Video: Surplus Release: Argentine Mausers M1891 & 1909 Rifles

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Hey everybody. Ben with Classic Firearms here. Today is Tuesday, May 16 and we have a very special lot of surplus rifles for you today. Something that you don't see all the time. Certainly in my number of years in the firearms business, I've seen very few of these. What we have for you today is Argentine Mausers. Now, we have two different types. We have a very small quantity of the early one, the 1891 Argentine Mauser. Did I get it right this time Matt? That's right. All right, second take on this folks. I said it wrong the first time. The 1891 Argentine Mauser. Come on in and we'll look at that, then we'll show you the 1909s, but we have a very small quantity of these in two different grades. This is the fair and we did that based on the grading of the importer. You can see the F code there meaning fair overall surplus condition. Frankly, I think they may have downgraded that a little bit. To me, for a rifle that's over 100 years old, this is better than fair, but we're going to sell it that way because that's what they called it. Then we have a couple in the good condition. Again, these are the 1891 Argentine Mauser. This is at a seven point six five by 54 caliber, so don't confuse that with what the M91 30 is or the M39s by, it's not a seven six two by 54R, it is a seven six five, which is basically a 32 caliber, but a rifle sized bullet. 32 caliber diameter only 54 millimeter cartridge casing. Seven six two by ... Excuse me. I did it myself. Seven six five by 54. Matt, let's take a look at some of the more moderns. If you call a 1909 more modern, still well over 100 years old. Argentine Mausers made in Germany. Is that correct Matt? On contract for the Argentine government. You can see the Argentine crest on this receiver. We will not guarantee that on all the receivers folks because some, just because of the age and the wear on the receiver. You don't show it, some may have been scrubbed. I'm not certain. Some have been drilled and tapped for some type of original scope mount as you can see there. Some are not. Most are straight bolt, but we have seen a bent bolt or two. Other than the ones that we have on the table, which we feel like is going to be a fair sampling folks, we have not opened all the boxes, so like a box of chocolates, what you get is you're going to find out when you open the box with these, but we do know how they're graded. It will either be the fair or good or ... Excuse me. Fair or very good in the earlier ones, the 1891s and then in the later ones, in the 1909s, we have fair. A few fair cracked and then we have good and a few good cracked. We're not going to sell them with cracks being a consideration as old as these are. If there are cracks, they're going to be very minor, so we're just going to sell them and say it's either fair or good and expect the possibility of a small stock crack in these somewhere. Matt, other than the price can you think of anything else? No, I don't think I have ... I think you covered everything pretty well. Okay, very good. Let's go to pricing. On the fair rifles, either the 1891 or the 1909s, we're going to do those at $319.99 with a $30 upgrade to $349.99 on the goods or very goods. If you'll just type in the key word Argentine into the search engine, these will come right up on the sight. We hope you take advantage of them. They are a great piece of history folks and as always, thank you for being with us at www.ClassicFirearms.com.