Presentation Rifles

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JustThisGuy

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I ran across a Military Presentation Mosin-Nagant 91/30 recently. It's just a beautiful gun. Everything normally blued is in stainless or nickle (can't tell which from the photos), and the stock was polished to a work of art. They were asking $795 for the rifle, which is many times the value of a normal non-sniper Mosin.

I'm just wondering... do military presentation rifles hold/increase in value differently than standard military rifles? Is there a useful ratio for value vis-a-vis normal field rifles?
 
I would say that if the presentation weapon has a history (like having been agift for some top brass in time of war) surely this will increase its value, while if it has been just a cheesy way of bubba-ing it not.

K.
 
Unless there is credible documentation substantiating the "presentation rifle" claim, buy the gun and not the story. Such awards generally have a small metal plaque inlaid into the stock telling who the rifle was presented to, why the rifle was presented, the unit of the recipient, and the date of the award, and there is usually a paper document to go along with it. Minus such documentation, my guess would be that is was a color guard rifle or such, and that price seems too high.
 
Unless there is credible documentation substantiating the "presentation rifle" claim, buy the gun and not the story.
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There are many unscrupulous people altering mil-surps, creating stories all for profit. "Bring back" stories and "presentation" stories are the most common. Unless the fire arm has the correct documentation, that's not counterfeit, it's a story and it's worth .02 cents.
 
Pure Bubba. There are a bunch of these floating around the auction sites; they're typical refurbs that somebody refinished, chromed, and put up for sale in the hopes of attracting some sucker. Don't be that sucker.
 
Definitely do some research! Verify as much as possible. Too many of these guns are coming up with "stories" and no confirmation. Lose-Lose.
 
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