Value of Sporterized Chilean 1895 Mauser

[djardine]

Can anyone give me a good idea of the value of my 1895 Chilean Mauser chambered in 7x57? My uncle bought it at a drug store 30 years ago still coated in cosmoline. Long story short- we decided to fully sporterize it. We had the gun gray duracoated and had the bolt cult and rewelded to fit the Boyd thumb hole stock we put on it. It has a Leupold one piece base and Leupold twist-on steel rings. I checked the barrel with a borelight and the rifling looks really good.
I am very familiar with modern rifle values, but I am at a loss on this one being over 100 years old and then sporterized. Thanks alot.

 

[gun addict]

well it is safe to say there is no collector's value left. However it is a pretty good looking sporter job so it's worth whatever you put into it. Very hard to price those since $200 would be an insult to the amount of work you puts in but because it is sportarized heavily....

 

[nwilliams]

Unfortunately there isn't much demand for sporterized Mausers. A Chilian 1895 in very good original condition is generally worth $200-$300. As far as Mausers go the Chilean 1895 is pretty desirable in its orginal condition.

While the custom work on your rifle is good, it's not really going to bring the value up any and if anything it's probably lost a good bit of its value. If you ask more than $250 then most anyone looking for a Chilean Mauser is going to go find one in original condition for that price or a little less.

I would guestimate that your rifle might fetch $150-$175 but it probably wouldn't be the easiest sell. You can always ask high and lower the price later but I wouldn't get my hopes up too high. Remember that for under or around $400 there are plenty of decent bolt action rifles out there that brand new. Most sporterized Mausers are placed in the same category as any budget bolt action rifle and if someone wants a budget bolt action rifle one only needs to take a trip to Wally World to find one.

If I were you I would just keep it. It looks like you put a lot of hard work into that gun and I'm sure it's a good shooter.

 

[browningguy]

I'm with nwilliams on this one. Sporterized '95's and '91's just don't get any money, I would expect in an auction it would get $150-175.

 

[Mr_Pale_Horse]

1. It is a Loewe receiver, so technically, it is an antique and can be bought and sold without FFL, except where prohibited by state law. That can make it easier to sell online. Your call as to how you feel about going that route.

2. I shudder to think what you have in that. I have a Deutsche Waffen Chilean that I sportered in the 80's with far less spectacular results (except that it shoots tiny groups and has killed many deer and ground hogs) and I have $390 1980's dollars in that gun, not counting optics.

3. Put it on Gunbroker and put the reserve (or starting bid) on it that you want out of it. It will cost you $1 for your trouble, and you just might come across a 1895 mauser sporter lover. Who knows, I might be the fool that buys it .