No, not being unrealistic. But it will probably take that and maybe a little more, depending on rareity, condition, the seller, etc. That would be for a plane Jane rifle. If you want a genuine scope/mount set up (that is correct and matching) you are looking at around $10k (to start with) and probably north for a real matching one, if you can find one. Probably around $8k and up for a correct non-matching scope mount set up. Be careful in the hunt. Don’t get in a hurry to get one and check for things as so many of these have been jacked with. The stocks are the main thing that are a problem. So many of them have been sanded, shellacked, buffed, re-stamped….on and on. Very rarely, but sometimes, Gunbroker comes up with one out of the woodwork that is correct. And when they do, the feeding frenzy is on. A few years ago, I found a gorgeous K.43 ac45 d block (the last of the Walther rifles) on GB. I bid and bid, then it went too high (for that time it was a little high in price) and I let it go. These days, the price would have been just fine. I should have kept going, but for the time it was just too much for what I wanted to spend. It sure was a gorgeous rifle and had a rare sling on it too (it’s pic stickied on this site):
I still LUST over this one. It was on auction a while back. It went WAY over what I wanted to spend so I missed it. One day someone out there will need or want something else and maybe it will be available again....who knows? These photos aren’t mine and I appologize in advance for not...
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Before buying one, you need to constantly look (and re-look, and re-look, study and do more study) at a bunch of correct rifles to see the bad ones (rather ones that have been messed with). Especially look at stocks (stock wood mill marks, real proof stamps/serial numbers in the wood) and look at bolt carrier‘s numbers, machine marks as that will help you to see the messed with ones vs. correct ones.
