Originally Posted by
sgtrock82
If one were to have a mitchells mauser side by side with an actual collectible WW2 Mauser, it would be a starker contrast than comparing an Olympic Arms M4gery to a actual Military Colt M4
Originally they started off by selling yugo m48s as WW2 era nazi guns, found in a warehouse out of the crumbled yugoslavia in miraculous condition! Spoiler alert: Not only was yugoslavia full of its own mausers, in mostly great condition but Zastava was still offering them in their catalog as new, well into the 2000s, maybe even still today.
At the same time mitchells was swindling many a distinguished elder out of $300 for one of these mausers, the very same guns flooded gunshows, mostly new, in cosmoline or at most lightly used for $50-80...with the full complement of accessories that mitchells claimed alone were worth several hundred bucks. I cant remember if mitchells threw those in or bent you over for those separately. Basicall all mitchells added was a certificate saying you bought it from them.... a glorified recipt.
Later on, after a suprisingly long run of that rackett they started getting a hold of russian capture k98s and then started their now famous manipulations to pimp these guns into the realm of being the gun collecting worlds' own Velvet Elvis. Literally the butt of nearly every joke in gun collecting and not limited to mauser collecting circles either. Mopeds, fat girls and poodles be damned... dont let your collector friends spot you with a mitchell mauser box
If you care at all about the future value of the dollars you wish to spend on a Mauser, dont buy one of theirs.
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Always wondered what the real deal was on that stuff. Knew something was very, very wrong but couldn't say for sure what it was because I certainly wasn't going to order one.
Didn't they also have "miraculous find" cased Lugers at one point?
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Chuck, we miss ya man.
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