There are no words.

 

I watched that auction very closely for days. At first, I thought that someone is just making "future investment", moving money away from the other assets or etc. But when $50k mark was broken, it has become apparent that this has nothing to do with investing anymore. This is the ultimate level of collecting: you have to have item X and the cost isn't an issue...this or someone was drunk and bidding out of the control...

 

Holy cow... like Rob said... some one reeeeally wanted that one.

 

And to think there are 9 others out there!

Wonder what serial 1 would go for?

 

There were quite a few bidders up to ~20k but after ~50k it was two guys fighting it out. They just had to have it. It’s good to be rich, I guess

 

So it was an overrun/extra and actually issued? Either way that's more money than I could imagine being spent on a rifle. Money obviously wasn't an object for the buyer.

 

Someone is gonna be sleeping on the couch for several years when the wife finds out...

 

I suspect the person that can drop that sort of money on a rifle probably has a wife that spends that per month on having her hair and nails etc done and won't even bat an eyelash.....

 

Like the old saying goes "If you have to ask how much it costs, you cant afford it"

I would rather have a dozen Breda M1D's and a metric ton of ammo instead of this G22 for the money..... different strokes different folks.....

 

Thats just mental. Here in the UK a new AW is under £3000. The new AX are about £6000

 

Is that so?

Accuracy International 6.5mm Creedmoor AT (Pale Brown Folding Stock)
Bolt Action Rifle (R/H) - New
£3,749US$5,191/€4,388

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This item was for sale as of 02:00, 12 Sep 21

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DESCRIPTION
The AT (Accuracy Tactical) continues the legacy of the combat proven AW308 and takes the AW to new levels. The standard model has a fixed stock with 26 inch, threaded barrel with a tactical muzzle brake. There are options for colour, folding stock, barrels and suppressors and many accessories, which can be added. The AT is ideal for Law Enforcement and civilian users.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Make:Accuracy International
• Model:AT
• Licence:Firearm
• Orient.:Right Handed
• Barrel:26"
• Origin:England
• Serial #:20AT32392
• Stock #:210804/001
• Condition:New

EMAIL SELLER
SELLER

• Type:Trade
• Name:Rifleman Firearms Ltd
• Address:Unit 11 Bowdens Farm Retail Park, Bowdens Farm, Hambridge, Langport, Somerset, TA10 0BP
• Tel:01458-XXX XXX

 

Another member of the more money than good sense club. ( Or brains)

 

Met Malcolm and Sarah here in S.A. when they were preparing for the Atlanta Olympics and on our next visit to the U.K. called on them in Portsmouth.
The idea was to purchase an infantry PM, but was frustrated that the paperwork would take 6 weeks to take it out of the country - we were leaving in 4 weeks. Had it been shipped not as personal luggage it would have incurred sales tax at this end of 32%. The cost at that time was 1,200 pounds for the PM and the same for the optics.

 

It is not the current German AI rifle as they are on the G22A2 It has a different serial number /model number designation than the German rifles. Its a facsimile of the issue rifle and someone paid a lot of coin for it to me its worth only the sum of the parts. There are in the UK some AI AW rifles from the over run of the Swedish contract with the Swedish contract Hensolt scopes with the three crowns
and the Swedish markings on the actions.

 

I guess it also remains to be seen if the buyer pays. There was several instances when he did not based on the feedback.

 

That's actually really annoying. I'd seen a new AW in green a few months ago for just over £2800 in .308. I took that as the standard price for them as I'm not an AI fan boy and it seemed about right for what you actually get as a rifle

 

Apologies to revive an old thread.

As established by other users, the rifle auctioned in 2021 is not a genuine G22A1. The only other from this batch that recently surfaced was sold at Rock Island Auctions - this may have been the same one?

Should anyone see this post while doing their own research/due diligence for whatever reason, the rifle on GB and RIA are from a batch of 10 replica G22A1s built for the original North American AI counterpart back in 1999. I have seen the serial numbers and they are not in line with genuine issued G22A1s issued to the Bundeswehr, but they do not also line up with commercial rifles from that particular period.

There were also batches of replica Australian SR98 and Dutch equivalents. These are all genuine special editions from AI.

I have seen also a regular AW for sale with blatantly faked and inaccurate Bundeswehr markings, and also some Belgian AWs in private hands wrongly assumed to be PSG90s. Genuine issued G22 and PSG90s have never been released to the public as far as I'm aware. Belgian AWs have ABL prefixes/markings depending on the year of the particular rifle, but some were painted green and are often wrongly assumed to be PSG90s.

As @ptamony has outlined, overproduced PSG90s do seem to be floating around regardless, but they must have the national 3 crown emblem to be really regarded as part of their batch. I am inclined to suspect that the ABL rifles in private hands may have been a result of similar overproduction as I have seen photos of some in exemplary condition.

Below is an original advert for the official replica special editions for the US market.

 

I am only aware of a genuine British L96A1 military rifle in private hands, this lawfully. Happened that whoever was issued this rifle, he "lost" it during a mission.

 

I've heard that one before, but mainly for Schmidt & Bender scopes of a certain colour and reticule!

I think there are more L96A1s in private hands. There are purported to be 5-6, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are more. I believe Fulton's have had two pass their way, excluding ex-police PMs or commercial PMs.

 

I have a Dutch S&B scope for the AI rifle, former Afghanistan service. Just mentioned that very particular L96A1 because it is the only one I am aware of and to give a sample. I do not know of any further, but very certainly there could be more too.

 

 

Yes, one exactly like that!

Attached six pictures of my sand painted AI scope, Dutch contract. Yet have to find a rifle for it.

 

Yes, one exactly like that!

Attached six pictures of my sand painted AI scope, Dutch contract. Yet have to find a rifle for it.

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I’ve already seen these photos on that Facebook group

I think my photo of the Dutch snipers is quite unknown. I’ll admit I did steal it from elsewhere… difficult to find though. You have a rare scope. I would love to find a SF reticule PM6x42 or a 12x42 for a very very specific build.

 

These were the models when the PM series came out.

 

These were the models when the PM series came out.
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Nice, I hadn’t seen this particular brochure before. Do you have any others?

 

... getting a bit OT, but attached my L96A1 marked PM rifle that was one of the first five ever to be commercially retailed.

 

Oh I see, you are promo on milsurps. Did your PM come with its original Spindler Arms brochure? Austria Arms now owns 0707.

I have the very first commercially sold Accuracy International rifle. In some aspects, it is also a Walther.

 

0707 is which rifle model?

No, didn't come with original brochure. He though showed me that picture that I had posted over on the other board.

Edit, never mind, found the video they posted on YouTube on #0707. Pretty hilarious, another Spindler imported gun. I have the first of the batch, they have the very last one.

 

Spindler received (90 PM) 0704-0707 if I remember correctly from your post on the other forum. 0707 is identical to yours. Impossible to tell if it is from factory, but 0707 has a green PM6x42 with SF reticule.

Austria Arms posted an excellent video on youtube and they show a brochure at the end:

 

I currently have a black AI marked 10x42 S&B scope on 90PM0704 (on a black mount), for a lack of a more correct one. For what its worth, I paid less than what the retail price back then was (even when considering the prices back then were DM). Guess I was lucky when I bought it

 

Original 26mm PM10x42? Those and the PM2 10x42 are both very nice. I have an AI contract PM2 10x42.

I use swisswaffen regularly to check sold prices and if the one I saw is yours, then I can only say that I am extremely jealous!