Maybe ask $ 400 and see what counter offers you get. There are a fair number of these rifles in this condition for sale, so it really isn't a rarity. The last Model 1891/09 rifle in comparable condition that sold - to my knowledge - went for $ 300 four years ago. People are asking crazy high dollars on GunBroker, but none are selling. The value of your rifle is hard to estimate. When Firma Lowe was not beset by the exigencies of war, they turned out the very best quality military rifles possible. The Nazis seized his trust in the early 1930's and it was never returned. Eventually the disaster which was post war Germany caught up with them and they had to refinance and give up majority control. Lowe and his descendants were fairly astute businessmen and kept Germany's firearms sector alive after WW I when the rest of the country was falling apart. The cleaning rod matches the action & bolt. The bolt and action matches, along with the stock. The rifle has been fired by me a few times, but it is otherwise pristine. He and his family trust owned the controlling interests in Mauser and DWM which stayed in his family until the mid 1920's when DWM was broken up and reorganized as several firms. This is an all matching M 1891 Argentine Mauser rifle: imghttp:/ The crest has been buffed off as per usual for an early (pre 1990) import rifle. Offbeat note: Lowe was Jewish, as were his descendants. No FFL is necessary to ship or transfer it. All told, a typical Argentine Model 1891/09. Bore looks OK, with maybe a bit of frosting. Yes, your rifle was upgraded to the Model 1891/09 standard. The barrel of my Model 1891/09 carbine appears to have been set back and rechambered, but I have seen other Model 1891/09 carbines which were obviously rebarreled. The chamber throat is also much longer on the early carbine than my Model 1891/09 carbine. Their rear sight bases are identical, but the ladder graduations are different. The later Model 1891/09 carbine rear sight goes to 1,400 meters. I do have a Model 1891 cavalry carbine with a sight which only goes to 1,300 meters. The Argentines apparently did not consider it a high priority to convert all the carbines. I have never seen a long rifle with the early ladder sight, but have seen a number of cavalry carbines with early rear sights. The later Model 1891/09 rifle sights are graduated to 2,000 meters. He did not have such a rifle, but had handled one in Rosario while he was collecting information for a book he was writing. An advanced collector told me that the early Model 1891 sights only went to 1,800 meters. FWIW, both were polished blue (Garand Op Rod and some small parts were left in the white).The original Model 1891 ladder sights for RN bullets had shorter maximum ranges. Both were made while considering what rifle was to replace the Mausers. Apparently one example of each was produced in 7.65x53mm. Interestingly, under Juan Domingo Peron in the 50s the Argentines authorized duplicate copies be made of the M1 Garand and the 1941 Johnson rifles. I have had a polished blue Cavalry Carbine since I bought it at Montgomery Ward for $17.00 more than a year or two ago. If the entire rifle had been a re-blue, it would match the rest of the receiver. Look at the finish where the crest was removed, different color and not as highly polished. The crest is intact and there is no rust and wood has no cracks or breaks or big dings. s of bolt and magazine do not match barrel and receiver. Wood and metal and bore are all in very nice condition - but ser. Still a nice rifle at a fair price.These DWM produced 1891s were polished blue from the get go, as were the earlier production from Ludwig Loewe (DWM formed by Loewe and marking changed from Loewe Berlin to the DWM seen above). I picked up a nice looking 1891 Argentine carbine as part of a package deal. Guessing that the refinsihing was done after the crest was removed. Military Mausers ever had that high a polish (look at the screws).
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