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skeet1
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This weekend I attended a gun show in Enid, Oklahoma and intended to buy a 91/30 if I could find a good one and I think I did. It is an 1939 Izhevsk with a barrel that the lands are shiny but the grooves only have a little shine to them. This is not the first Mosin I have owned, the first being and model 91 that I got when I was 15 in 1965 that I paid $7.00 for. I no longer own the 91 but the 19/30 appears to be a lot more rifle in much better condition.

I hope to learn a lot more about the Mosins here.

Ken, aka Skeet1 :toast:
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Welcome Ken,

You can learn a bunch of information here, and you may also learn that one Mosin Nagant is never enough! :D
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Welcome to the forum Ken, Izhevsk 91/30 is a good way to start off building the collection :vcool: The 1891 rifle you had in 1965 was a couple of inches longer, had more primitive sights, longer handguard, and it's own band set, but the action is otherwise the same as the later Soviet produced rifles. Have fun with it .
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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skeet1, Welcome to the forums.

Sit down and clean that rifle and take some photos of it. It is a good thing to have for security and we love to see photos of Mosins.!

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This is the right place to talk about new Mosins. We have space for all firearms topics from your favorite surplus rifle to a super rare wartime pistol. Even modern shotguns and pistols too. Welcome and feel free to join in often.
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Welcome skeet, buckle up, it's a fun ride.
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martin08,
I guess you are right, one Mosin is not enough. Saturday I went to the big gun show in Tulsa and bought another Mosin, a Finn Model 39, 1944. I just got done shooting it and found that it can shoot a lot better than I can. What a rifle!

Ken
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Let's see some pictures of the new rifles of yours. We love seeing pictures.
Welcome to the forum.



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Welcome! Enjoy the disease of collecting... :vcool:
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skeet1 wrote:martin08,
I guess you are right, one Mosin is not enough. Saturday I went to the big gun show in Tulsa and bought another Mosin, a Finn Model 39, 1944. I just got done shooting it and found that it can shoot a lot better than I can. What a rifle!

Ken
This was easy to predict. :D
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:vcool: :vcool: :vcool:
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Collecting Mosins is fun. Once you spend a little extra for a Finn rifle you will be glad you did. They knew how to take a 7.62x54R rifle and squeeze the best out of it. The most rewarding find is when you luck into a Finnish Mosin for the price of a Russian model.
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