvas bag
So turns out the price was OK but it was pure collector. Just too good to hunt with ( apparently ! is that a thing ? Not in my world ) and maybe not great timing ( when is it ever great timing and you are flush with cash ? Never ).
I mentioned it to a guy in South Otago who knew the vendor and was delighted to hear a few weeks later that the deal was done and this 10/10 Mauser is owned and appreciated by someone I know.
It was all about the bore on this rifle !
When you see any rifle of any type that is over 80 years old and his an excellent to mint bore you just want to know it will get shot, hunted with and owned by someone you know.
The heartbreak involved with trying to get an old, rough and tired bore to shoot is tragic.
I do look at rifles that aren't "My Thing" and do get schooled up on them by friends who are looking out for them.
And when I see a good vintage rifle of any flavor I instantly start thinking, who do I know who is into this type ?
The bolt release mounted peep sight is pretty spesh too.
Bugger all of them about.
7x57 would be mint.
Fast twist and heavy projectile (1y0s I think they did), great stag medicine
Nailed it mate!Quote:
Originally Posted by csmiffy
Haha really? I'm not a mauser guru like yourself but I do know about themQuote:
Originally Posted by Tentman
Should've read 170 grs for the projectiles too.
Historically they could run a pretty heavy pill for great penetration which KJ Bell used to great effect.
It's a pity the modern wannabee 7mm copy the 270win didn't emulate the twist like the newcomers do.
So @Tentman did you have a go?
Yeah it's my bid there now.
I have 8 packets of old Kynoch ammo that would be great in such a rifle
How slippery is that seller??? Fails to admit to the missing rear sight, the chip on the butt and the cracked buttplate... photos conveniently cropped... His bore condition assessment would need to have some careful scrutiny before purchasing.
Pictures of all the missing bits and damage are up now though.
From the look of the bluing, the sweated stock and the " dry wear" on the metalwork ,my absolute guess.is that rifle came from somewhere hot and dry.Coukd well be wrong but for a gun pushing 100 years old there is alot of shiny metal that has never gone a bit rusty.
Yeah only put them up after questions were asked. HmmmmQuote:
Originally Posted by norsk
Yeah @FRST I asked him for the other pics , you could just see the toe was either chipped or rounded off and bit strange you couldn’t see the whole butt pad , he should of mentioned the rear site missing too , his idea of a good bore could be interesting..?
The stock has also be shortened 13.5 is pretty short , that’s about 3/4 “ taken off and there is still a good chip missing .
Interesting all right. I've asked for my bid to be removed. The Lyman 35 sight is still calling to me thought, and I could use the bolt. Gonna be very interesting as to the value "the market" puts on this package.
Would pay to ask again for the bid to be removed as it hasn't shown up in the questions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tentman
There is an intermediate sized action with set triggers for sale here. Good nick for less than $300NZ. So that's what they are worth in Europe anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tentman
Just get a tikka 7-08 :thumbsup:
@norsk cool but pita to get it hereQuote:
Originally Posted by norsk
What did it sell for in the end?
Closed without any bids Jeff.Quote:
Originally Posted by nor-west
The seller has both mine and Lucky's contact details but seems to have gone to ground . . . Which is a bit of a shame.
Yep , he wants $2k for it as it is , overpriced in that condition unfortunately
