[ithacaartist]

Hi evrenay,
You have posted a nicely comprehensive batch of photos for this poor gun. Wherever it was plated, whoever prepared it for the process, I am afraid, did not do a very good job. Because you took such good pics, one can see every mark, grain, and gall left by the preparer's files, not to mention sanding/grinding swirls. This treatment could have come out lots better, and guns that have had their surfaces carefully smoothed can be quite handsome (although it knocks down the value quite a bit for hardcore collectors to alter one in this way), and I feel bad for you that this one lacks such attention to detail. But since it is a post-war Mauser, I think what affects its value most is that the plating was done poorly, not simply that it was done at all. IMHO.