1) Are they worth much?
2) Are they safe to fire on today's loads?
3) Are parts available?
4) Are parts cheap enough to restore without having a HUGE money pit?
reason I ask these questions is because I just got my hands on an entire case (like the big wooden case u hold clothes in) of 63 different rifles, some were in so bad shape the wood just fell off the receiver....the ones in best shape were ones on top and there were about 11 Mauser M71/84's....a few SKS's, but they're so rusted the bolts look to be welded shut, there's so much rust....pains me to see these in this shape. These were bought at a local flea market that came thru, the guy sold me entire case, after alot of haggling, for $250. It looks as if it went thru katrina. Gonna be doing alot of soaking it seems. reason i ask about parts mainly is it seems he(or someone) removed all the bolts from the bolt action rifles, so i may have gotten screwed. and i looked up mausers and found that all the mausers in there were M71/84's....so, any help would be greatly appreciated.
UPDATE: should've read the paperwork that came with the box....at bottom it showed a looong list of 'relics' bought from SOG, about 100+guns on list....but only 63 in box, but the ones in box seem to be listed on form....and i just looked on SOG's site, it shows a few rifles they are selling as 'parts' guns....so i guess i bought someone's junk....looks like i'll be busy with ebay for a while.
and i learned my lesson about buying junk from traveling sales fuckers
i could've gotten 3-4 M91/30's for that price GAHHH!!!!!!!