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<blockquote data-quote="milsurp2.0" data-source="post: 1955320" data-attributes="member: 24497"><p>I see what youre saying MoBoost, I really do. But all matching mausers havent reached these astronomical prices until lately. The surplus ran out and they got a little higher back in the 80's. not much but a little. Then Saving Private Ryan came out and K98's skyrocketed. Garands and M1 carbines came up too but not as much as the K98. I can't explain it anymore than I can explain Darth Vader and Stormtrooper costumes outselling Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 at Halloween. Most people like the bad guys. GI Joe?, Cobra was neater. Thundercats? Mum-Ra and his flunkies were cooler. He-Man? Skeletor and his flunkies were cooler. Were the nazis better people? No. Were their uniforms neat and more colorful. Alot of people think so. Thanks to shows like Combat and Hogans Heroes they were de-criminalized to an extent. Now the people who grew up watching those shows collect that stuff. I personally don't think neo-nazis or white supremacists are smart enough to hold a job to buy original 3rd Reich stuff. Like JB said, the ones buying reproduction stuff to covet are the ones to worry about. The ones buying original for investment and insuring it(I don't I'm not rich enough to own any of the stuff) do so in the knowledge that once they kick the bucket their kids can sell it off and make a good profit. Is it morally objective? I don't know. Maybe if someone only wanted to collect concentration camp stuff like armbands and uniforms then yes. I find that very strange. And most of these collectors also collect U.S. stuff too to balance out the collection. Because they have to be OCD to collect anyways. AGAIN I AM NOT A COLLECTOR. In fact I have sold most of my rifles off here lately as my very first post on this board indicated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milsurp2.0, post: 1955320, member: 24497"] I see what youre saying MoBoost, I really do. But all matching mausers havent reached these astronomical prices until lately. The surplus ran out and they got a little higher back in the 80's. not much but a little. Then Saving Private Ryan came out and K98's skyrocketed. Garands and M1 carbines came up too but not as much as the K98. I can't explain it anymore than I can explain Darth Vader and Stormtrooper costumes outselling Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 at Halloween. Most people like the bad guys. GI Joe?, Cobra was neater. Thundercats? Mum-Ra and his flunkies were cooler. He-Man? Skeletor and his flunkies were cooler. Were the nazis better people? No. Were their uniforms neat and more colorful. Alot of people think so. Thanks to shows like Combat and Hogans Heroes they were de-criminalized to an extent. Now the people who grew up watching those shows collect that stuff. I personally don't think neo-nazis or white supremacists are smart enough to hold a job to buy original 3rd Reich stuff. Like JB said, the ones buying reproduction stuff to covet are the ones to worry about. The ones buying original for investment and insuring it(I don't I'm not rich enough to own any of the stuff) do so in the knowledge that once they kick the bucket their kids can sell it off and make a good profit. Is it morally objective? I don't know. Maybe if someone only wanted to collect concentration camp stuff like armbands and uniforms then yes. I find that very strange. And most of these collectors also collect U.S. stuff too to balance out the collection. Because they have to be OCD to collect anyways. AGAIN I AM NOT A COLLECTOR. In fact I have sold most of my rifles off here lately as my very first post on this board indicated. [/QUOTE]
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