What constitutes a C&R?

[SoCal50Lover]

Like I have an old Mossberg .22. I've had it 27 years and I inhereted it from my Grandfather. I have not pulled it out in awhile but I think I will. It loads 12 - 14 rounds thru the stock. I think my grandfather got it in the 60's or 70's.

How can I find out what it's worth or some kind of a value. It has no sentimental value to me. Hell if I was old enough to know better I probably would have capped that old man with it. He was an abuser.

[SoCal50Lover]

It says Model 151K

[ke6guj]

WHAT ARE CURIOS OR RELICS?
As set out in the regulations (27 CFR 178.11), curios or relics include firearms which are of special interest to collectors by reason of some quality other than is associated with firearms intended for sporting use or as offensive or defensive weapons. To be recognized as curios or relics, firearms must fall within one of the following categories:

1.) Firearms which were manufactured at least 50 years prior to the current date, but not including replicas thereof;
2.) Firearms which are certified by the curator of a municipal, State, or Federal museum which exhibits firearms to be curios or relics of museum interest; and
3.) Any other firearms which derive a substantial part of their monetary value from the fact that they are novel, rare, bizarre, or because of their association with some historical figure, period, or event. Proof of qualification of a particular firearm under this category may be established by evidence of present value and evidence that like firearms are not available except as collector's items, or that the value of like firearms available in ordinary commercial channels is substantially less.

Those are the regs that define what a C&R is. So, if your specific Mossberg was made more than 50 years ago, it is automatically C&R as a relic. Or, it would need to be listed in the C&R lists as a curio.

Here is the link to the C&R lists, http://www.atf.gov/firearms/curios/index.htm



Now, what your mossberg is worth, I dunno.

[Moonclip]

I may be interested in this gun if it is the model with the fold down fore grip, let me know.