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How is the milsurp market these days?

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Look what FED EX delivered....$136 for 200 rounds HXP shipped...Its fer cell for $300.
 
So I'm attempting to refinish the stock on my $199 Mauser doing the brass wool and tung oil thing. Let's hope I don't burn down the house!
 
Mauser? M48 47? 98?
It's a 1916 Spanish Mauser, Oviedo. It's in .308 Win. It's pretty well worn cosmetically, so I figure that there's not much to lose by refinishing the stock. I used a steamer to try getting some of the lighter dings out of the wood (don't tell my wife) and have been applying coats of tung oil, using brass wool between coats to smooth things out. I can't find my CLP though, which is pretty annoying.

I also impulse bought a pair of M48's today. At $250 a pop, it was hard to say no. Then I bought two because it was only $5 more to ship. I think there are plenty of C&R deals out there, but not as frequently as there once was.
 
Ugliest. Stock. Ever.


Actually, probably not, but it's been soaking up a crazy amount of tung oil.
 

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