RoscoeTurner
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Anyone have background information on when and where from the majority of 71/84 Mausers in the US were imported? Tried the search feature but did not turn up anything.
My understanding is that a lot of the really nice minty ones were sold to South American countries and remained in storage for a long period of time before being sold to dealers in the US in the 80s.Anyone have background information on when and where from the majority of 71/84 Mausers in the US were imported? Tried the search feature but did not turn up anything.
My understanding is that a lot of the really nice minty ones were sold to South American countries and remained in storage for a long period of time before being sold to dealers in the US in the 80s.
There are also a much smaller number that came back as bring backs-- usually these are a bit rougher and often show depot work from early war service.
I'm sure others were sold on the surplus market too, but I'm not sure of timing.