Rare 1909 Argentine

[Phineas Bluster]

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[gnoahhh]

Gotta love the gold fill in the stampings too!

[doubs43]

Don't ya just love it when these ultra rare guns are offered? I'm surprised that the seller didn't mention that the stainless receiver with jeweled bolt and gold filled markings makes this rifle one of 100 issued only to the Palace Guards.

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeez.........

[Kraschenbirn]

If it wasn't for the jeweled bolt and gold fill, I'd think it was the same guy that had a "new, unissued" '09 Argie (F.M.A.P.) on his table at a local gunshow last fall. When I questioned the "new, unissued" part, he pointed out traces of cosmoline around the receiver and rear sight and said the previous owner had "special ordered" it from one of the "big surplus houses" back in the '70s and had never fired it. Had it tagged for $895 but said he'd take $750 cash. Told him I'd have to think about it and walked away while I could still keep a straight face.

Bill

[Hardcast416taylor]

Like the old P.T. Barnum saying "There`s one born every minute"!Robert

[Von Dingo]

It is the rare 1891 model 1909. That does add a premium...

[crazy mark]

I like the 7.62 x 54 cal designation also. Now that is really rare.

[Multigunner]

Could this be the rifle Pancho Via used to kill Amelia Earhart?

[RonE]

I noticed that the auction has ended with no bidders...........He should have used the word "Vintage" somewhere in the description.

[Fredx10sen]

Looks like the "Stainless" is a little suspect to me. My 1909 ( in 30-06 ) looks alot like that one without the inlay or the jeweled bolt. ?? Just sayin.

[doubs43]

Looks like the "Stainless" is a little suspect to me. My 1909 ( in 30-06 ) looks alot like that one without the inlay or the jeweled bolt. ?? Just sayin.

It's just a standard 1909 Argie that has had the bolt jeweled - ruining the collector value, BTW - and some gold paint added to the markings. They were all made with the receivers "in the white" but none are stainless steel. The fellow advertising it is simply full of road apples.

[mooman76]

I almost bought something similar at a gun show a couple years back. It was nickel plated and he was wanting $130 for it but my gun money had other plans that weekend. It was used for some kind of honor guard or something like that.

[runfiverun]

the shiney [chrome/nickel] ninety-ones were for the navy.

[Multigunner]

I passed up a 98K fully plated and with well done thick black paint job on the stock, figuring it was bubba'ed. Then years later I found that chromed honor guard rifles had been made using Gew98 rifles cut down and modified to look like the 98K, the stocks were reshaped and painted black.

[Char-Gar]

Wow! I am glad he told me it was stainless! Without that tid-bit of information I would just think if was a run-of-the-mill military rifle that had the finish stripped to white metal, the bolt jeweled and the lettering filled with coldish paint.

[Fredx10sen]

It's just a standard 1909 Argie that has had the bolt jeweled - ruining the collector value, BTW - and some gold paint added to the markings. They were all made with the receivers "in the white" but none are stainless steel. The fellow advertising it is simply full of road apples.

Exactly! :-D I was trying to be polite with tongue firmly planted into cheek.

[Shooter6br]

If you want to sell something call it "rare" Or instead of old junk call it "vintage" I am not old but "vintage" LOL

[82nd airborne]

I really liked the poop inlay.

[leadman]

7.65x54 was the correct caliber designation. sometime in the last 20 or so years 7.65x53 has become the norm.
I researched my first 1891 Arg. Mauser when I got it in the early 80s'. The Phoenix Library had old books with info from DWM showing the 7.65x54 designation. I also have old American Rifleman magazines from the 50s and 60s that show this.
I had an old box of Norma ammo that was marked 7.65x54 Arg.
Could be people were confusing 7.65x54 with 7.62x54R ?