Hello, I have an Interarms Mini-Mauser with a medium heavy Shilen barrel installed that I am considering selling.

It started out as the standard 223 and I had the new barrel installed, also the action blue printed and polished, and new bolt handle installed. I am unfamiliar with how the rifle was originally shipped but the stock appears original except that it has a Ruger recoil pad. ?????

I am not interested in selling the scope with the rifle but the rings, 30mm, and base will go with it.

I am kind of tired of the 17 fireball and looking to move to a CZ 527 in 204 Ruger.

I have three pics here. http://picasaweb.google.com/hunter7057/MiniMuaser#

Can take and post more upon request.

Could someone help me out with ideas of value or even make an offer?

Honestly, I'd check gunbroker and auctionarms and see what a Charles Daly/Interarms Mini-Mauser in .223 is going for these days. I seriously doubt you'll get more than 50% return on the rifle. If you want a .204 send the rifle to Pac-Nor have them twist on a new barrel and then sell the old one off.

Nice rifle btw, and if it wasn't Christmas I'd make an offer.

I'm with Taylorce 1 on this one. You have a great rifle, just rebarrel it in 204 Ruger and make it a 1:10 twist so you can shoot up to 50gr bullets in it.

About all I fiddle with anymore is sub.22 caliber wildcats. I concur with the Pac-Nor barrel and would add that I'd recommend a 3 groove Super Match stainless, I have a number of them and I've yet to have a clunker (knock wood).
A 1 in 10 twist certainly wouldn't be my choice however as a personal thing. Depends on what a guys intended use is but IMO the 50 grainers are Bergers and having shot a lot of Bergers in both 17 and .20 cal I don't care for their long distance performance on critters, pencils em and lots of crawl offs. 40 V-Max's or 39 BlitzKings pops em and no crawl offs (talking p-dogs and rock chucks here). The .204 and other mid size .20 cal wildcats claim to fame is velocity and I don't see the .204 as having the boiler room to push a 50 fast enough to have an advantage over the 39 and 40 grainers on varmints. The 39 grain BlitzKing for example has BC of 287 and the 50 Berger's is .281. The 39 grainer in my match chambered .204 clocks 3,880ish FPS safely, I'd be surprised if a 50 grain Berger would chrono much over 3,400ish FPS. Run those numbers on a ballistics program and for varmints up to woodchuck size I'd guess the 39BK has a fair advantage. On the other hand if your a fur hunter the Bergers are better bullets cause they won't hydraulic on the fur on entry but I'd still pick a 35 or 40 grain Berger for that. If long range target work were my goal then I'd want the 50 Berger but for that I'd go 1 in 9 twist and something with more ooomph anyway.
Intended quarry would make my decision on twist. For me a 1 in 11 adds a little insurance on the 40 grainers but still shoots the 32 grainers well. Lastly I'm a cheapskate that shoots a lot and I don't like the tariff on the Bergers. Personal choice only and no offense intended to f224's personal choice.
I do agree a rebarrel would be a wiser choice than selling and starting over unless your rifle shoots mediocre to poor, I use a lot of 527 CZ's as wildcat platforms and they are indeed shooters.
Good luck and let us know what ya decide .

Guys thank you for the suggestions. I will mull it over before I do anything.

Another reason for the switch to the 527 is the clip. In WA it is illegal to carry a loaded rifle in a vehicle/boat/quad and simply removing the clip is very handy.

Plus I already have the 527 in 204, just have never got it out and shot it yet.

I think if I do re-barrel I will seriously consider going back to 223. Or maybe some type of 6mm/223. Going either of those two routes I could simply send the rifle to Jim Dubell at Clearwater Reboring have have him ream the barrel out to desired caliber and chamber and not have to touch the stock and barrel channel.

Montdoug makes some very valid points. I have shot a lot of prairie dogs with the 39gr Blitzking in my 204's and they are great bullets. The 10 twist suggestion will allow up to 50gr and yet not blow up the 32gr V-max bullets like my 9 twist gun did regularly. But it's my guess that the bullet makers will come out with a heavy (45-50gr) non-lead hollow point someday and that is the real reason I like the faster twist of the 10 over the 12.

Have fun and let us know what you did with the rifle.