6.5x55 swede
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glassparman
"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
What year is stamped on the top of the receiver?
462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
This past March, sold my non-matching 1901-dated Swede for $200, just to be rid of it, and used the money towards the .45 Colt Uberti Cattleman. As of three weeks ago, the rifle was still on the dealer's back wall.
Looking backwards and prior to the Chinese flu invasion, I should've consigned it when others were consigned with prices of $650.
Jim, for what it's worth, you might see what Turner's Outdoorsman will offer. If their Salinas store is used as any kind of measure, don't expect to get anything other than lousy customer service or someone who even knows one end of a rifle from another.
Looking backwards and prior to the Chinese flu invasion, I should've consigned it when others were consigned with prices of $650.
Jim, for what it's worth, you might see what Turner's Outdoorsman will offer. If their Salinas store is used as any kind of measure, don't expect to get anything other than lousy customer service or someone who even knows one end of a rifle from another.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Unbelievable! I bought three new from rebuild from Southern Ohio Gun Works for $89.00, plus Ohio sales tax.
oscarflytyer
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I WISH I had not started to sporterize my dated 1907 back in the day/1991! Bought it for ~$90. Cpl years ago sold a not as nice one for ~$650...
All milsurps, but another one that has gone total nutso - M95 8x56R! I remember buying my absolutely pristine rearsenal (as all 8x56Rs are) for prob ~$75. One like it now could bring ~$600. And it is no WAY a Swede!!!!
All milsurps, but another one that has gone total nutso - M95 8x56R! I remember buying my absolutely pristine rearsenal (as all 8x56Rs are) for prob ~$75. One like it now could bring ~$600. And it is no WAY a Swede!!!!
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Mitty38
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They went out of business in 2018.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I recall trying to engineer a way to get Boxer primers to work in my surplus Berdan primed 8x56R brass. I figured a way but it was labor intensive and none to reliable. I was thankful when Grafs came out with Boxer primed 8x56R brass.
Uncle Grinch
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Both one last year for $650 and traded a Ruger BH for another one this year. I figured trade value was $650-700.
Pressman
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I paid $800 for an all matching 1917 Carl Gustav 3 years ago. It was 100% covered in long term storage grease.
Today I looked at a non-professional, though decently done VZ-24 rebarreled to 6.5x55. It had a Boyds stock and mis-matched turn in rings and base. The metal was finished in Brownell's Duracoat.
Asking price was 1000.00
Today I looked at a non-professional, though decently done VZ-24 rebarreled to 6.5x55. It had a Boyds stock and mis-matched turn in rings and base. The metal was finished in Brownell's Duracoat.
Asking price was 1000.00
glassparman
"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
I think I paid $600 for my near perfect all matching Carl Gustafs dated 1898 around 2018. That was here in Cali
Tom
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I paid $120 for a 1909 Gustave m96. Pitted barrel, I bought a nos bbl from sarco for like $80. Numbers no longer match and a Williams peep sight mounted on it. Probably has no value but I could shoot 4" rocks at 175yards offhand with a sling. I don't care about value, it was my favorite rifle and is destined for my old hunting partner who treasures it like I do.
Petrol & Powder
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The world of military surplus rifles has changed.
Despite the incredible production numbers, the supply is not limitless. These rifles are now over 100 years old, and some are more than 120 years old. Many were in service for decades, often being relegated to reserve units or sold off to other nations before being released into the free market. Most were shot with corrosive ammunition; sometimes cleaned properly, sometimes not. Many were stored poorly. Then those cheap surplus rifles of a bygone era were often poorly sporterized or treated as “cheap” rifles. How many of you remember department stores like K-Mart that displayed surplus rifles for sale in a trash can on the floor? Many of these rifles did not survive to today in their original condition.
Decent examples are becoming difficult to find.
Pristine, all matching examples are downright rare.
This shift didn’t happen overnight, the trend from surplus to collector status was a slow trend but we are clearly in the collector realm now. The mis-matched rifles with missing parts and damage will not command high prices. They are not the great deals they were 35-40 years ago, but they remain the affordable option if you just want a shooter and don’t mind a project.
The un-molested, all matching, complete rifles with little damage are now squarely in the collector’s grade. The un-molested, all matching, complete, pristine examples are now museum pieces and priced as premium collector’s grade.
Despite the incredible production numbers, the supply is not limitless. These rifles are now over 100 years old, and some are more than 120 years old. Many were in service for decades, often being relegated to reserve units or sold off to other nations before being released into the free market. Most were shot with corrosive ammunition; sometimes cleaned properly, sometimes not. Many were stored poorly. Then those cheap surplus rifles of a bygone era were often poorly sporterized or treated as “cheap” rifles. How many of you remember department stores like K-Mart that displayed surplus rifles for sale in a trash can on the floor? Many of these rifles did not survive to today in their original condition.
Decent examples are becoming difficult to find.
Pristine, all matching examples are downright rare.
This shift didn’t happen overnight, the trend from surplus to collector status was a slow trend but we are clearly in the collector realm now. The mis-matched rifles with missing parts and damage will not command high prices. They are not the great deals they were 35-40 years ago, but they remain the affordable option if you just want a shooter and don’t mind a project.
The un-molested, all matching, complete rifles with little damage are now squarely in the collector’s grade. The un-molested, all matching, complete, pristine examples are now museum pieces and priced as premium collector’s grade.
glassparman
"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
I just went to my local gun shop and they have a 1901 Swede in very nice original condition. They are asking $650 and this is a shop that has normally good prices.
Jim, this shop is in Lancaster, so SOCAL just like you if that helps price wise.
I would run down to Temecula and take it to an FFL and buy it from you but I'm packing up to move to Oklahoma so momma said "no more stuff!"
Mike
Jim, this shop is in Lancaster, so SOCAL just like you if that helps price wise.
I would run down to Temecula and take it to an FFL and buy it from you but I'm packing up to move to Oklahoma so momma said "no more stuff!"
Mike