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Originally Posted by
Cyrano 
| Ken, where on earth did you find that, and are there any more of them where that one came from? |
Believe it or not an estate auction. There were several guns listed and the Dragoon was advertised in the sale bill as a 1920 Russian.
The bidding went up in $25 increments to $150. I offered $160 to the auctioneer's $175 asking. It stopped the group of local gunhounds cold and I won the rifle for $160.
The deceased was a WWII vet who had souveniers from Iwo Jima- sand, shrapnel, etc. No one bid on them until I got it started. They sold for a respectable price.
This Mosin would have come to the US in the 1960s. They can still be found in the wilds of the US- you just need to look.
Fit and finish was OK, but the old baby had a tough life as you can see.