Overpriced polished turds: Mitchell's Mausers

[TKM]

Theoretically "we" know better, but we still get chuckle-heads posting about how great CTD is.

A what and his what are soon what?

[2shotjoe]

They have ads in the VFW mags and all sorts of gun mags.

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[M1Kev]

Theoretically "we" know better, but we still get chuckle-heads posting about how great CTD is.

A Man with a gun hobby and his wife are soon divorced?

On Target?

[rojocorsa]

The latest issue http://www.americanrifleman.org/arti...s50-22-review/

The feature was in the Feb 2012 issue but cannot locate a link on the American Rifleman website or through Google.

Oh god! That doesnt even look like a PPSh-41.

[Capybara]

Yeah, but when you get newbies who have little sense of history, they are always prey for hucksters. I used to collect antique slot machines and the story there is exactly the same. When you go to the casinos in Vegas that sell "vintage" antique slots to unsuspecting rubes with more money than brains, they are the same thing.

I have no issues with people selling replicas or mixmasters of old parts as long as they don't represent said as items as the "real deal". In doesn't matter whether it is guns, cars, furniture or whatever, if you want the real deal, you have to do your research and gain some expertise in the field. It's like my CMP HRA SS M1. I know it is original metal, a mix of beautiful HRA and SA with a new stock. I would never sell it as a WWII M1 Garand because it is not. And it is good enough for me because I wanted a shooter with a sense of history rather than a serial number matching antique that is too valuable to shoot.

[Rem222]

All RC K-98's are overpriced IMO. Due to them being rebuilt by the Russian's, defaced Waffenampts & all the nasty import markings on them, they will never be real collectors items. There will be a market for them, but nothing near what unmolested vet bring backs or pre 1968 non import marked ones will bring.

"All RC K-98's are overpriced."
"They will never be real collectors items."


You can't be serious....

[dfletcher]

Oh god! That doesnt even look like a PPSh-41.

Sure it does. Drum mag, half stock and barrel shroud- looks close enough, I think. And they don't advertise it as one, they clearly call it something else.

I find all their adverts slippery and to be read critically, if the uninformed read a Mitchells advert making assumptions I think they'll be disappointed.

I wouldn't buy at Mitchells expecting anything other than a shooter. I'd buy from them only if I didn't feel like looking around at a show or cleaning up a genuine milsurp.

[rojocorsa]

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vs.

[pitfighter]

Contribute financially to a magazine or cause, they will usually write favorably about your product - it's economics, lads.

Anyone who knows, understands Mitchell's rifles are the equivalent in collector value to "rifle connoisseurs" as home shopping network pen-knife collections are to "blade aficionados."

Pit.

[Ron-Solo]

If you are looking for a shooter that looks nice, a Mitchell's is ok. If you are looking for a historically accurate rifle for collecting purposes, not so much.

I have a Yugo that the previous owner put a beautiful high gloss finish on the stock and refinished all the metal in "Mauser" blue. It is a great shooter, looks really nice, but it's not a collectors piece. I got a good deal in it, love shooting it, but I also know wat it isn't. That's ok, I bought it to shoot.

[SanPedroShooter]

Have you noticed the two large articles on them in the past few issues of American Rifleman? They must be buddies with one of the editors.

It bugs me that the NRA seems to just let this stuff ride. I think I've even seen ads with actual NRA endorsment, but I'll have to go back and check.

But your right, I have every issue of AR going back a while, I am pretty sure there was an actual feature done by an AR staff writer. These gun companies and gun writers are attached at the hip anyway, have you ever seen a bad review in AR...?

[Noonanda]

There is someone selling one in the for sale forum now. He even posted in it "I had 2 gunsmiths look it over and they say its authentic" or something like that. I had to just walk away as I felt bad for him.
Mitchells is known for remarking everything to match, no one would want to pay that kind of money for a mismatched rifle. The certificate of authenticity and $1.50 will buy you a Pepsi at a convenience store.
they are nice for what they are, but I love my RC K-98 better. You can smell their history.

[Cowboy T]

It's the same as the computer "ragazines" who blather on about pre-announced versions of Microsoft Windows and what-not. The issue is advertising dollar$. If you say something bad about one of your big advertisers, they gradually pare down their ads in your publication and go somewhere else. There was a PC Magazine staffer who wrote an article not favorable to Windows 95. He was fired very shortly thereafter as an example "message" to the rest. All subsequent articles were glowing with praise for how Windows 95 will cure world hunger, etc.

It's the same with gun "ragazines". And that's why I don't bother with their so-called "reviews".

Now, if I wanted a relatively inexpensive shooter, I wouldn't buy a Mauser nowadays. Like M1903 Springfields, they've gotten just too expensive. Today, I'd buy a Mosin and a bunch of Combloc milsurp ammo, some Prvi Partizan Boxer/brass reloadable, and have fun. The collector, of course, is a different market.

[rojocorsa]

There is someone selling one in the for sale forum now. He even posted in it "I had 2 gunsmiths look it over and they say its authentic" or something like that. I had to just walk away as I felt bad for him.
Mitchells is known for remarking everything to match, no one would want to pay that kind of money for a mismatched rifle. The certificate of authenticity and $1.50 will buy you a Pepsi at a convenience store.
they are nice for what they are, but I love my RC K-98 better. You can smell their history.

Agreed. Just recently got mine, love it.

[Nitro Express!]

I can probably find a Mauser type rifle cheaper than a Mitchells. And their reputation is crap, so that's another strike against them.