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Value eh? For insurance? For trading? For sale? Just because you want a number to put with it?
Family heirloom or something you lucked into? (there's reasons for my asking stupid questions)
Since I know a very little about Swedish Mauser's (which I kinda like) I can only compare to them. Buying a long barrel Mauser (w/ import marks mind you) nowadays, $450 ish+, selling one, $400 ish. Trading to LGS, $150 (maybe). Insuring, I got nothing. I'd add another $50-100 for a bringback (clean no import marks). Bringback with provenance, add more, maybe another bill.
If Great grandpa brought it back and its been in the family since 1918 (or 1945), priceless?
A rifle I can ring steel at 880 yds using the dang open sights (and I have done that with both Turks and Swedes and my aging eyes)... what are bragging rights worth? Nada. (it was a BIIIG piece of steel mind you)
Pretty clean 99 year old Obie sir.
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A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." - George Washington, January 8, 1790, First State of the Union Address
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