Originally Posted by
38 South
It depends on how enthusiastic you are to own a wood/blue rifle that won't stand up to particularly wet conditions the way a modern stainless/synthetic one will. There are no synthetic/fibreglass/carbon stocks available for them. I have seen M55's in good condition sell for anything from about $1000 through to $1700 for a pristine .222 earlier in the year, then there are others listed for moon-beams that hold more value for the seller than any buyer so they remain where they are. There was a very good one in either .243 or .308 for sale out west in Auckland on TM in the winter and it didn't attract bids at the $1400 (may have been $1250) reserve. I guess that any buyer trumping up the cash is going to consider the cost of a new T3 or other stainless/synthetic option and would likely go that way unless he had some specific interest in owning a piece of the past. Good idea to get a gunsmith to look at it first, I bought one on here in seemingly very good condition about 3 years ago to re-barrel with a !:8 twist, when sent to the gunsmith it was found to have some some totally unnecessary and very unprofessional modification done to the bolt locking lugs, the seller had not been aware of this and took it back, however I saw it onsold to someone that would no doubt have not known of this fault which would require a new bolt to rectify - try getting one of those.