Price for Swedish Mauser?

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So, what are Swedish Mausers going for these days?

I remember when the long rifles were going for about a hundred bucks, but what's a good price for one these days? (Long barrel, straight bolt, decent condition.)

Thanks!
 
Actually more than that.

Samco is selling just "good" ones...matching but crappy stocks, little finish, good bores. $365. Sarco is selling M96 targets for around $325 but not sure their condition.

I've seen really nice ones (good wood, metal finish and bores) on the auction sites going for $450-550.

Ah, to have gotten this bug two or three years ago when they were cheap.
 
I've seen really nice ones (good wood, metal finish and bores) on the auction sites going for $450-550.
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Are those the asking prices or prices as sold?
I've been seeing alot of m96s on auction sites with very high prices but no bidders. Some of the sellers on auction sites are the same dreamers that try to sell at gunshows;)

$250-350 would be a reasonable price for an all matching M96 good to excellent condition right now. Less for threaded muzzles or mismatched bolts or stocks.
 
Look at all the gunboard for sale areas. I found this in the Swede Military Firearms Forum of http://www.gunboards.com/forums/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=40

I picked up a all matching excellent condition 1910 Carl Gustofs m/96 with about 90% blue with beautiful French walnut for $300. That I believe is a fair price these days. Just look around and don't jump on the first Swede you see.

Unless she is a tall blonde ;)



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I looked around the gun boards and shows for quite a while and couldn't find anything at a decent price. Apparently I'm not looking in the right places because all I've seen is apparent junk at high prices (say compared to the pic that triage1998 just posted).
 
I paid $140 a couple years ago for an all-matching (except for cleaning rod) Swede. Wood isn't 'pretty', but is in nice condition regardless. Shoots superbly too.
 
is about $250 around me.

I'll buy them for $150.
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so you won't be getting a swede? :evil:

We bought a couple 4-5 years ago. And while I wanna say we paid about $100 each, I know we didn't go over $150 per.
 
There is a cut up Small Ring Swede at a local store for $280. The stock has been replaced with a synthetic, the bolt bent, and the reciever drilled and has scope rings installed. The barrel bore is in nice shape and is about 22" long. Since it is already cut up it has lost all collectors value, but would this be a gun that I should let into my home? I have always wanted a 6.5x55 gun and this is a chance for me to own one and the price seems good. I might be able to get it down to $250.

/What do you all think?
 
Crosshair, the price seems good if the work is good. How is the bolt bent? Is it just bent down like a K98K? Or is it cut & welded to work around a low-mounted scope? Is the safety changed out to something that works with a scope mounted? Is the trigger good?

I have a sporterized 03 Springfield, and it's a great rifle. Someone sporterized it and I picked it up for a good price.

I'll try to post a picture of the safety and bolt on the '03.

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Regards.
 
I went and looked at it again and it looks like the bolt came from the factory bent. That or someone did a REALLY good job of converting it. I think I might make an offer, though I would have to put it on layaway.
 
Crosshair, I think the 1938 model came with a bent bolt handle, bent at an angle, not a curved handle. I'm not sure how that would work with a low-mounted scope, it looks like it would interfere. It would be pretty easy for a smith to cut the handle off the bolt and either weld it on at a different angle or weld a new handle. Either way it would be a nice shooter.

Regards.
 
Well, I returned the M38 to SAMCO. It was just in really crappy shape. Put out a WTB and just landed this beauty from WildAlaska. Can't wait to get it.
 

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Very nice looking. You'll be very pleased. I don't know what it would cost to make these rifles today at the standard of quality they were built to, but it would be well into four figures.
 
Terrierman, I'll give you $120 for it. ;) Seriously, did you pay that a long time ago or did you locate it recently at that price? If so, you've got to share the source...it's only decent.:)
RT
 
Honesty compels me to admit that the purchase price of $105.00 is not all that recent. Maybe six years ago? or seven. Can't remember for certain. What I can remember is liking that rifle a lot when I saw it the first time, liking it better after buying and shooting it and liking it even more after I put a MOJO rear sight on it. I took it deer hunting the same year I put the MOJO on it and scored a nice Missouri whitetail with the old girl. I don't shoot it all that much anymore but I think I'll just keep hanging on to it for a while longer. Whoever said they are well made said a mouth full.
 
Ahh, supplies have recently dried up in the last year or two. That's why you have a lot of folks who "just" gave $100-150 for them and can't believe that suddenly they are selling for $300-500.

Makes you wonder what's going to happen the the prices of 03's now that the CMP is out of them...and K31's when they dry up.
 
"Makes you wonder what's going to happen the the prices of 03's now that the CMP is out of them...and K31's when they dry up."

Based on the Swede's, triple value in the next few years is certainly not out of line. That would make buying a hundred or so a pretty smart investment now wouldn't it?
 
They may be moving in some locations at $300 or more for the long rifles but at the guns shows here, the dealers seem to be content hauling them back and forth. Not many takers for the mismatched or somewhat beat-up units they seem to have.

When Swedes were selling for $100 or so a while back and it was common to have several to choose from, one test I did on the rifles with straight bolts was check the bolt lug play/looseness where it cams by wiggling the closed bolt handle back and forth in the plain of the receiver. On rifles where everything else is basically equal (good rifling etc), I learned to pick the unit with the least amt of right to left lug looseness (un-cocked bolt). These seemed to perform better accuracy-wise than rifles with more play, of which I owned several but traded off over the years since. YMMV

Not applicable to rifles with bent bolts.

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I paid $175 for this one about 6 years ago, and I thought that was a lot of money at the time.

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If I would have known better, I would have snapped up every good looking swede that I could find at that price.:banghead:
 
I started this thread because I bought a Swede several years ago (all matching except the cleaning rod) and wondered about its value.

Since I've only put 20 rounds through it in umpty years, I decided to try selling the rifle at the Dallas Market Hall gun show last weekend, priced at $250 with 40 rounds of FMJ ammo. I had no takers.

It's probably just as well. I think I'll keep the rifle a while longer.
 
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