Is someting wrong with me???????????

[Junk Yard Dog]

Hey Grease, I went to a show this weekend and didn't buy a thing! I've had the shakes every sense.

[Gunowner99]

Sometimes you just have control, not all of the time but sometime.

[hoshow]

There are so many different varieties out there. You at least need a 91/30 and a carbine

[Greasemonkey]

Hey Grease, I went to a show this weekend and didn't buy a thing! I've had the shakes every sense.

I've driven by 3 shows this summer, each time, a previous engagement prevented me from stopping. Life is in the way, but, there is one Labor Day weekend, 9 miles from house. I told the wife, leave me alone for one day. Just cause it's Labor Day weekend, doesn't mean she has to make me labor the whole weekend.

[entropy]

At this time, I'd say you are an anomoly on this forum. Don't worry, this too shall pass. I'm down to two due to financial considerations, but will get some more, (some back, actually) when finances allow.

[artyldr01]

I'm not trying to knock "refurbs (I have a couple) but they really are the "gateway drug" to others. This time last year I hadn't even held a Mosin Nagant. I had seen them in the Dunham's flyer EVERY Sunday in Michigan on sale for around $99. To keep a long story short, I stumbled on a Remington M91 "Finned" at a local pawn shop. I started researching, posting on forums and learned the neat history of contract Mosins...long story short(ish) as I said, never even held a Mosin this time last year...now I have 14...I would tell you to run away NOW but that would be for purely selfish reasons (don't want more competition ) but I am truly amazed when I hold my collection, a feeling I never really got with my M1, etc. You can really sense the history in these things (Lee-Enfields too if you want yet ANOTHER rabbit hole to go down), ESPECIALLY Finnish or other non-refurbished rifles.

Not to brag but here's my collection...It REALLY is addictive:

1915 N.E.W. M91 with original stock and Civil Guard markings
1917 Remington M91 in original stock "Finned"
1923 Ishevsk ex-Dragoon
1928 Tikkakoski M27 (REALLY battle worn)
1931 Ishevsk M91 Dragoon, Finnish owned
1933 Ishevsk M91/30 SA marked un-refurbished
1935 Tula M91/30 Ex-PE Sniper "P60" Marked
1937 "Scrubbed" M91/30 Spanish Civil War
1941 Sako M39
1942 "B" Barrel M91
1943 Tikkakoski M91
1943 Tula M91/30 "sniper marked" but not drilled
1944 Ishevsk M91/30 "DDR" Ex-PU Sniper
1948 Ishevsk M44 DDR

...and there are MANY more I want!

The cool thing is, the MOST I have spent, and this is because I was new to the addiction is right at $300 for my Remington. The BEST deal I found was my M27 for $100 even! Part of the addiction is that though their value is increasing (rapidly) you can still find good deals if you are patient. The real addiction is learning about them and researching the details. They truly capture my interest like really no other item has. I've started studying the Finnish Winter War and Continuation war. The thought of such a small country standing up to the Russian bear is pretty amazing...and beat fought them with their own weapon. They took a truly robust and great battle rifle and made it an AMAZING battle rifle.

Anyway. Be careful...they are addictive!

Best wishes,

Niels

[gurn]

A great start to a great collection Niels and welcome to the club. All those Mosins and only two posts so far? Where ya been? More importantly Seriously, we need pics of those rifles.

[Judi and her Mosins]

Well, I have five, ...and after seeing all the difrent types and factorys,..I want one of each. Sure do, even took my money from under the bed as I hope to add ten more by mid-September. Oh yes ammo too. but diffrent types in cans. Gues my new car going have to wiat. Judi and her Mosins

[Junk Yard Dog]

New cars are a terrible investment Judi, a good chunk of the value is gone the moment you drive off the lot, and it gets nothing but worse from then on out. Mosins not only retain their value but grow it with the passing of years.

[hoshow]

I am either cheap or wise, but I have never bought a brand new car. I bought a few with under 10,000 miles, but never new.

[desdem12]

Nice pile of rifles

[Ironnewt]

I bought my first 91/30 about three weeks ago cleaned her up and shot it I love the gun, The thing is I have always heard that Mosins are habit forming.
I have no desire for another.
I have purchased two spam cans of fun and am looking for a third at a good price ($100 or less)
What I need to know is;
Is it possible to be Mosin-monogamous?
Is this something I need to see a gunsmith about, or maybe a C&R lic holder about?
Is there known cure?

I have been married to the same woman for near 42 years, so it may just be a character trait.

You do realize women and guns are two different species? No gun complains if you have another of the same caliber or if you buy a newer version and use it more often than the first one you bought.

[Ram48]

Thanks
I knew that but it slipped my mind.

[Junk Yard Dog]

I am either cheap or wise, but I have never bought a brand new car. I bought a few with under 10,000 miles, but never new.

I just select my shitboxes from whatever comes in still running, it's amazing how many perfectly good cars people will junk.

[Judi and her Mosins]

New cars are a terrible investment Judi, a good chunk of the value is gone the moment you drive off the lot, and it gets nothing but worse from then on out. Mosins not only retain their value but grow it with the passing of years.

I agree,. ..none of my other Mosins complained went I bought another home , actually I think they want me to recuse more....or came home with two cans of ammo, they never talk back, they don't nag, they don't eat the last slice of pizza, they don't leave the seat up, they don't need gas, .....I wish more women would start collecting them. My sister told me I am becomeing the Imelda Marco's ( all the shoes) of the Mosin's. As I purchased two more now have seven, Now if I get rid of this AK stuff I got talked into,.....well, lets just say,...Judi and her Mosin's are going need a bigger safe.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Don't worry, there are some people around here who have a crate or two of Mosins, or even more, we will not mention names, they know who they are

[desdem12]

[tinknocker104]

Hi, I'm Rob and I'm a Mosin Nagant addict. I've been on the forum a very short time and I'm struggling with this dilemma. I've always considered a Mosin Nagant the cheap rifle that's cheap to shoot and you can beat on it without worry. Perhaps it still is that, but I've become fascinated by it's history and the number of variations there are. I had no idea. Now I have headaches from reading about them so much. I picked up my first Mosin 3 1/2 weeks ago. It's an Izhevsk 1944, M38. Last Tuesday, I bought three more. A 1955 T53, nice and beat up with some mud, in a gouge, on the butt stock.( I'm calling it Chinese mud ) And two, 1938 Tula M91/30 rifles. One hard wood and the other laminate. Now I'm looking at a Romanian M44 and a Finnish M39. Please make it stop. By the way, the T53 is my favorite. I like things that look beat up, kind of like me.

[desdem12]

Welp, all that and just wait till you have hands on the 39 then that Chinese will sit in the corner Welcome, you are way behind

[Warf51]

One is none, two is one!