Price of surplus rifle

[Gil Martin]

I was in a local gun shop today and the topic of discussion was a Kar98k rifle from WWII. It was a dou44 with an aftermarket stock and evidence of some color bluing on a few of the metal parts. The shop was acting as the receiving FFL dealer for an internet purchase. The fellow that bought it paid $1,500.00 according to the copy of the receipt enclosed with the rifle. The shop owner and customers were amazed at the price. I offered to sell a few of my '98 Mausers for that price. All the best...
Gil

[gumpokc]

with signs of at least partial rebluing and aftermarket stock on it as well.....it had better be some sort of custom order thsi guy made, or else he's getting robbed bigtime.

[Gil Martin]

The ironic thing is that the shop has better original '98 Mauser rifles on the racks for about $300.00 or less. None of the shop customers would have paid more that $300.00 for the rifle. The consensus of those in the gun shop was that the customer probably did not have a clue about military rifles or was perhaps hyped and scammed. All the best...
Gil