A friend has one for sale, #19xxx, 8x57x, 24" Mann rifle, dbl set triggers in 99% overall condition with a Redfield scope base. Haven't seen it yet but any opinions on it and what it might be worth? Asking price is 1250. Thx.

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24" Mann rifle, dbl set triggers in 99% overall condition with a Redfield scope base. Haven't seen it yet but any opinions on it and what it might be worth? Asking price is 1250. Thx.

I've owned one and they are good guns. Actually they are a lot of gun for the money. Fit and finish is well beyond what you can buy off the shelf today.

As for the price, well that seems a little steep to me. I'd think in excellent condition (without holes drilled and tapped in the bridges - which is VERY common on the 21Hs) that 1K would be tops for me.

Depends on the year... make sure you LIKE the cheek piece, as this change rather radically over the years.

1250 is top end

jeffe

If it has a Redfield base, it has a round top receiver and has been drilled & tapped, rather than the more desirable integral "double square bridge" scope mounting system. $1250 would be tops if it was original and unaltered.

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Originally posted by Prewar70:
A friend has one for sale, #19xxx, 8x57x, 24" Mann rifle, dbl set triggers in 99% overall condition with a Redfield scope base. Haven't seen it yet but any opinions on it and what it might be worth? Asking price is 1250. Thx.

I believe it'd be worth more in 7X57 than in 8mm......

If it's a 21h then it's not a Mann.

We need pictures.

When something gets into the collector area the price does not have to make sense.

The two most common calibers are 8x57, then 7x57.

The rare calibers are 6.5x57, 7x64 and 8x60.

The post 1949 square bridges are more desireable if you need a scope. The pre 1949 round receiver is more desireable by traditionalists.

Both styles are often found butchered by some trying to put inexpensive mounts on them.

Full stock versions are more collectable, especially the rarer 23.5" full stock model.

The actual value of any of these rifles is determined by considering all of the above possibilities, along with a few others I haven't mentioned.