Pleas forgive my bad spelling. Due to the fact I almost went hand to hand with a badley arrowed West Texas swine I have been drinking beer and smokeing lots of ciggretts. Any way, My hunting buddy got to me and handed me the most ugley gun I have ever seen. It came right up to my shoulder and I felt it jump and the pig I was after hit the ground like a sack of potato's. I decided that I need one or two of thees ugley guns for the safty of my children and my self while bow hunting pigs (that is what I will tell the wife) Any way, Ware do I just buy one in good shape ready to shoot ? I am thinking that I can have a dealer order me one. Any recomendations ? sore for being long winded, thanks.
You can find them from j+g on internet . they have them cheap . from what ive heard about them they have been used in matches alot up till recently . lots of switches to 6.5 platforms. but still a great gun basicly a rusian 30.06 . Another place to try is empire arms. they do not sell bottom end stuff just the nicer stuff . itll cost you but ive heard they sell the good stuff. hope ive helped
I am willing to pay. i mean, it is for the safty of my kids, Wink, wink. thank you. thees are neet guns and I will tell you, they put pigs down right now !
Well, some collectors may misinterpret your post. At first reading, I thought you were looking for a Nagant pistol. After reading your post, I see you are looking for the Russian Mosin Nagant rifle, probably in 91/30 configuration. Paper's link will get you started. Check out local gun shops and gun shows for instant gratification. Depending on your location, chain sporting goods places like Big5, Dunham's, and others also sell MN rifles. I wouldn't expect you should not pay over $150 for a 91/30, or ex-Dragoon depending on condition of course. These rifles can still be had for $80 prior to shipping at www.jgsales.com. Research before you buy too. www.7.62x54R.net deals exclusively with Mosin Nagant rifles, or www.mosinnagant.net. You can peruse the MN forum here too, theres tons of good info. The most common configuration is the 91/30 rifle, many made during the war years. Good luck, let us know what you end up getting!
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Prices vary from a low of $55 (wartime round receiver, NRA Fair, Century Arms) to about $100 (hex receiver hand selected, Classic Arms). This does not include tax, shipping or transfer fees.
I suggest that you invest $100 (not including shipping) in a 440 round tin of Bulgarian light ball to let you learn your new best girl's habits.
I further suggest you go to the BATFE website and put in the for application forms for a Class 03 Curio & Relic FFL. Now that you've been bitten by the Mosin bug, you aren't going to stop at one. Take my word for it. I started out with one - that one - Izhevsk hex receiver 91/30. Then I got a Cossack Dragoon. Then an M38. Then a ChiCom Type 53 that I felt sorry for at the local gun shop because Bubba done went and mounted a bipod on her and did some grinding on the barrel to get it to fit right. Then I bought a bubba'd Model 1891 Tula and restored her. Then an unissued Romanian M44. Then a scrubbed and renumbered Izzy Model 91/59. And I just traded for a wartime round receiver 91/30.
And compared to some of the people on this forum, I have a light case of Mosinitis. But it sure is fun!
Howdy there. I see we don't live too far from each other... I can see the beltway from my house in the south end of houston and if I get on my buddies 2 story house I can see the Y split to 45 south.
Are you looking for an M44 or 91/30? M44's are pretty cool small carbines, 20" with a built on bayonet. I'd give those a look, and while you're at it read up all you can on these rifles. 7.62x54R.net is the way to go for all your info. As people said... they're an addiction and there are 3 sitting in the safe including a beautiful SA marked sako m39. Whatever you do, don't buy one from collectors firearms unless you're prepared to pay top dollar!!!
???...You Know...Nag , Nag, Nag !!! AS in "My bolt wont open" , "My extractor wont pull out the spent caseing"..."My bolt is stiff ", Or My favorite..."I need a recoil pad because this thing Kicks"...
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I always look first at a local warehouse where there is room for many rifles for which to look at from.
First, No Man, the little ABC and check mark icon at the top right of the posting box is the Spell-Check. PLEASE, use it.
I can see your point. The local gun shop that carries a bunch of military surplus rifles has about three racks of them, sometimes as many as 40 and rarely less than 25. That's all types, not just Mosins. Sometimes you do better shopping locally if you consider all the costs of a gun, but not always. Here's an example reflecting current prices. (The comparison worked a lot better before the advent of the Obamination and the resultant spike in gun prices.)
The last time I was there, they had a 91/30 with bayonet but no other accessories at $150. Add in the sales tax and the out the door total is $163.00. That's your comparison figure.
Southern Ohio Gun has 91/30 hexes for $80 with the full accessory kit (bayonet, oil & solvent bottle, Mosin tool, web sling and leather 30 round ammo pouch). Shipping would be about $20, so we are up to $100 delivered, if you have a Curio & Relic license. That makes the SOG Mosin a great deal.
However, if you don't, the price goes up. We're at $100 at your gun shop. Gun shops are required to collect sales tax on out of state purchased guns delivered to them in New York State, so you add in another $6.60. Then there is the transfer fee. My shop charges $30 per rifle (pistols are more) and they have the lowest transfer fees in the area. That brings the total out the door to $136.60. Still better than $163 for his in-stock MN, and you get the full accessory kit, but there is one other factor to think about.
You ordered a rifle from out of state, that he has in his racks already. This tends to irk gun dealers. Instead of making $70 plus whatever he makes by breaking up the accessory kit (remember, SOG is a wholesaler that mostly sells to dealers and people with Class 03 C&Rs), he's only making $30 on the sale. Plus, he had the nuisance factor of having to take delivery and hold your rifle in the back room until you got there to pick it up. You won't make a friend of your gun dealer if you do this to him on a regular basis. It's fine if your gun shop doesn't deal in milsurps; but if it does, think hard before you order milsurps over the Internet.
The bottom line is that if you have a Curio and Relic license and trust your online dealer, there are savings to be had by ordering direct from wholesalers like Century Arms or Southern Ohio Gun, and from reputable online gun shops like AIM Surplus, J&G Sales and Classic Arms, to name just three. However, you need to think carefully before you order a milsurp and have it delivered to your local gun shop. The monetary savings may not be worth the loss of good will on the part of your gun shop toward you. That's a call you have to make.
if it's for protection from hogs, i'd go with a m38. carbine lenght and not bayonet attached to the barrel. unless you like the idea of being able to stick the pig if he's charging. then go with an m44. a 91/30 is kinda long for a backup weapon on a mad pig.
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