I will say it looks like a nice one Doug... the spot on the sideplate bothers me a little is it cold blued in the top right hand corner? I can't quite tell if the gun has been refinished... but the rust blue is sure pretty if it is a rework. The rest of the finish looks superb. Can't tell from the photos just how much straw is left... they small parts look white on my screen like they have been polished clean...but that may just be the lighting and reflection...
What makes me feel like it has been refinished is the soft lines at the rear of the stock lug...and the scratch from the safety lever seems to have been blued over...
Proofs seem typical for a K-Date... It's got the Mauser hump at the rear of the frame...if there is something unusual about it, I haven't had enough coffee this morning for it to stand out...
Was that any help? Value? I guess it depends on how much you want it and whether or not it really has been refinished...
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