8mm Mauser Question...

[chad1043]

So I have a gun that was handed down from my Grandfather. Just wondering if I have a nice collector's item or not. It is a 8mm Mauser that my Grandfather bought at a gun show and my father built the stock around. It has all the original metal parts, just not the wooden stock. There are a few stamps on it, but the most notable ones have the Nazi Germany Eagle/swastika on the reciever and barrel. Any idea if this is worth more than the normal 8mm I've been seeing?

Chad

 

[Ash]

To answer, we would need photos. Probably collectable but not ultra rare.

Ash

 

[gm]

depends on condition also...bore..which plant it was made,year,ect.all matching numbers certainly brings more worth.

Ive seen a collector ask a grand for some of the ones in his collection and southern ohio gun selling russian capture mausers for just alil over a hundred bucks.mausers are great shooters,many a custom gun has been built on old ww2 german mausers.

somewhere there is a forumn dedicated to german mausers that has dates for all the codes stamped on these guns.they are notorious for stamping each and every single part with a number.good luck.

 

[Cosmoline]

It's impossible to say with this amount of information. I also can't tell if you're saying your dad changed the stock. If so there's probably no collectors value left at all. If you can't post photos take a detailed notation of all the receiver and barrel markings.