G33/40

[Josh Beckett]

I want a G33/40 and I need to know what a fair asking price would be. All matching to russian capture.

[k9mike]

Well, those are kinda hard to find. But if you do, you will be paying a pretty penney for them...lol. I saw a sporterized one for sale... Mind you I dont know why they would have done that, but it was probably done along time ago and they didnt know what they had. It was only 500 or 600, but wasnt too appealing to me in that way. A really nice one original will be expensive. 1000 plus.
Regards,
Mike

[bodes]

I want a G33/40 and I need to know what a fair asking price would be. All matching to russian capture.

I guess it depends entirely on which avenue you go about buying one......On the internet, you will pay dearly for an all-matched G33/40 (easily $1500-2000).....One with a mis-matched bolt (these are notorious for this) are somewhere around $800-1200......And Russian capture G33/40's don't exist as far as I am aware.....Nice rifles but are quite rare since not many were made....Also due to their lightweight actions, many were sporterized since the war.....Bodes

[Josh Beckett]

What all rifles can be found as russian capture. Why do people sporterize rifles

[Matt Weber]

I agree with Bodes here. Depending on condition, an all matching G33/40 will go for $1500-$2000. I had a nice all matching one a few years ago, and traded it for something else. Can't remember what I traded it for, but now I'm kicking myself for doing it! It's just really hard to find an all matching one of these now-a-days!

Why do people sporterize rifles? Well, most of them were sporterized before people really knew that this stuff was going to become collectable and very valuable 50 years later. The other reason is that some people just don't care about history or value of an item. They just want something that suites thier needs, and nothing else!

True story here. A fellow that I work with knows I collect guns. I brought in a K98 turret mount sniper rifle once to show a guy at work. This other guy says if that was his rifle he would change the stock, and the scope and mounts on it, since he didn't like them!! I mentioned to him that this was about a $7-$8K rifle, and if he did that he would make it a $400 rifle!!! He said he didn't care! He would rather have it more comfortable for him, than save $7000!!! That is how ignorant some people are!

Matt

[bodes]

What all rifles can be found as russian capture. Why do people sporterize rifles

Matt is right.....These weapons were at a time quite easy to come by so many didn't think twice about sporterizing them......They weren't satisfied with the military configuration and often wanted something that was nice (in their eyes, not mine) to look at.....So they polished parts, reconfigured bolts, drilled and tapped receivers, changed sights, and placed them in 'sporty' stocks.....I still see ads once and a while for people looking for these actions (G33/40's)....Bodes

[DennyB]

Sporterized

I have seen some beautiful weapons that have been reduced to a fraction of their value by being sporterized. An old man once told me that he had a German rifle that he had brought home from the war and would sell it to me. I went to his house and he produced an all matching BYF 43 that had been semi sporterized. The front 1/4 of the stock was missing along with the bands and the buttstock had been shortened and replaced with a rubber pad. I asked him what had happened, he said that he had sold it once for $75 and the guy never paid for it and it was like that when he got it back. At that time an all match Kar98k was going for about $400, when I told him that I wouldn't give him more than $125 for it as it was all hacked up, he got mad and wouldn't sell it. Go figure.

[Josh Beckett]

When people hunt why cant they just hunt with the rifle in original condition instead of destroying it?

[3371940]

I would say the online auction price for a properly listed low end, pieced together 33/40 is the $600 or so. The high end is hard to say as I have seen truly legitimate matching 33/40's go over $3K.

The problem is that most of the alleged matching bolts out there have been faked.

As far as sporterizing is concerned, sometimes the actions can be saved:

[Josh Beckett]

What other kinds of bolt action rifles were there besides the K98k and the G33/40?

[k9mike]

What other kinds of bolt action rifles were there besides the K98k and the G33/40?

There was also a 29/40. I tried to buy one not too long ago, but someone out bid me. Was a nice one, but too rich for my blood...damn..., still ticks me off. Also, they still used some M95's for some of the police and reguard type units.
Regards,
MIke

[stahlhelm1976]

29/40's are really cool and rare. I posted a thread one I have awhile back. Link is attached:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=135488

[sapper44]

I have always liked the VZ 24 / G24 (t). I don't know why, just have always thought they were great rifles.
Christian

[Josh Beckett]

What is the difference between the G24 and the vz24. How rare are they. What was the 29/40 used for?

[stahlhelm1976]

What is the difference between the G24 and the vz24. How rare are they. What was the 29/40 used for?

The G29/40 is a Nazi conversion of the Polish wz29 rifle to k98 configuration. Rifles were captured in the 1939 invasion, converted and issued to the German Wehrmacht. They were converted at Steyr and bare the 660 manufacturers code over the Polish eagle on the top of the receiver.