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Greetings, gents!
Not sure if anyone saw the USMC 1903 Sniper rifle with Unertl Scope on Gunbroker... if not, here's the link.... the seller is asking a cool 18K for it! Please comment on what you-all think of this one. Take care! :wave:
Best Regards from Virginia,
The Wolf
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=136251443
Is it my eyes or are those scopes mounts looking a little odd?
I wish him luck on that $18K. He won't get it from me.
Jim
The handguard, at least, looks faked, as well.
It appears to be 100% correct and original. It does have the correct scope rings and handguard.
My apologies - I was thinking of another M1903 sniper rifle I had seen on either Gunbroker or Auctionarms. This wasn't it.
Still, a little pricey at $18K.
Not many guns on GB worth 5 digits, some worth 4. He'd be better off sending it an auction house like Julia's.
Here's another overpriced item on AA.
http://www.auctionarms.com/search/di...temnum=9212120
Too bad these sites don't give these yahoos some guidance on how to price their wares.
Caveat Emptor.
-Jeff L
The rifle being sold in the first post is from a dealer, Rick Crosier, who is not noted for pricing things too cheap.
A bunch of bad pictures and no information for a rifle priced that high. Is the bolt numbered to the rifle correctly or at all? Does the stock have any drawing numbers, or serial numbered to the rifle?
The star gauge looks a little pat, but is too out of focus to see well. The stock looks sanded, but has a deep SA/SPG cartouche. Normally the SA/SPG cartouche was not all that deep. It may be all correct, but I would have to see it up close.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../2rpte2w-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../2hykjnl-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...8/nb5bpl-1.jpg
Shouldn't the bolt be blued as well?
Regards,
Jim
I take it the rifle is suppose to be one of the USMC rifle team rifles, and would be an NM with a polished and numbered bolt. Would love to see the polishing on the bolt.
I vote "fake". :thdown:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Wolf
FWIW.
J.B. :wave:
nice, but, im with John...not a sniper..
Bolt should not be bright..for a rifle that clean, it should have a black bolt.
for that amount of money, id want to see alot more closeup pics,
buttplate, bolt. ect.
the REAL USMC sniper rifles iv seen and held, had no muzzle mark, but did have the SG mark ahead of the sight base.
that alone isnt a deal breaker, and others may have a muzzle mark..
however, from what im told by someone who really knows USMC rifles,
they didnt like to mess with the muzzle.
also.
barrel is a replacement.
1331660 with a 1939 barrel???not likely.
had it been rebarreled, likely it would have been a SA 42 barrel..
if you look close, finish, on the sight base doesnt match the reciever.
this is a very nice rifle, and a nice scope, but 18 grand???hmmm.
10 grand maybe, id bet if he started that as a no reserve, and let it run in the Winter, it would have got close to what he was asking...
but, like MOST of the auctions on GB, they arent real auctions, start out a real bottom price. say, open it at 2 grand, no reserve, or a realistic reserve of say 10 grand. and it would likely sell.
scope would fetch 6 to 7 grand by itself..rifle 15 to 1800.00 maybe more.
mine's bona fide original and all correct with a lot of dings from battle and nib. my old man took it off a dead jap at normandy in 1955. i might be persuaded to let it go for $10.0k. if you don't like it. bring it back. i won't be here.
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