SWITZER's Firearms Auction Sale

[tiriaq]

The Krag bore looked good, so it should be an excellent shooter. Krags have a reputation for accuracy. I would have eventually restored the forend, returning the rifle to issue condition. The BSA Martini is interesting, has the C/l\, but no cadet corps marks. These are dandy shooters.
Did you notice that the last sported Ross went to an absentee bidder for $400? I cannot conceive of why someone would have bid that, unless they thought that it was a factory sporter. It did appear to have a sporter bolt in it, though, judging from the pronounced case colours.
That poor little remnant of a Snider cadet carbine went for $200, homemade barrel band and all. Bad enough that the tumbler shank was broken, and hammer was missing, but the attemped repair to the tumbler by welding should have been done with the tumbler out of the lock.

[superbee]

Hi,I was wondering what #1481 went for?The target longbranch with target sights.Was going to put in an absent bid but chickened out.
Eric

[Pete04]

1481 went for 6 and change. The guy that got it told me he was suspicious of it not having a bayo lug. Turns out it was a '43 rebarreld to 7.62 NATO, glass bedded, target rifle. One of the best (and smartest) deals there that I heard of.

[Badger]

Well, Switzer's sent me an email and said I was the winning bidder on item #1387, the 1939 Oberndorf German K98k Mauser, bayonet/scabbard and cleaning kit set .....

I'm going to have start selling things soon, to make room for the new girls....

Regards,
Badger

[Pete04]

Nice grab Badger! It went very early. I had to wait till the end of the day to get the dagger. LOL It was worth the wait though.
Pete

[tiriaq]

The LB 7.62 went for $675.

[Claven2]

So - did you have any detail pics to go on regarding that K98k? I had thought of absentee bidding it, but unless it was a vet bringback, I wouldn't have been interested as I already have all the refurbed K98k's I need.

If you don;t mind my asking - what did you get it for? (which is a different question than your max bid amount - lol!)

[Warren]

Did you check the mount to see if it was not a Canadian made mount???? Canadian mounts (some) had the ring number on the LEFT side and not the right.. Also, the early Mk.1 REL scopes had the name and serial number on the BOTTOM of the scope and you had to remove it from the rifle or turn the rifle on the side and look into the bottom of the scope tube to read the numbers. I have a couple REL scopes with the info on the bottom, in case anyone wants to see a picture of them.

[tiriaq]

Scope serial and makers marks were on top, partly obscured by the rear ring. Bracket had a B-prefix rifle serial on it. Bracket serial was set in a shallow end milled cut. Ring cap numbers were on right, bracket ring numbers on left. Staking punches did not line up with cap screw slots.
Claven2 - No way of knowing the provenance of the K98k, but if there ever was a vet bring back, this could certainly be it. No rod, but otherwise absolutely correct and untouched. I'll leave it to Badger to discuss price with you. I know that Paul Switzer did send out photos prior to the sale.

[Pete04]

The scope tube numbers faced up, but were partially covered by the rear rings, which I presumed was because some one had installed them reversed. I didn't notice the blue or red marks on the scope tube. Frankly, once I saw that there was no T on the reciever, I new I was over my head since the other marks looked real enough. I therefor moved on, to leave it to the experts, of which there were plenty there let me assure you. LOL LOL The stake marks on the parts attatched to the reciever (which you attatch the scope mount to) were centre punched too far from the threads to do their job. IMHO Also these same screw slots were buggerd a bit. this may or may not be inportant, but it was enough ( in my ignorance) to put me off from bidding.
Pete