I paid $99 in 2014 or 2015.My great-grandpa and grandpa both carried them in two separate wars, so I would want an Imperial one and an early Soviet one, just to have and tell tall tales to my kids.
I am still kicking myself for not buying one at $99 in maybe 2009? No way I would pay $500 for one right now.
WOW! Look at the pop on that arctic birch! Wooooweeee she’s a looker!I have about 10. The second gun I bought - poor college kid in the mid 2000s - was a basic 91/30 - still have it. My matching PU still gets a fair amount of range time when I'm able to get outdoors. Chased a Finn for a long time, finally snagged one a few years ago. It's one of my favorite guns.
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I have several, and I don't understand the fascination. Recoil is awful, accuracy is marginal, they were mass produced conscript bolt actions.
The very few I have met in person that enjoy the rifle, were clearly driven by pricepoint and have limited knowledge or experience with firearms. Sorry, just my experiences.
So then why do you have several?I have several, and I don't understand the fascination. Recoil is awful, accuracy is marginal, they were mass produced conscript bolt actions.
The very few I have met in person that enjoy the rifle, were clearly driven by pricepoint and have limited knowledge or experience with firearms. Sorry, just my experiences.
They killed a helluva lot of Nazis though. And the Finns used them to kill a lot of commies. Not to mention that Remington and New England Westinghouse made them also.Evil commie guns
That being said I wouldn't kick one out of the gun safe. I really would like to own a PU sniper (even a replica/clone) and a Finnish variant. The holy grail of all Mosins to me is a Czech VZ.54 Sniper Rifle.
That is a VZ54/91, which is the early 90's Czech upgrade of the VZ54 rifle. The upgrades consisted of a new more ergonomic stock, and the 4x SVD's PSO-1 scope with the infrared detector.Your collection is incredible, I don't think I've ever seen one with that many examples, and rare ones too. What is the final rifle you posted? The one with the PSO style scope? That's the first time I've seen that one.
You've only seen a piece of his Mosin collection.Your collection is incredible, I don't think I've ever seen one with that many examples, and rare ones too. What is the final rifle you posted? The one with the PSO style scope? That's the first time I've seen that one.
The collection has shrunk a bit from close to 300 Mosins to about 100 as I wind down for retirement and refocus on vintage military sniper riflesYou've only seen a piece of his Mosin collection.
And a small piece at that!