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wow thats a tough decision.
i would chose based on:
1st sentimental attachment.
2nd what fits with my interests.
3rd what would be the hardest to replace (price/rarity/condition)
with zero attachment i would chose the M1D cause its a M1D
the forestry carbine cause its just cool.
after that it would be a toss up between the steyr the 1888 and the ljunhmann. all interest me. if the steyr was still in 8x50 it would win, otherwise?
note, while i would happily own any of those rifles i'm not overly interested in mauser 98s. i love lee enfields but would pass on the sporter unless it is something really interesting as sporterized smle's are
not hard to find or overly interesting as is.
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10-16-2018 10:57 PM
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Digged: Wildly different value, of course, amongst these rifles. The M1D is probably a Danish rifle and probably authentic. Might be worth in excess of $3000 while the Tikka M91 is unlikely to get you more then $500 or $600 in our market. If you did a few posts on Canadian Gunnutz you'd probably get a lot of specific feedback on valuation of some of these guns.
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Sorry for your loss.
Coming to your question, I could do without the sporterised LE, all the rest would possibly stay with me for all my time span here on this world.
These rifles are just...special. All of them.
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Your dad had a good eye. Keep the ones that remind you most of him.
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I'd choose the M1D first.
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sell em all, as it appears its a value thing going on
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Originally Posted by
JerryEAL
sell em all, as it appears its a value thing going on
A very good point. Discussing the value is so subjective that it will lead to dissent among the inheritors.
To adapt a saying of Frank Cousins (onetime leader of the TUC - anyone remember him?)
"There is no fair price for a fair object. There is only a momentarily acceptable price for an object in momentarily acceptable condition".
In other words, the fairest way to establish the present value is to sell them all at auction.
Digged, I deduce from your posts that the guns are part of your father's estate, and therefore not your sole property. So if they are sold at auction, and you buy (at the auction!) those you would like to keep, then you have paid the estate the fair value as established by the auction. The other inheritors will thus receive their fair share of the amount raised.
Anything else is endless "iffing" and "butting".
BTW: Over here, the M1D would be worth as much as all the rest put together.
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Originally Posted by
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In other words, the fairest way to establish the present value is to sell them all at auction.
That'll work... If you're serious that is. The rest can do the same. They can sit beside you and find out how badly they actually want dad's old rifle.
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Switzers auction house ( I believe, Ontario) routinely sells large numbers of milsurps in their auctions. I've noticed that items like the M1D (No. 4 T's, '03/A4's, etc) generally seem to get full market value or even higher in their auctions (not even counting the auction fees). As Patrick suggests, this would likely be your best way to go.
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