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What would I pay for a 78 magazine? First I am not a collector, I am a shooter. Shot competition all my life. I hate people that take advantage of someone because they need what they have. 140 dollars for a 20 dollar magazine is not right. I have a Winchester 52B sporter, Winchester 1885 single shot (my favorite), couple of Kimber 84’s., Anshutz 1422D, Sako P52, Sako 78 all 22’s. Along with a couple of old Sako varmint 222 & 222 Mag. + more. This is a Sako forum and I don’t want to get out of bounds here. Good luck on your hunt for the magazine. If I see or hear of any I will PM you .
I see you only have 4 posts, so being new to the forum you have to think about value from a standpoint of scarcity & what the real (not crazy) market place says. L46 magazines in 222 Rem sell for around $100 (original) & around $50 to $75 for an aftermarket one. They are not real scarce & fairly easy to find. L469 magazines for the 222 Rem Mag are very scarce & sell for $250 & up & there are no aftermarket mags available. L46 mags in 22 Hornet, 218 Bee, 7x33 Sako are like finding Big Foot & the sky is the limit. It's not unusual for Finnwolf mags to go for $300. Just because one magazine has an asking price, that someone heard thru the grapevine, of $300 does not mean that is the market price. Some buyers will pay more than others because if you have a rifle that is unusable without the magazine it is devalued more than the cost of the mag. So it's like a break even deal if you end up with a usable & thus more valuable rifle. If the M78 is for sale for $350, PM me, cause if you sell the mag the rifle won't be worth much. They kinda need to be kept together, which I would be more than happy to do.300 dollars for a magazine, I would have to say that is crazy. I have been selling my late brother in laws gun collection and one of them is a Sako 78 in 98% or better and is a tack driver. Been trying to sell it for 350 all winter and no bites. Maybe I had better buy it myself just for parts (300 dollar magazine).
Unbelievable that 900 people that were members of a gun club had a chance of a lifetime & didn't even know what they were looking at. Must be a Rugchesterton crowd. Put that thing in the classifieds here & I guarantee you will get market value. Without inspecting your rifle I can only guess at it's value, but as cmjr said it's probably something north of $600.Thanks cmjr. I had no idea. I use to belong to the sako forum many years ago (probably 15 or so) and got away from it. Don't remember what name I went by. I belong to a local gun club with over 900 members and I had 14 guns from my late brother in laws estate and sold 11 of them but no one was interested in the sako M78 for 350. Maybe good thing I didn't sell it. Thanks again