06/73 Mauser

[alanint]

They don't.....Just remember that internet auction sites are a crapshoot of circumstances. All it takes is two bidders with more money and ego than brains to bid an otherwise common item into the stratosphere.

[SteveM]

Originally Posted by alanint

an otherwise common item

I beg to differ..this configuration is not that common in this country. Out of the hundred or so that I have documented only 13 are of this type and I have been collecting the data on them for approximately 4 years. There are even less of the 4 inch models.

[alanint]

Originally Posted by SteveM

I beg to differ..this configuration is not that common in this country. Out of the hundred or so that I have documented only 13 are of this type and I have been collecting the data on them for approximately 4 years. There are even less of the 4 inch models.

Regardless, I'm trying to point out that Auctions tend to inflate prices.
Would you pay that price for an example?

[SteveM]

Originally Posted by saab-bob

Hello Steve
I thought the Mauser Parabellum 9mm with the 4 Inch barrel and the Swiss style grip was the most common variety???

My data shows that the 6 inch 29/70 is the most common followed by the 4 inch 29/70. After those two come the 06/73 6 inch followed by the 06/73 4 inch.

Originally Posted by alanint

Would you pay that price for an example?

No, I wouldn't but I never thought that I would pay a 1000-1100 for the 7.65mm and 9mm that I do have. I got the both of them 1.5, 2.5 years ago respectively. Had been collecting the data for about a year and a half and when I started noticing that the prices were going up and just how many of the different types were available. The 6 inch 06/73 models have been selling for anywhere from 1700 to a little over 2100 recently. Now they are out of my price range. Supply and demand you know.