HOW MUCH for a Mosin-Nagant???

[Magoo541]

I thought about buying a Moist Nugget a while back but I ended up with a Savage 111 in 30-06 for cheap (free'ish).  I picked up some bullet for cheap too (300 for $20 at a garage sale) so I don't see the incentive nor the logic behind picking up something that shoots 10-12" groups at 100 yards.

[Rastus]

When they were $80-$90 and you could get 440 rounds under $100 it wasn't a bad deal.  Not all are as piss poor as 10-12 inch groups...but quite a few are.  I had them put up as cheap last resort or to sell to neighbors when SHTF but I couldn't wait when the price went up....

LATE ADDITION:  I'm selling it to help fund a gun purchase.  The old 9MM FNP is on the block (maybe even the 10MM Bren 10) too.  Whilst looking at the 17 Winchester super magnum rimfire I came to the conclusion a 17 Fireball is a better fit for me given that I have a couple of 17 HMR's.  Well, that reminded me the 17 Fireball is a necked down 221 Fireball which reminded me I really, really, want a Remington XP 100.  The only way to get the XP 100 is to sell off inventory.....Goodbye Soviet Serf Rife.............

[vincewarde]

But I don't think the ban applies to other former Soviet states or puppets, so the supply is still there.  Any physically in Russia are just shipped to another country then to the US.   

That might work, or they might deny entry - I do not know.  As for ammo, there may be some former ComBloc nations that still have 7.62x54r that they no longer need having moved to NATO standards.

[alfsauve]

Just got a note from AIM Surplus. 

Tula Hex Recevier only $289.95

Oh wait it has a matching s/n bayonet.  Oh, that makes it worth $189 more than I paid 5 years ago.



I did get a bayonet, but mine, sadly doesn't have a s/n.   Oh the shame.

[billt]

Mosin's like SKS's have gone WAY UP in price recently. Supplies of them are starting to dwindle. Just like surplus Garand's, Springfield's, and 1911's that could be bought for a song in the early 60's, and now command through the roof prices.

I think I paid around $160.00 for both of these delivered, with all the accessories and bayonets just a couple of years ago. Both are in beautiful shape, and shoot accurately. Now they're over 4 times as much, and most of them look like they were dragged behind a pickup truck on the way to the range.

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[alfsauve]

But do your bayonets have matching series numbers?

[billt]

But do your bayonets have matching series numbers?

Yes, all the numbers on everything match. But have they been "forced matched"? That I don't know. I've got 2 Mauser's that fit into that same category.