I would stay stay away from the mosin nag ant at anything but rock bottom price. Lots of people love them but I do not find them as a quality surplus item. I am sure I will get flamed about saying that from the garbage rod fan boys.
Yeah, garbage he says,
I would stay stay away from the mosin nag ant at anything but rock bottom price. Lots of people love them but I do not find them as a quality surplus item. I am sure I will get flamed about saying that from the garbage rod fan boys.
If you're going to dole these out a handful at a time, we're going to be here a while...
If you want a little light reading on Mosin Nagants, try here,
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Joo, vältä niitä suomalaisia kiväärejä. Osta yksi ja seuraava asia, jonka tiedät, että olet juomassa Koskenkorva ja syö ruisleipää, kun istuu saunassa ja rukoilee lunta ja kylmää. Suomalainen ei ole helppo oppimaan!
For the non-finnish readers:
Thanks to freetranslation.com (okay, probably not exact, but close enough) :
Yes, avoid the finnish rifles). Buy 1 and the next thing, you know that you drink Koskenkorva and eat rye bread, when in the sauna and prays snow and cold. Finnish is not an easy to learn!
Well, Son and I've been collecting for 40+ years and have a sizable collection of Military arms, mostly rifles with a few handguns mixed in. The Swiss K31 is one that I would recommend to any starting collector. These were issued to individuals and maintained by them and are almost always in great shape. I have never seen one without a perfect bore and good looking stock. It is a great shooting rifle using the 7.5 X 55 cartridge. The Swiss surplus rounds are actually Match rounds. They are becoming more expensive lately. I have an adequate supply, so although commercial ammo is readily available I haven't shot any so can't speak to accuracy of these rounds.
I have been looking around and it seems k31s are in relative abundance at this time. However, prices vary. Cabela's has long and short versions for around $650, but another store had them at $900. The gun library is usually overpriced on some things. All things being equal, for an average quality k31, what is a proper price?