[gocargo]

Greetings. I've had this Mauser for 21 years and recently considered installing a chamber adapter to shoot the inexpensive milsurp 7.62x39mm ammo.

With the exception of the stock.. the barrel, curved-arm bolt, trigger guard and receiver's numbers are all matching.

The barrel was re-chambered for 30-06.

Would this rifle potentially have value in excess of $500 due to its majority of matching parts, although it's been re-chambered? (cost to buy 7.62x39 rifle; CZ/Hawkeye)

-thanks, Ken

[DocAitch]

Unless I am mistaken, the bore of the Argentine Mauser is larger than .308. (.310-.311" IIRC), so the rechambering hurt the value of the rifle even as a shooter.
A chamber insert may work OK because the 7.62x39 is a .310" projectile-but the shorter lighter projectile may require a tighter twist for best performance.
DocAitch