When I bought my .222 Mannlicher a year or two ago, the same seller had a .222 Magnum Mannlicher for sale at the same time. It was also in excellent shape but the wood was typical Sako wood, not highly figured like the .222. It went for a couple of hundred less than the 1500 or so I paid for the .222. I think the only reason the bidding got as high as it did on mine was the wood. I was prepared to pay for the wood and there was another serious bidder who bumped a few times. I thought about bidding on the magnum as well, but I'd been spending quite a bit on guns around that time and I let it go. I do have an L469 Mannlicher carbine; I wonder what that is worth these days as it is far more rare than an L461.
Too many people have a concept of the actual market which is distorted by referencing internet "asking" prices. When a gun cycles for weeks at a time on Gunbroker without attracting a single bid then it is by definition priced above market -- and there's no way to tell how far above market. Only when a gun is traded between an actual buyer and seller is some frame of reference to the actual market established. In other words, pay no attention to Gunbroker listings. Instead, go to "sold auctions" to look up similar items. Take even these prices with a grain of salt since direct comparables may be scarce and the internet market may not match the local market in a given locale.
