Well, it is a Tula M44 which only 100,000 were made at that factory of the M44s. However, I don't think that fact alone warrants a $300 price tag anyways. $200 is more fair. Maybe they are banking on the fact they only have one, and think someone will pay that much for what it is.
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According to the 7.62x54R.net Rarity Chart, an M44 Tula made in 1944 is only a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being common as crabgrass and 10 being the Holy Grail. The one at J&G has a frosted bore and is counterbored to boot. I'd have to say $200 is way on the high end of fair. $160 would be more like fair to me.
Kinda off subject but in the pics with the accessories, what is the little green fabric thing and the thing wrapped in newspaper?
BTW, wish I had bought one a few years ago when they were cheap!!
The little green fabric thing should hold the tools, and the oiler is wrapped up in the paper. Surely it is caked in cosmo, and the paper is sticking to it.
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I can empathize with the majority of your complaint, as one of the many people unemployed due to the general greed that has overtaken this country, and most of the world.
Indeed my home is underwater, I'm approaching the end of my reserves, while f#$k heads that caused this problem are getting multi-million dollar bonuses, and arbitrarily raising my credit card interest rates (all paid on time).
But J&G is a pretty good bunch of guys, and slamming them for selling a single (there's only one) moderately rare M44 is a bit unfair. The remainder of their offerings, both rifles and ammo, are competitive.
Just out of curiousity, how much have you purchased from them?
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Your right Geo M44 , sorry about your cuircumstances. I feel your pain buddy. Hang In there, . I actually have purchased 2 spam cans of 440 rd Mosin rounds and 3 rilfles.Got great deals on all of it , so I should not be complaining.
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Cool. There's enough to be pissed off about these days... J&G is a small business, here in AZ, so like G&G and the NRA I like to support their efforts when I can.
If they find some dumb sh#t to buy the Tula... more power to them.
Note: The 1944 Tula shoots exactly like the 1944 Izzy... imagine that.
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