Rare Mauser 714

[conehammer]

Originally Posted by alvin

They would not change a lot on their machining setup, that cost too much. They would skip some machining steps. There are some frame cuts on regular Schnellfeuer being functional -- such as grip slot (for attaching stock), hole on the left of the frame (for firing control switch), internal slot (for firing control bar), the machining steps for those functional cuts were simply skipped.

You certainly studied Broomhandles much more than most Alvin but that's quite a statement. We can't know what it would have cost Mauser to make changes to their machining sequence. I can't say I'm intimate with the sort of machining procedures of the period they followed as I've only seen general photos of Mauser's assembly and fitting areas. Jigs/ fixtures/ machining templates could be modified/ cloned with changes if the numbers were deemed worth it.

You've assembled quite a collection by now Alvin, didn't you also add a 6 and 20 shot to your stable? Were you the guy that snagged that beautiful Turkish Contract piece a year or so ago?

My collecting has been dormant for quite some while but I'm thinking of dipping my toes into the pool again. I'm only interested in Broomhandles but I'm not necessarily on a quest for perfection.

Jerry

[alvin]

Originally Posted by conehammer

You've assembled quite a collection by now Alvin, didn't you also add a 6 and 20 shot to your stable? Were you the guy that snagged that beautiful Turkish Contract piece a year or so ago?

Got Joe's 20CH. He had a few 20CHs, but only this one being original. I bet he had another nicer original one, probably sold privately to his friend. 6CH came from a California collector. He violated law and court forced him selling all guns. So I got his 6CH, a very nice original one.

I was not the guy on the Sturgess Turkish though. I handled the gun in the preview, it looks nice. Book value of Turkish in that shape was about $10k, I knew it would not come at $10k, if stretching to $12k, plus BP and tax (I had to pay tax), I would have to pay $15k. That's hard. So my max was $12k and stopped there. But other people pushed it to $27.5k, plus BP that would be more than $30k. Not because I did not like it, but I really could not compete. And, at this price level,,, it does not have matching stock.

Actually, for Turkish CH, it does not have to look that nice. A 40% or higher one will be OK with me. Turkey was a poor country, guns falling into Turkish hands going lower condition was normal. But I have not met one yet. Joe had a poor one sold later on gunbroker.com via 3rd party, but that one had mixed parts, and grip frame was damaged, so I bypassed it. 1000 Turkish were made, its rarity is like 6-shot, Persian, and carbine. Probably fewer survived, but there must be more. Just need to wait an appropriate one.