Me an you both!I love shooting mine still. And kick myself all the time for not buying more when they were under 90$ for one.
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That PU is Gorgeous.. I so wish I would have gotten one back when they were affordable lol.Lots of love for mine! Have owned a few variants from Russia, Finland, Poland, Romania, Hungary, and China. Still have a few from Russia, Finland, and China and quite a few crates of ammo. A run-of-the-mill Izhevsk 91/30 was the second gun I ever bought, "handpicked" from a gun shop trashcan in 2003 for $99 Still have that one, but man do I wish I knew then what I know now when digging through piles of these things - back then as a broke college student my only criteria was trying to avoid cleaning cosmo; I had zero idea what markings, characteristics, and other things made a gun unique or collectible. I remember shooting an M38 at night for the first time - between the concussion and the muzzle flash you might as well have been standing next to a Space Shuttle launch. They are fun, reliable, and resilient shooters, and are truly the quintessential milsurp gun IMHO.
Two of my favorites - a Finn M39 and an authentic, numbers matching PU sniper (pretty easy to tickle steel at 300 yards with surplus Russian silvertip):
Wow! Thats some history right there.I had one. After every shot I had to take a rubber mallet to open the bolt. Tried every remedy I could find to no avail. It would have been fun if I could have fixed that little issue.
That is the same rifle that shot my dad through the neck in WWII. Kinda weird, but my brother and I thought it was neat to own a version of the gun that dad saw the business end of and survived to talk about it.
I'm jealous. Would love a Finn.Half of my collection is Finnish MNs. Absolutely love them and their history. They are the finest variants out there. And I also agree the carbines (M38, M44, T53) are a blast to shoot, but the shoulder gets pretty tired of their beating after a while.
If I had more time to shoot, for sure. I sold mine this year simply because my range time is basically nothing right now, I hadn't shot it for at least 2 years, and the money was worth more to me than the rifle. Plus, I tend to want some kind of optic for a rifle. I just didn't see the practical purpose for it, even in a doomsday scenario.
I actually used to have two. One was given to me and was already mismatched in parts. I did the same thing. I cut the front of the barrel off, and had it re crowned. I removed the rear sights and tapped a scope rail. Put it in an archangel stock and made a cool sporterized Mosin sniper rifle. The stock was the best part of the rifle system. The detachable 10 round magazine was a game changer.Even at today's pricing, it's tough to beat for the firepower you're getting. Its impossible to beat at 10 years ago pricing. Mine is at no risk of going anywhere.
Call me a butcher, but I took the rear sight off of mine and mounted a pistol scope on it. I didn't see it tripling in value in 3 years, but I still don't feel bad about it. I do feel bad about not getting around to buying a second one.
Oh well.
I actually used to have two. One was given to me and was already mismatched in parts. I did the same thing. I cut the front of the barrel off, and had it re crowned. I removed the rear sights and tapped a scope rail. Put it in an archangel stock and made a cool sporterized Mosin sniper rifle. The stock was the best part of the rifle system. The detachable 10 round magazine was a game changer.
It's about time you got here!Can't stand them , why anyone would waste good money on them is beyond me! View attachment 106015 View attachment 106016 View attachment 106017