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![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/102795.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/102796.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/102797.jpg) I got some German Mausers for cheap. They are all matching serial numbers but sporterizing them ruined the collector value. They have been sanded and reblued, but I can still see the marks. a) I got a JP Sauer 1940 Mauser with Redfield sight for $165 + sales tax at a pawn shop. That has shiny grooves. b) I got another one with the stock sight, but the bore grooves are frosty. I think I paid ~$100 off a gun show table.
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Nice! That 1940 Sauer was a real bargain with the sight. I am always keeping an eye out for similar rifles, they will be going long after I am done so my son can use them. What are the details on #2?
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I always cringe a bit when someone here on the forum says their donor action for a build was a 33/40 action! 🤣🤣🤣🤣. They were mighty popular back in the day for a nice lightweight rifle.
A good one is pretty steep these days. Heck, any good as issue, WWII 98k is no longer the $35 rifle they were in the old days. They can be just as pricey.
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Have their round haunches gored."
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That top one could be my first deer rifles twin. A '44 BCD code with a Redfield peep site and a Bishop stock. Still have it.
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Nice snag!
Cheap for the Sauer action alone. Stealer.
Nothing quite like a sporterized g33, Woodie--cept for VZ!
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![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/102825.jpg) The two Mausers seem to be the same model as manufactured and sporterized with the same stock. One difference is the $165 rifle says "11" on the receiver and barrel. While the $100 rifle has a flower or P on the receiver and barrel.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
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Let me know when you're ready to sell the one with the receiver sight.....
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