The Mosin Nagant Bench Is Full

Geo M44 · 04-05-2008, 07:23 PM

So...

Went to J&G today. I could easily have burned through every credit card, savings account, and a good piece of the 401K...

But held spending to the bare necessities: A very nice 1937 91/30 (my exception to the carbine collection), 300 rounds of Bulgarian HB, 100 rounds of Brown Bear, and a camo ATI stock (for a future project). I just couldn't pass up the 1937 as the metal is beautiful, all matching stamped, and not counterbored (!!!)

My problem now is that I have the M38, M39, 91/30 and, the soon to arrive, Tula M44 waiting for bench space. I will finish the Finn tonight and get to the M38 tomorrow for the trip to the range in the afternoon. I wish I had time to refit Natalia into her new camo home... maybe by midnight.

The walnut stock will have to wait for a new M44 assembly.

As you can see I need help (in more ways than one

). Mosinitus... not just an addiction.

marion57 · 04-05-2008, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geo M44

So...

Went to J&G today. I could easily have burned through every credit card, savings account, and a good piece of the 401K...

But held spending to the bare necessities: A very nice 1937 91/30 (my exception to the carbine collection), 300 rounds of Bulgarian HB, 100 rounds of Brown Bear, and a camo ATI stock (for a future project). I just couldn't pass up the 1937 as the metal is beautiful, all matching stamped, and not counterbored (!!!)

My problem now is that I have the M38, M39, 91/30 and, the soon to arrive, Tula M44 waiting for bench space. I will finish the Finn tonight and get to the M38 tomorrow for the trip to the range in the afternoon. I wish I had time to refit Natalia into her new camo home... maybe by midnight.

The walnut stock will have to wait for a new M44 assembly.

As you can see I need help (in more ways than one

). Mosinitus... not just an addiction.

I would like to feel sorry for you Geo but I am too jealous to feel sorry for you hehe

besides my feel sorry is broken LOL

Geo M44 · 04-05-2008, 08:54 PM

Yeah, not looking for pitty... just understanding... I am a sick puppy, and you are partially to blame... Mr. 1939 91/30 glossy golden beauty!

As are Steve and Rich. You are all complicit (where the hell did that word come from?) in this...

...Thanks guys.

Mooseman684 · 04-05-2008, 08:58 PM

Glad we could help ya Buddy !!!LMAO ROFL...

toolman · 04-05-2008, 08:59 PM

Hello, my name is Geo and I'm an addict...

jack007 · 04-05-2008, 09:10 PM

It's not problem if nobody else knows about it . The stocks and the rifles look nice.

Geo M44 · 04-05-2008, 09:11 PM

Yeah, toolman I tried the 12 step program... then went out and bought more. But that's it! No more! Hey, I quit smoking after 30 years. I can do this... after the B barrel, I promise.

Ok, well maybe after the 91/30 hex. Well ok I saw a Norinko with scope at J&G for $219 maybe after that one...

OK maybe after the divorce.

texnmidwest · 04-05-2008, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geo M44

Yeah, toolman I tried the 12 step program... then went out and bought more. But that's it! No more! Hey, I quit smoking after 30 years. I can do this... after the B barrel, I promise.

Ok, well maybe after the 91/30 hex. Well ok I saw a Norinko with scope at J&G for $219 maybe after that one...

OK maybe after the divorce.

Geo, we feel your pain. Believe me. It only gets worse. After a stint with picking up mil surplus then the modern stuff will start looking good again. It is an illness. I confess and apologize to all that I have harmed.

ArkansasHunter · 04-05-2008, 09:44 PM

Only hep you need is mo money and time LOL...A.H You got Mosinitis bad !!!

thebluesbox · 04-05-2008, 09:48 PM

I can help you... you have too much you need to get rid of somethings, what you want to sell me? At a forum buddy price of coarse !!!

Geo M44 · 04-05-2008, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by texnmidwest

Geo, we feel your pain. Believe me. It only gets worse. After a stint with picking up mil surplus then the modern stuff will start looking good again. It is an illness. I confess and apologize to all that I have harmed.

Thanks Tex, but the real culpret is still Russian cosmolene. It was actually detected in my bloodstream during bypass surgery. It shows up as a virus that looks like the crests of the Tula and Izhevsk arsenals. I think they said that it was hammer&sicle cells.

Hope no one is working on a cure...

jack007 · 04-05-2008, 11:13 PM

I don,t know what it is about mosins but Ihad never seen one until mid january.Now I have three and have lost count on how many I have handled. It's only April.It's gonna be a good year.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geo M44

So...

Went to J&G today. I could easily have burned through every credit card, savings account, and a good piece of the 401K...

But held spending to the bare necessities: A very nice 1937 91/30 (my exception to the carbine collection), 300 rounds of Bulgarian HB, 100 rounds of Brown Bear, and a camo ATI stock (for a future project). I just couldn't pass up the 1937 as the metal is beautiful, all matching stamped, and not counterbored (!!!)

My problem now is that I have the M38, M39, 91/30 and, the soon to arrive, Tula M44 waiting for bench space. I will finish the Finn tonight and get to the M38 tomorrow for the trip to the range in the afternoon. I wish I had time to refit Natalia into her new camo home... maybe by midnight.

The walnut stock will have to wait for a new M44 assembly.

As you can see I need help (in more ways than one

). Mosinitus... not just an addiction.

Is the store as good as the ad.

Geo M44 · 04-06-2008, 01:25 AM

Better... When you drive into the parking area you are surrounded by empty pill boxes (ammo crates). Enter the store and the walls behind the counter are covered with military and civilian rifles (everything from lever action 300 Mags to AK47's)... and of course glass cases with just about every pistol, new and used, that you can think of... all for sale. And of course ammo up the wazoo.

I like Cabella's, Sportsman's, and Bass Pro, but J&G is all fireams, and stuff you won't see or handle anywhere else. I asked for a pre war 91/30 and the sales guy brought out the last two they had so I could evaluate which one I wanted. Looked at (handled) a Norinco SKS (almost bought this one), Romanian AK47 (and this one), Bushmaster, FEG-PA, SIG P6, 1911 (and these).

Ammo? You name it, bulk or box.

The biggest challenge is restraint. I wasn't kidding about cleaning out the savings, cards, and part of the 401K.

marion57 · 04-06-2008, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toolman

Hello, my name is Geo and I'm an addict...

+1 toolman
Geo anytime we can help LOL

ohh and I have a feeling most of us do have understanding about your adiction LOL as we also have it he he

Quote:

Originally Posted by texnmidwest

Geo, we feel your pain. Believe me. It only gets worse. After a stint with picking up mil surplus then the modern stuff will start looking good again. It is an illness. I confess and apologize to all that I have harmed.

Liar , Liar pants on fire !!
what you mean willis (harmed)

texnmidwest · 04-06-2008, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marion57

+1 toolman
Geo anytime we can help LOL

ohh and I have a feeling most of us do have understanding about your adiction LOL as we also have it he he

Liar , Liar pants on fire !!
what you mean willis (harmed)

Harmed: Groceries that went unbought, Presents that turned out to be Mosins, School plays that were missed because there was this nice Dragoon at a gun shop 2 hours away that I just had to go see....

Geo M44 · 04-06-2008, 11:59 AM

I'm writing up the commitment papers now. For all of us to go to the Betty Mosin clinic. They teach you to live with, and appreciate your addiction. On a similar note:

Holy crap! I was just thinking (riskly to say the least) WOW, that 1937 I bought yesterday is 71 years old!

Then I realized it's not a whole lot older than me!!!

...

Paper · 04-06-2008, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geo M44

I like Cabella's, Sportsman's, and Bass Pro, but J&G is all fireams, and stuff you won't see or handle anywhere else. I asked for a pre war 91/30 and the sales guy brought out the last two they had so I could evaluate which one I wanted.

That's a much more friendly place than SOG. SOG is nothing more than an old warehouse. There's no shopping through guns, and unless you knew what was behind the dirty old dividers, you'd never know that there's all those guns and ammo back there.
AIM's cleaner, and nicer, but there's still no shopping..

It would be nice to be able to pick through rifles, or at least be given a choice.

Quote:

Originally Posted by texnmidwest

Presents that turned out to be Mosins,

My dad is getting a 1946 M44 for his birthday this year..

SwedeSteve · 04-06-2008, 03:06 PM

Man you guys are WIERD!

marion57 · 04-06-2008, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geo M44

I'm writing up the commitment papers now. For all of us to go to the Betty Mosin clinic. They teach you to live with, and appreciate your addiction. On a similar note:

Holy crap! I was just thinking (riskly to say the least) WOW, that 1937 I bought yesterday is 71 years old!

Then I realized it's not a whole lot older than me!!!

...

I have a 1927 ex dragoon how does that make you feel ? younger?

texnmidwest · 04-06-2008, 05:33 PM

I think my next Mosin will be one of the early 1900s versions. I love the look of them.

04-05-2008, 08:58 PM	#4
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 9,266 Trader Rating: (0)	Glad we could help ya Buddy !!!LMAO ROFL... __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

04-05-2008, 08:59 PM	#5
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,356 Trader Rating: (0)	Hello, my name is Geo and I'm an addict... __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!

04-06-2008, 11:59 AM	#16
Geo M44 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Desert Posts: 2,023 Trader Rating: (0)	I'm writing up the commitment papers now. For all of us to go to the Betty Mosin clinic. They teach you to live with, and appreciate your addiction. On a similar note: Holy crap! I was just thinking (riskly to say the least) WOW, that 1937 I bought yesterday is 71 years old! Then I realized it's not a whole lot older than me!!!...

04-06-2008, 03:06 PM	#18
SwedeSteve Grumpy Old Fart Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 9,135 Trader Rating: (0)	Man you guys are WIERD! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

04-06-2008, 05:33 PM	#20
texnmidwest Senior Bear Fluffer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,021 Trader Rating: (0)	I think my next Mosin will be one of the early 1900s versions. I love the look of them. __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

04-05-2008, 08:54 PM	#3
Geo M44 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Desert Posts: 2,023 Trader Rating: (0)	Yeah, not looking for pitty... just understanding... I am a sick puppy, and you are partially to blame... Mr. 1939 91/30 glossy golden beauty! As are Steve and Rich. You are all complicit (where the hell did that word come from?) in this... ...Thanks guys.

04-05-2008, 09:10 PM	#6
jack007 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: texas Posts: 130 Trader Rating: (0)	It's not problem if nobody else knows about it . The stocks and the rifles look nice.

04-05-2008, 09:11 PM	#7
Geo M44 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Desert Posts: 2,023 Trader Rating: (0)	Yeah, toolman I tried the 12 step program... then went out and bought more. But that's it! No more! Hey, I quit smoking after 30 years. I can do this... after the B barrel, I promise. Ok, well maybe after the 91/30 hex. Well ok I saw a Norinko with scope at J&G for $219 maybe after that one... OK maybe after the divorce.

04-05-2008, 09:44 PM	#9
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,521 Trader Rating: (0)	Only hep you need is mo money and time LOL...A.H You got Mosinitis bad !!!

04-05-2008, 09:48 PM	#10
thebluesbox Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 95 Trader Rating: (0)	I can help you... you have too much you need to get rid of somethings, what you want to sell me? At a forum buddy price of coarse !!!

04-06-2008, 01:25 AM	#13
Geo M44 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Desert Posts: 2,023 Trader Rating: (0)	Better... When you drive into the parking area you are surrounded by empty pill boxes (ammo crates). Enter the store and the walls behind the counter are covered with military and civilian rifles (everything from lever action 300 Mags to AK47's)... and of course glass cases with just about every pistol, new and used, that you can think of... all for sale. And of course ammo up the wazoo. I like Cabella's, Sportsman's, and Bass Pro, but J&G is all fireams, and stuff you won't see or handle anywhere else. I asked for a pre war 91/30 and the sales guy brought out the last two they had so I could evaluate which one I wanted. Looked at (handled) a Norinco SKS (almost bought this one), Romanian AK47 (and this one), Bushmaster, FEG-PA, SIG P6, 1911 (and these). Ammo? You name it, bulk or box. The biggest challenge is restraint. I wasn't kidding about cleaning out the savings, cards, and part of the 401K.