Did anyone go to the militaria auction in Wellington and was there a good turn out?
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Did anyone go to the militaria auction in Wellington and was there a good turn out?
And does anyone know what the m14 sold for
You obviously didn't get there @jim160Quote:
Originally Posted by jim160
Had one mate going both days.
I had a few items of interest but in the end didn't even put in a postal. Could have got my mate to bid I suppose. Now need to wait patiently (Ted is usually quick) for the prices realised - then I can slash my wrists or not, as the case may be.
It was mostly rats and mice though - cartridge cases etc. Most serious interest was in the Sykes fighting knives and the CZ 22s
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Originally Posted by zimmer
does anybody know what lot 1369, 303 in the grease went for? and how long till they notify postal bidders if they were successful or not?
cheers.
Ted fairly on to it only takes a couple of days to get the messages out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danger Mouse
I also postal bid on that but doubt I got it
Thanks res, i suspect i missed out. i emailed my form in on thursday, and just saw they were meant to be in on wednesday. did you get any acknowledgement/receipt of your postal bid? From what I bid im sure i would have been one of the front runners for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by res
You might still be OK - no promises though ha ha. Have a mate who has been late submitting postals in the past and was OK still.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danger Mouse
I wouldn't be surprised to see prices realised out Sunday night. Keep an eye on his web site.
Thanks zimmer, first time bidding on one of the auctions for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by zimmer
EDIT, prettu sure i missed out, the webiste says to email to info@militaria.co.nz, on the form it says to email rogersmb@xtra.co.nz
Not getting conformation of your bid being received seems common at the NZ auctions so I wouldn't worry about that to much. Both those emails would get to Ted
How much did the Fairburn-Sykes knives go for?
@Danger Mouse the lot 1369 sold for $1200.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danger Mouse
Wow. Bit of coin for a 303. Mind you not many left.
SMLE mk3 sold for $700 ish. No4s and no5s didn't sell as high.
Stuff was higher than what I wanted to pay but I got the 444 Marlin I wanted.
A lot less than I expected it to sell for, last on I sold took 7 min to sell for $1800 on trademe and the last one i know of that sold went for over $2300Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmay
thanks jim, i missed out with my postal bid, had a max of $1301
It sold for $1200 so you may have won. You should find out in a day or 2 if you won the auction. I may have heard the wrong lot, who knows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danger Mouse
The prices realised will be out tomorrow I think.
Picked up the Husky 9.3x57 with the banana yellow stock which I promptly dealt to last night. A bargain at $470 all up.
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/...y/IMG_1841.jpg
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Nice looking piece. :thumbsup:
Obviously not a 'pop'ular calibre in NZ.
Run a 62mm reamer into the chamber - voila, another 9.3 x 62 sad case :ORLY:
Or an /06 AI reamer - same performance, cheaper brass :D
You're welcome :ORLY::wtfsmilie::yaeh am not durnk:
Yep it's gonna get he 9.3x62 treatment. There's been a noticeable upswing in that caliber's popularity so getting ammo isn't too hard, and I've already spoken to Allan Carr who has the reamer. Looking to go to Africa within 3 years, so buying the rifle will motivate me to get there...
I did ponder on bidding on that. But have a few big calibre rifles already so didn't really need another.Quote:
Originally Posted by FRST
What's in your arsenal Jim? Any African rifles?Quote:
Originally Posted by jim160
I have a 375 H&H and a 416 Taylor. The 416 can fire a 400gr at 2350fps.Quote:
Originally Posted by FRST
Holy smoke Jim160.
Are you still standing after it goes 'bang'?
:ORLY:
6700 joules! Holy shit :oQuote:
Originally Posted by jim160
Apparently prices realised list is now on Ted's site. Still to peruse them myself.
I was told it was about 2 or 3 times the recoil of a 30-06.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommy
It does boot a fair bit and I did get a decent headache afterwards.
It's getting suppressed at the moment.
It's nice to shoot once you get past the recoil.
The 375 has hardly any recoil as it weighs about 10lbs, compared to 7lbs for the 416.
Heh Jim - have fired a 375H&H prone. Recoil was not unpleasant. A good fitting Brno and very accurate. My bucket list rifle ! Have fired a 458 Lott off-hand . Recoil was definitely bordering on unpleasant. Rifle was a Ruger. Apparently there is also a 458 Lott Improved.Quote:
Originally Posted by jim160
Rifle Recoil Table
turns out you are right, got the notice today that I won that lot.
To those that have won a postal ballot on the auction previously, which company did you arrange for insurance while the item was being shipped? Contents insurance with AA wont do it.
Cheers
You should be able to purchase insurance through the courier company. Ask them anyway, they should know.