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<blockquote data-quote="poopgiggle" data-source="post: 1358081" data-attributes="member: 6406"><p>Here's an another tip for milsurpers, in addition to knowing about the gun generally and knowing fair prices: don't buy the story. Buy the gun.</p><p></p><p>Everyone is going to say something like, "this K31 was issued to a famous Swiss general who went on secret illegal missions to raid Nazi gold reserves, then used his profits to found Swiss Miss hot chocolate!" Unless it's verifiable with paperwork or armory stamps, it's not worth any more money. I can tell you the name, address, and rank of the prior owner of <em>my</em> K31, but that's because there's a troop tag under the buttplate with that information on it.</p><p></p><p>Also, stay away from any German WWII firearms unless you really know what you're doing. While most milsurp forgeries are really dumb, people go through a lot of effort to forge WWII-era Mausers, to the point that you need to know what type of font each armory used to stamp serial numbers.</p><p></p><p>And if anyone tries to sell you something from Mitchell's Mausers, do us all a favor and punch him in the balls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="poopgiggle, post: 1358081, member: 6406"] Here's an another tip for milsurpers, in addition to knowing about the gun generally and knowing fair prices: don't buy the story. Buy the gun. Everyone is going to say something like, "this K31 was issued to a famous Swiss general who went on secret illegal missions to raid Nazi gold reserves, then used his profits to found Swiss Miss hot chocolate!" Unless it's verifiable with paperwork or armory stamps, it's not worth any more money. I can tell you the name, address, and rank of the prior owner of [i]my[/i] K31, but that's because there's a troop tag under the buttplate with that information on it. Also, stay away from any German WWII firearms unless you really know what you're doing. While most milsurp forgeries are really dumb, people go through a lot of effort to forge WWII-era Mausers, to the point that you need to know what type of font each armory used to stamp serial numbers. And if anyone tries to sell you something from Mitchell's Mausers, do us all a favor and punch him in the balls. [/QUOTE]
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