Posted on 02/05/2020 8:26:41 AM PST by w1n1
You might be surprised. I was. Check Rock Island Auctions. See what $1,500 buys.
I will do that, thank you, brother. I’d love to pick up a Broomhandle Mauser.
I love the old stuff. Always did, always will.
Evil black plastic has its place... but wood and steel still rules me ol’ heart...
And a day at the range with my Mosin, or one of my Kar98s, or Enfields, or Garand is always a day to be enjoyed.
Photo #10: Both capable calibers. But that 7,62 looks really good to me for close up engagement.
$13.00 @ American Auto in 1956.
“a whole set, M91-30, M44 and M38”
You need a 91/59 carbine now.
My Dad bought one at the local K-Mart in the early’60s for under $20 I think. They had them in a big cardboard bin, muzzle down It was advertised as a Finnish rifle, but had the hammer & sickle stamped on it. The ammo K-Mart sold with it had a pretty good kick to it. He didn’t keep it long, sold it and bought a Winchester Model 70, which I still have.
Bought one from a friend about 10 years ago. Paid him 85 bucks. Had the barrel shortened 2 inches and crowned, got a synthetic monte carlo style stock, removed the rear sight and put on a Burris 2 3/4 power scout scope, shimmed the trigger. Great deer gun. Kicks like a sumbitch though.
Ping you ol’ cultist
Too late, I’ve already laid my praise at the altar.
WT*?
I have a Mosin-Nagant sniper with the wartime PU sniper scope I had mailed over from Russia. Its very long and somewhat clunky but it is a solid and reasonably accurate rifle with a pretty powerful 7.62X54 cartridge that can easily take down a man or any large game in North America if someone wants to use it for hunting. They aren’t as cheap as they were 5-10 years ago but they are still very reasonably priced and effective rifles.
Both COMANCHE & APACHE (the notorious teenaged female VC snipers of the RVN War) used standard-issue, WWI-era, Moisin-Nagant rifles, topped with Korean War-era scopes & did “all too well with those old relics”, according to my ex-housemate, accomplished sniper & former USMC “Gunny”, Fred S__________.
Yours, TMN78247
Gulp!
If I heard those two talk with those incredibly sexy Russian accents I’m afraid it would be all over.......
Great for the old prices but some years ago I was able to pick up Swiss K31’s for less than $200 and it was a no brainer.
The one I kept isn’t outwardly pretty but the machining is a work of art and it’ll print a 1/2” 5 hot group at 100 yards if I do my part. Rang the 800 yard gong plenty with it as well.
Only real bitch is reloading is a nightmare for the 7.65x55. The gun is so well made that oal and case length has to be within a few 1000th’s or you’ll have a jam or ftf and have to smack the bolt to clear make it fire and clear it.Pretty much gave up after I loaded a few hundred rounds with soft points for hunting legality and bought cases of GP11.
My son and I both have one and we use them sometimes to shoot
wild hogs around my airpark.
Works real good too.
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