Dr. Sandman
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C96 Mauser. This is an expensive and reasonable gun to collect. If you have a collection of shotguns that cost 6 figures per gun, then you and I have different priorities. Here are some reasons why C96 Mausers are the most expensive guns to collect and shoot.
1. They are interesting, collectable, and addictive.
2. Many different variations exist, some very rare and expensive. Lots of 7.63, fewer 9mm, .45, 8mm, 9mm Mauser, experimental calibers. Try buying ammo or even reloading equipment for some of these!
3. Working examples start around $500-600 and "Nice" guns that are not particularly rare run in the thousands.
4.Try buying the C96 carried by Churchill, TE Lawrence, or Selassie. Sit down for that bill.
5. Easy to waste money or a fake or foreign copy. On some of these, you can waste thousands trying to authenticate your guns. Records have been lost and destroyed over the years by wars and the sands of time.
6. In your zeal to collect C96, you accidentally buy an M712 or other full auto version of this gun. That could cost you lawyer fees, fines and buy you a new roommate for 10 years. Put a price on that!
7. I'm counting the DL-44 Heavy Blaster as a C96. The one they used in TESB and ROTJ sold for $200k. The one from the original Star Wars is still out there somewhere.
Those are all the reasons that I can think of at the moment. I would wager that there are some C96 Mausers out there that are not for sale, so the cost of collecting these (it could be argued) transcends money!
1. They are interesting, collectable, and addictive.
2. Many different variations exist, some very rare and expensive. Lots of 7.63, fewer 9mm, .45, 8mm, 9mm Mauser, experimental calibers. Try buying ammo or even reloading equipment for some of these!
3. Working examples start around $500-600 and "Nice" guns that are not particularly rare run in the thousands.
4.Try buying the C96 carried by Churchill, TE Lawrence, or Selassie. Sit down for that bill.
5. Easy to waste money or a fake or foreign copy. On some of these, you can waste thousands trying to authenticate your guns. Records have been lost and destroyed over the years by wars and the sands of time.
6. In your zeal to collect C96, you accidentally buy an M712 or other full auto version of this gun. That could cost you lawyer fees, fines and buy you a new roommate for 10 years. Put a price on that!
7. I'm counting the DL-44 Heavy Blaster as a C96. The one they used in TESB and ROTJ sold for $200k. The one from the original Star Wars is still out there somewhere.
Those are all the reasons that I can think of at the moment. I would wager that there are some C96 Mausers out there that are not for sale, so the cost of collecting these (it could be argued) transcends money!
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