Author Topic: Been bit by the Mosin Bug! (Read 10131 times)

bkoenig · « **Reply #40 on:** January 08, 2012, 09:08:35 PM »

That is a nice gun. I have a weakness for old military rifles.

FarmerRick · « **Reply #41 on:** January 10, 2012, 05:13:06 PM »

gwilly · « **Reply #42 on:** January 10, 2012, 07:29:13 PM »

......That'd get you some attention at the range!!

I was able to warm up the ex-dragoon a bit yesterday. It took me 20 rounds to rein her in.......the old girl packs a pretty good kick!

Here are the last 5....offhand at 80 yards.....with the bayonet. I'm looking forward to spending more time with her.

RobertH · « **Reply #43 on:** January 15, 2012, 03:43:58 PM »

uh oh! i finally looked at my Cabela's ad and they have $99.99 M91/30's.

and steel Herter's on sale for $9.99

*** sale prices effective Jan 19 - 29. LaVista only.

00BUCK · « **Reply #44 on:** January 22, 2012, 01:40:35 AM »

Quote from: RobertH on January 15, 2012, 03:43:58 PM

uh oh! i finally looked at my Cabela's ad and they have $99.99 M91/30's.

and steel Herter's on sale for $9.99

*** sale prices effective Jan 19 - 29. LaVista only.

I picked one up on Friday. Mine is Ivhevsk armory made in 1942. Overall a nice looking weapon. The shellac on the stock was not done well at all so I am stripping it and doing a tung oil rub. Maybe I should have shot it before putting all the work into the stock to see if it is one of the bad shooters.
Just an FYI they had one in the rack behind the counter. You have to take a number and when called to the counter ask them if they still have any in the back room.

RobertH · « **Reply #45 on:** January 22, 2012, 09:38:22 AM »

a friend of mine asked me to go to cabela's with him. there were WAY TOO many people around the gun counter or i was going to look at getting another one, but i did not even try. i did buy ammo though, always a sure thing!

JimP · « **Reply #46 on:** January 23, 2012, 04:44:26 PM »

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i did buy ammo though, always a sure thing!

You and everybody else, it seems!

I stopped by today to get some of the Herter's 7.62x39 ..... all gone. There were other gaping holes in the stock, too......

Salesguy said they sold more guns on Saturday than they did on Black Friday..... and Black Friday was their previous record.......

gwilly · « **Reply #47 on:** January 23, 2012, 08:34:24 PM »

Came across this blonde 1946 Izhevsk M44 while I was scrounging around in a local pawn store over the weekend.....been bit again!!

I'm wonderin'.......does Cabela's have the wooden crates for sale that the Mosin's they're selling came in?

bkoenig · « **Reply #48 on:** January 23, 2012, 08:38:31 PM »

Quote from: gwilly on January 23, 2012, 08:34:24 PM

Came across this blonde 1946 Izhevsk M44 while I was scrounging around in a local pawn store over the weekend.....been bit again!!

I'm wonderin'.......does Cabela's have the wooden crates for sale that the Mosin's they're selling came in?

Wow! Apparently the pawn shops are a lot better up there than around here.

gwilly · « **Reply #49 on:** January 23, 2012, 08:58:20 PM »

It's really hit & miss......been hittin' lately after a long missin' spell

This one will be a little work......the bore is NOT bright.
My theory is that after the holidays some maybe are being turned in for cash for paying bills.

FarmerRick · « **Reply #50 on:** January 23, 2012, 09:58:27 PM »

I'm not that lucky, I've never ever seen a "bright bore" on a Mosin.
Seen plenty that looked like there was fur growing inside the bore though.

gwilly · « **Reply #51 on:** February 15, 2012, 01:00:14 PM »

LOL....You can see a wide range of conditions when you look down one of those barrels!

I went up to the gun show in Sioux Falls last weekend & brought home a Finn M24. This one appears to have a bit of histiory about it!

It's missing a couple minor parts.........I've got something to hunt for now!!

CliffD · « **Reply #52 on:** March 04, 2012, 07:44:12 AM »

Quote from: OnTheFly on December 19, 2011, 07:22:16 PM

Ishevsk, Ishevsk, Ishevsk, Ishevsk, Ishevsk, Ishevsk...It's not so hard.

Actually, its Izhevsk. The city is named after the river Izh which runs through it.

OnTheFly · « **Reply #53 on:** March 04, 2012, 06:04:43 PM »

Quote from: CliffD on March 04, 2012, 07:44:12 AM

Actually, its Izhevsk. The city is named after the river Izh which runs through it.

Yah. That's what I said! Er...wasn't it?

Fly

CliffD · « **Reply #54 on:** March 04, 2012, 06:18:11 PM »

Hi Fly!

Well, close. But the name is I "z" hevsk, not I "s" hevsk. I can't properly pronounce it with either spelling, so it's all good

gwilly · « **Reply #55 on:** April 15, 2012, 12:21:54 PM »

The bug got me again!
Here's a 1915 NEW M91 that I located at a Lincoln gun/pawn shop yesterday.

I love these old guns!!

bkoenig · « **Reply #56 on:** April 15, 2012, 02:00:09 PM »

Which pawn shop did you find that in? Most of them around here want $200 for a run of the mill Izzy. The actual gun shops sometimes will have good deals.

RobertH · « **Reply #57 on:** April 15, 2012, 03:12:01 PM »

Quote from: bkoenig on April 15, 2012, 02:00:09 PM

Which pawn shop did you find that in?

yes please do tell!!!

gwilly · « **Reply #58 on:** April 15, 2012, 03:55:33 PM »

This one was sitting on the rack at Acher Arms & Pawn.....I'd never been there.
They said that it walked in the door on Friday.......sometimes I get lucky

bkoenig · « **Reply #59 on:** April 15, 2012, 05:46:39 PM »

Acher is weird. Most of the time they are way overpriced on their guns, but occasionally they have some good deals on surplus rifles.