Are you a Russian collector or a Finnish?

[desert drifter]

If its Mosin Nagant I like 'em. Seems like most of what I have are M44's though.

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[dou44]

I will take any of them

[davesstuff1]

All Mosin Nagant"s deserve our love and respect!!!

[finloq]

This is a fun topic to think about. I have the Finned M91 in the Russian Bulgarian porcine stamped stock, it's a favorite.

I have never seen a pig stamp on a stock. What nation or arsenal does that represent?

[Judi and her Mosins]

I appreciate all of them for different reasons, I identify closer with the Finnish soldiers as they fought to preserve their democratically elected government and free society from the forces of darkness ( Soviet Communism) I like collecting SOviet Mosins because being a Cold War era American I like the idea that we get to play with their toys. The history of the Mosin is pretty damn dark no matter who used them, the horrors of WW1 on the Russian and Serbian side, the wars against Japan, and the Civil Wars in Russia and FInland. Then the Wars between FInland and the USSR, the USSR against the Nazi's, the Finns against the Nazi's, and of course the post WW2 use of Soviet surplus by the Red Chinese, and North Koreans, or later the North Vietnamese. The savagery of the Spanish Civil War. The evil done against their own people in the Soviet buffer states by the Soviet supported Communist governments that I am sure would have involved some of these Mosins. Most especially the Balkan country imports. I always thought the red shellac used on the Ukrainian import Soviet Mosins was a very appropriate color, blood. There is a reason to collect any of them, of all Mosins the ones that never left the US would be the most mild of them so far as history goes, WW1 AEF training camps, deer hunts, the inside of closets.

You should be a history teacher. Really your ability is beyond 90% of the teachers that teach now. Consider it. Judi and her Mosin's

[qz2026]

I'm an equal opportunity Mosin collector.

[Darryl]

"Are you a Russian collector or a Finnish?"

I'm neither a Russian or Finnish collector. I'm half German (on my Mom's side) and half English (on my Dad's side). I collector (or buy) a lot of Russian and Finnish rifles though! Along with Mausers, Enfield, Springfields...

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[breckenridge]

I like all of them. My modest collection consists of two Russians and a Romanian. I think a Finn might be next, but lately I've been letting non-Mosins get into my wallet. I need a bigger safe however, as I am quickly running out of room.

[jojoevo]

If it shoots.I like it

[neal45]

Russian. Mainly M91s. Of course, many of them were Finn'ed and that is fine.

But I have ended up with 7 Finnish Mosins. 2 M27s, 2M91s, 2M39s and 1 91/39. All are Tikkas except the Sako M39s.

[husker51]

My first Milsurp was a Russian M91/30. I found that I really prefer the Finn M39 over the Russian M91/30. I vote Finn! That is based on shooting preference. I like the heavier barrel and the thicker stock.