Mosin prices...

I guess you don't want to hear of the ones I have and have had that shoot 1" groups at 100 yards, then. I had one Finn Model 39 that shot 3/4" groups at 100 yards with iron sights and certain surplus ammo. Traded it to a friend years ago. He still has it. I make a half-hearted attempt to buy it back every few years.
 
I guess you don't want to hear of the ones I have and have had that shoot 1" groups at 100 yards, then. I had one Finn Model 39 that shot 3/4" groups at 100 yards with iron sights and certain surplus ammo. Traded it to a friend years ago. He still has it. I make a half-hearted attempt to buy it back every few years.

Translation into gun truth:

It was so awesome you got rid of it. You even half heartedly kinda sorta might want it back, but really only say that to make yer friend feel better for being stuck with it!

Lolz.
 
Translation into gun truth:

It was so awesome you got rid of it. You even half heartedly kinda sorta might want it back, but really only say that to make yer friend feel better for being stuck with it!

Lolz.


Nope. This was back in the days when they were extremely cheap and easy to replace. I paid $50 for it at a pawn shop. I got bored with that model and wanted to try something new. Even though they were cheap, I was a poor young guy, so I sold it to him because he wanted it so badly and used the proceeds to try out something new. If I had it today, it wouldn't get sold. I'm 20 years older and a little wiser than I was then.
 
I spent just north of $300 for my 1941 izzy Mosin I believe. But mine had all the accessories (sans sling) a spare ammo pouch and all matching serials (even the bayonet).
 
Nope. This was back in the days when they were extremely cheap and easy to replace. I paid $50 for it at a pawn shop. I got bored with that model and wanted to try something new. Even though they were cheap, I was a poor young guy, so I sold it to him because he wanted it so badly and used the proceeds to try out something new. If I had it today, it wouldn't get sold. I'm 20 years older and a little wiser than I was then.

Nice. Good gun karma giving it to him, I'd say.
 
Nice. Good gun karma giving it to him, I'd say.


I hope he leaves it to me in his will. That is probably the only way I will get it back. :)
 
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My sons each bought mosins when they were in the $80 range. Accuracy with combloc surplus ammo was about 6moa. On one, we slugged the bore and I introduced the boys to "Mexican Match" ammo. Tolerances in combloc ammo are yuge, 150gr bullets weighing 140-160, powder charges varied by as much as 5gr. We took 100 rounds, pulled and tossed the bullets, dumped the powder into a powder measure. From there, we remeasured the powder for each cartridge, and put in a modern commercial, US mfg match bullet. Presto, accuracy in same gun with no other changes, sub 2moa. So I wouldn't be so quick to diss a Mosin in the hands of somebody who knows their weapon and how to reload for it.
 
Same thing with M27 Finn mosin, pulled the bullets, measured the powder, some 150 gr .312 bullets (Speer) and my groups was cut in half. Skeet at 100 yards was doable, and fun!
 
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