Hello Christian:

I got your PM asking for my impressions. Welcome to the forums!

Your Mauser Type M is a wonderful and desirable piece of history. As noted by several members above, the value of this rifle depends on a number of factors. The first is location. It is in Germany. Personally, I have no idea of its value in Germany, as I know nothing about the market there. Our member, "Lancaster", is a German citizen who watches the market carefully. He may be better informed as to the value in the German market.

As for the international market (i.e. the U.S. market), the rifle is hampered by the various regulations governing exports and imports. It has been a long time since I last had a firearm imported to the U.S., but I can tell you it runs into some expense and troublesome details. That process certainly puts downward pressure on the value of your rifle in a foreign market. In other words, that rifle is worth considerably more to a U.S. buyer if it is being offered for sale in a U.S. gunshop. If the buyer has to arrange its export from Germany and import to the U.S., it is worth considerably less.

We have a member of these forums who goes by the moniker, "sbs470". He is a citizen of Australia with a lot of knowledge of commercial Mauser rifles. You might reach out to him for information.

Mention has been made of the difficulty to obtain ammunition for your rifle. That certainly is a factor to be considered. But as you mentioned, a collector is less affected by "exotic" ammunition.

Are you wanting to sell this rifle?

Again, welcome to the forums.

Curly