what is a mg 08/15 worth
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garyd
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what is a mg 08/15 worth
its a 1917 erfurt make. its just the gun with no internals or cocking handle. the barrel is there . no bipod
Re: what is a mg 08/15 worth
Well is it legal? If the left side plate is still on the gun and there is no paper work... its an illegal gun. I suggest you cut up the left plate to ATF specs. Please remove the parts from it first!
It all depends on the paper work and what all it still has. Do you have some pictures you can email me? I might be interested in buying it if you are selling. Please email me at phiteshe@vt.edu and let me know what you have.
From what you have told me it might be worth $50 or $5000 or more... Parts kits are a lot cheaper then legal machine guns...
It all depends on the paper work and what all it still has. Do you have some pictures you can email me? I might be interested in buying it if you are selling. Please email me at phiteshe@vt.edu and let me know what you have.
From what you have told me it might be worth $50 or $5000 or more... Parts kits are a lot cheaper then legal machine guns...
Re: what is a mg 08/15 worth
MG08/15.......value.....
Presently (by your discription...and correct us if we are wrong)....you have a complete MG08/15.
By the discription....we cannot tell if the gun was manufactured in 1917 or (?)....as the serial-number engraved on the top-cover would have to match the serial-numbers on the side-plate.
To better evaluate your gun for value...please let us know:
1: Is it "registered" with the BATF and do you presently have a copy of the registration (?).
2: Is the MG08/15 live or has it been "DEWATed" (?).
3: Do the serial-numbers engraved on the parts of the gun match the serial-number engraved on the side-plate (?).
4: Condition of parts (?).
5: Any "dents" in the water-jacket (?).
6: Any "History" with the gun....such as doccumented capture (?).
MG08/15s are usually priced ("Registered" and in good working condition) in the $6,000 - $8,000 price range if you can find a buyer. But as you said no-internal-parts, no Bipod....correct-?.....I would price the "receiver" at somewhere around $3,000-$3,500 as the missing parts will be hard to locate.
Price for a lesser-condition gun would be lower....and a prime example in original condition/matching-numbers slightly more.
If the gun is not "registered"......you could remove the side-plate (destroy it)...and a complete MG08/15 "Parts-Kit" should sell in the area of $1,500 if everything is in good condition. ....but as you said the internal-parts are also missing......you may only have a water-jacket, top-cover, butt-stock, and a few other parts making it worth a couple hundred dollars if you can find a buyer....and depending on condition.
Some of the harder parts to replace are "working-parts" and the Water-Fill-Cover w/fittings (......but I believe that these and bipods are made as "repos").
One place/"Board" that you may want to ask is over on the WW2-Reenactors-Board....down in the "WWI-Section"....those guys may want it for parts....or to build a gun up from parts that they have....or even to make up a "Gas"/"Propane-Gun" for reenacting.
Again....if we could see what you have...we could price it better for you.
Regards, RichardS in MI.
Blanksguy2001@chartermi.net
Presently (by your discription...and correct us if we are wrong)....you have a complete MG08/15.
By the discription....we cannot tell if the gun was manufactured in 1917 or (?)....as the serial-number engraved on the top-cover would have to match the serial-numbers on the side-plate.
To better evaluate your gun for value...please let us know:
1: Is it "registered" with the BATF and do you presently have a copy of the registration (?).
2: Is the MG08/15 live or has it been "DEWATed" (?).
3: Do the serial-numbers engraved on the parts of the gun match the serial-number engraved on the side-plate (?).
4: Condition of parts (?).
5: Any "dents" in the water-jacket (?).
6: Any "History" with the gun....such as doccumented capture (?).
MG08/15s are usually priced ("Registered" and in good working condition) in the $6,000 - $8,000 price range if you can find a buyer. But as you said no-internal-parts, no Bipod....correct-?.....I would price the "receiver" at somewhere around $3,000-$3,500 as the missing parts will be hard to locate.
Price for a lesser-condition gun would be lower....and a prime example in original condition/matching-numbers slightly more.
If the gun is not "registered"......you could remove the side-plate (destroy it)...and a complete MG08/15 "Parts-Kit" should sell in the area of $1,500 if everything is in good condition. ....but as you said the internal-parts are also missing......you may only have a water-jacket, top-cover, butt-stock, and a few other parts making it worth a couple hundred dollars if you can find a buyer....and depending on condition.
Some of the harder parts to replace are "working-parts" and the Water-Fill-Cover w/fittings (......but I believe that these and bipods are made as "repos").
One place/"Board" that you may want to ask is over on the WW2-Reenactors-Board....down in the "WWI-Section"....those guys may want it for parts....or to build a gun up from parts that they have....or even to make up a "Gas"/"Propane-Gun" for reenacting.
Again....if we could see what you have...we could price it better for you.
Regards, RichardS in MI.
Blanksguy2001@chartermi.net
Re: what is a mg 08/15 worth
Please please do not turn it into a gas gun... what a waste! Sell it off to those what need parts for the FA gun or like me, want to make a legal semi auto out of it. I just hate the idea of these guns being destroyed so they can "pop". Thats just my 2 cents..Blanksguy wrote:One place/"Board" that you may want to ask is over on the WW2-Reenactors-Board....down in the "WWI-Section"....those guys may want it for parts....or to build a gun up from parts that they have....or even to make up a "Gas"/"Propane-Gun" for reenacting.
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garyd
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Re: what is a mg 08/15 worth
I think they are dummy plates. he wants 750 for gun no bipod