Hello everyone, I've got a question regarding the price of a MP40. I currently have an option on a demilitarised one for the price of 1600€ / 2115$.
Do you consider this to be a fair price?
__________________ "... but I knew that it absolutely had to be and I decided to strike out into the enemy."
SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann after the battle at Villers-Bocage.
Are all the parts wartime originals?
Is their any pitting and/or rust?
Are their repairs done on it?
How is it demilitarised?
Do the numbers match up (nummer-gelijk)?
Building year?
These are very important factors to keep in mind when valuating a firearm.
The value depends if you want a good perfect example or lesser quality/restored piece.
That is something you have to decide yourself.
My advice is that you better pay to much for a good example than a bargain prices for a lesser quallity one.
I have paid in the past always a premium for a good orignal examples nevermind it is a firearm, helmet, paper-document,...or any other collectible and I have never regreted it.
I rather pay to much for a good orignal that is always gone give me satisfaction than a bargain price for a lesser quality item that in the end is always going to be a bad investment.
But that is just my idea ofcours.
Succes with your MP40 search.
It really depends on how its demilitarised, if the chamber is plugged with lead, thats not a bad price going by Europe, or if the whole thing has been welded up on the inside, you have to have a good looking gun, but, if it is demilitarised like the US standards, you were ripped off.
BTW, you would cry if you saw how the US standards of demilitarising look on a MP40.
Thank you very much for your answers!
Unfortunately I only have pictures to judge the weapon, but it comes from a collection of a man who has an enormous lot of authentic WWII German militaria.
Perhaps some pictures would help:
__________________ "... but I knew that it absolutely had to be and I decided to strike out into the enemy."
SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann after the battle at Villers-Bocage.
Thank you very much for your answers!
Unfortunately I only have pictures to judge the weapon, but it comes from a collection of a man who has an enormous lot of authentic WWII German militaria.
Ok, let's try this then:
- Can you cock and dryfire the weapon (does the bolt and trigger move)?
- Can you disassemble (fieldstrip) the weapon into components?
The seller said it could indeed dryfire. Fieldstripping is also possible, as the following picture he sent clearly shows:
__________________ "... but I knew that it absolutely had to be and I decided to strike out into the enemy."
SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann after the battle at Villers-Bocage.
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