qz2026 wrote:capt14k wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:20 am
qz2026 wrote:Prices are all over the board for Mosins right now. I just saw an MO 91/30 sell for $315, which I though was pretty low for this gun. Alternately, I've seen average refubs sell for $350. I also recently saw an Argentine 1909 carbine, a matching 1st variant Ejercito, sell for $315 too. A steel in anyone's book. Then you will see standard 1909/47 selling for $500+. I guess the secret now when selling is being hopeful that newbies bid. Yet, that is a bit risky. I don't think many collectors would even pay $300 anymore for a 91/30 unless it was one that filled a hole. Listing a rifle anymore is a crap shoot. I recently sold the majority of my guns to Larry Eisel but that's a different story.
You sold to Eisel and didn't give me a shot first lol. Now I have to catch the blanket when it needs a recharge.
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LOL... Sorry. I gave some hints of this for the last couple of months. A few guys here read between the lines and jumped and got some really nice stuff. I'll say that Larry is a top notch guy, was fair and has excellent communication - he called about once a week keeping me up to date with his travel plans. Matter of fact he upped his offer about 25% when he actually saw the collection. Not so with the other biggie in the market. The GunBroker scenario was just getting so old with boxing and shipping. And the stress of listing any more was too much for me. It's a total crap shoot now. I did keep about 12 that I like shooting and reload for. He may float some stuff out there soon but most of it will take a while. When you see 91/59's and 91/38's that have been unobtanium for years, you will know that those were mine. I had all of them. And I think a lot of them will go large. He did insist that he had to have my Venezuelan short rifle (a real tack driver). That was a difficult one since I wanted to keep it. The '95 Spanish carbine was difficult too. But, I kept a couple other 7mm rifles. The matching Chilean 1912 (tack shooter too), I insisted on keeping that one though
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No regrets though. Problem is that I had to order a rubber stamp with his info on it for booking out the rifles. Otherwise it would take forever.
Yeah it is a lot of work listing and shipping a bunch of rifles. Takes me an hour on average to properly pack a rifle. Needs to be able to survive a 6' fall, and not move around in the box.
I still need a Venezuelan Carbine in the white and 1912 Chilean Short in the White. I have Vene Short and Target. I also have a 1912 Chilean Short with SIG replacement barrel but they blued them when they replaced the barrel.
Also need a 1909 Argentine Mountain Carbine (not full stock). The one time OOW has something listed at a fair price and another bidder pops up at the last minute. I wasn't getting into a bidding war so I dropped out at $750 which was $100 more than I wanted to go.
Also need a 1909 Peruvian Short. Just picked up a matching vz32 Peruvian.
I just recently managed to get 1908 Uruguayan (I believe it is a short) and 1909 dated Uruguayan, all matching, to go with my 1910 dated Uruguayan. Unfortunately I also recently just missed a vz37 Uruguayan, twice.
Those 5 rifles will complete each country for me.
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