MOSIN NAGANT SHORTAGE

[bunkysdad]

Bill at least admit you March to the beat of a different drummer. You know, one of those 2 headed space alien drummers!

[FR0STY54R]

Nobody local has any whatsoever. Not even my local cabelas. The last two mosins I've seen have been a 1943 Izhevsk that was completely trashed by the previous owner, with a shitty scope in place of the back sight and surface rust plaguing the barrel shank/receiver and a 1942 Izhevsk with a horribly redone stock.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Sounds like the GEW98's I used to find one after the other in the 80's and 90's

[badweatherbiker]

There is a whole crate of them in my town at a small gun store where I just bought mine, I am going back tomorrow to put another on layaway (low on funds).
what I wish I could find was an m44 or m39, plenty of 91/30s around here

[djbuck1]

There is a whole crate of them in my town at a small gun store where I just bought mine, I am going back tomorrow to put another on layaway (low on funds).
what I wish I could find was an m44 or m39, plenty of 91/30s around here

If the price is right, get them while you can. There are none to be found around these parts as far as I know.

[badweatherbiker]

They are going for 179, wish I could buy them all but with 3 kids, middle class taxation, and a mortgage I may have to pass on most of them. I am going to hand pick another one tomorrow though, it's gonna take me 6 weeks to pay for itbthough, lol

[badweatherbiker]

Lots of you guys from NY and PA surrounding states, miss the area I lived in Cochecton Ctr NY for a couple years, right on the Deleware

[scribs87]

Armslist is the key to all things cheap. Never what is advertised but what you advertise you wanna buy. Iast Saturday i picked up a sweet finnish m27 for $275 and a 91/30 date 1930 that someone put a reproduction pu scope on. Came with 350 rounds of surplus ammo and a soft case for $300. Tomorrow im picking up 2 spam cans of russian surplus,1 can of Bulgarian and a crate of czech slivertip for a grand total of $300. All you gatta do is be extremely proactive. The economy is down and in my area theres ass loads of snow on the ground. People need money to pay for plowing and heating.also important is to always let them offer a you a price. If its hight you counter offer or pass and if its "jackpot low" you cash in. Game, set, match! Ill be here all week.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Armslist is the key to all things cheap. Never what is advertised but what you advertise you wanna buy. Iast Saturday i picked up a sweet finnish m27 for $275 and a 91/30 date 1930 that someone put a reproduction pu scope on. Came with 350 rounds of surplus ammo and a soft case for $300. Tomorrow im picking up 2 spam cans of russian surplus,1 can of Bulgarian and a crate of czech slivertip for a grand total of $300. All you gatta do is be extremely proactive. The economy is down and in my area theres ass loads of snow on the ground. People need money to pay for plowing and heating.also important is to always let them offer a you a price. If its hight you counter offer or pass and if its "jackpot low" you cash in. Game, set, match! Ill be here all week.

The lamenting and hand wringing is not because of the shortage of Mosins on the shelves, it's because of the shortage of 2005's $55 price tag

[scribs87]

Im just saying deals can be had at lower costs. 2005 prices maybe long gone but 2010 prices can still be found. Mosins can still be found at $100-$140 and ammo can still be .15c a round If your proactive in your search. If you buy it now you will be shooting like its 2010 till 2030 lol. Im 28 this so i dont know what it feels like to be shooting ammo and rifles i bought 20 years ago. 2010 prices works for me

[Darryl]

Unfortunately, I'm just 19 and will have to wait about 18 months to even get a C&R, which is relatively expensive.

?????? $35 is expensive? That's what it cost to get the 03FFl C&R license. The expensive part comes later!

[badweatherbiker]

Wow these things go fast, was in there 1 week ago and all but 3 are sold including the 35 Izhevsk hex I picked out then..... some guy went in the next day and bought 5.
I did get another one a 1938 Tula non hex all matching s#s and bore looks good, not quite as good as my 34 hexed Izhevsk but it will do. There was a 41 Izhevsk non hex there that has the original stock it looked like with plenty of gashes and repairs done but the s#'s we force matched and itr had a lot of rust on the barrell and receiver so I went with the 1938 Tula instead even though it had a refurbished stock.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Im just saying deals can be had at lower costs. 2005 prices maybe long gone but 2010 prices can still be found. Mosins can still be found at $100-$140 and ammo can still be .15c a round If your proactive in your search. If you buy it now you will be shooting like its 2010 till 2030 lol. Im 28 this so i dont know what it feels like to be shooting ammo and rifles i bought 20 years ago. 2010 prices works for me

Of course there are deals if you wait for them, you think I paid the kind of prices people pay now for my stuff? Back in the day I would have had a stroke if someone handed me a M27 and asked for $300, or even $200, or even $100. We got them back then for $45-$75. I hate spending more than I have to for anything, if I had to pay todays prices I might have one rifle and I would be bitching about the cost it. You don't want to know the stuff that has walked up to me over the years, Finn M38- $45, Chinese SKS - free, M24 Finn -$50, all just walked in the door brought by people who wanted rid of them, or needed quick cash.

[scribs87]

Im just saying deals can be had at lower costs. 2005 prices maybe long gone but 2010 prices can still be found. Mosins can still be found at $100-$140 and ammo can still be .15c a round If your proactive in your search. If you buy it now you will be shooting like its 2010 till 2030 lol. Im 28 this so i dont know what it feels like to be shooting ammo and rifles i bought 20 years ago. 2010 prices works for me

Of course there are deals if you wait for them, you think I paid the kind of prices people pay now for my stuff? Back in the day I would have had a stroke if someone handed me a M27 and asked for $300, or even $200, or even $100. We got them back then for $45-$75. I hate spending more than I have to for anything, if I had to pay todays prices I might have one rifle and I would be bitching about the cost it. You don't want to know the stuff that has walked up to me over the years, Finn M38- $45, Chinese SKS - free, M24 Finn -$50, all just walked in the door brought by people who wanted rid of them, or needed quick cash.

Well my door is wide open lol. Im not a true collector by any means. I just wanna have some beautiful wall hangers i can shoot and enjoy along side a huge stock pile of ammo and a few other fun shtf weapons that i can hold onto for ever or sell later. Get my money back or profit either or id be happy. Just dont wanna lose money.Plus i enjoy learning everything about this history of the rifles

[Junk Yard Dog]

We are a commercial scrap operation, once you get to be known as " that gun guy" or gun nut people will bring you stuff they don't know how to get rid of. I have had thousands of rounds of ammo come in, some of it as scrap, as scrap I bought it at .5 a pound as mixed metal. Lever guns, shotguns, handguns, rifles, helmets and stabby things, uniforms, medals, MRE's, LBE's and other gear. Span-Am, WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Sandbox, footlockers, duffle's, garbage bags full of the uniform Garndpa should have been buried in. It all comes in sooner or later.

[scribs87]

Not going to lie.. thats awesome!! Super random question btw. How much is surplus czech ammo and where can i get it? Since your the gun guy haha?

[djbuck1]

My observation (admittedly over very limited "field") is that sellers with a stockpile have either pulled them in and are not offering, or are offering limited choices at high prices. In some cases these on-line auction prices are so high that no one is biting.

Buyers are now in "bargain hunting" mode (the limits of which are buyer-specific). It's not like every M91/30 refurb is being snapped up, so there is no shortage of supply. The shortage is rifles in a price range that the market will accept.

It's like JYD says: "I have what you want, so you are going to pay my price, or no sale." In many cases, it's still "no sale."

[Junk Yard Dog]

Not going to lie.. thats awesome!! Super random question btw. How much is surplus czech ammo and where can i get it? Since your the gun guy haha?

What kind of Czech ammo? They made a lot of ammo and still do make it. Best place to check is weldonhunters list.

[Junk Yard Dog]

My observation (admittedly over very limited "field") is that sellers with a stockpile have either pulled them in and are not offering, or are offering limited choices at high prices. In some cases these on-line auction prices are so high that no one is biting.

Buyers are now in "bargain hunting" mode (the limits of which are buyer-specific). It's not like every M91/30 refurb is being snapped up, so there is no shortage of supply. The shortage is rifles in a price range that the market will accept.

It's like JYD says: "I have what you want, so you are going to pay my price, or no sale." In many cases, it's still "no sale."

You forgot the gun hoarder thing, were milsurps vanish into a collection not to be seen again until the hoarder is carried out feet first, and sometimes not even then if there is a second, third, or maybe fourth generation of hoarder waiting for them. It's impossible to deal with hoarders, they don't care at all about money, it's all about " the precious" with them, once I...I mean they..have the milsurp it stays with them.

[djbuck1]

My observation (admittedly over very limited "field") is that sellers with a stockpile have either pulled them in and are not offering, or are offering limited choices at high prices. In some cases these on-line auction prices are so high that no one is biting.

Buyers are now in "bargain hunting" mode (the limits of which are buyer-specific). It's not like every M91/30 refurb is being snapped up, so there is no shortage of supply. The shortage is rifles in a price range that the market will accept.

It's like JYD says: "I have what you want, so you are going to pay my price, or no sale." In many cases, it's still "no sale."

You forgot the gun hoarder thing, were milsurps vanish into a collection not to be seen again until the hoarder is carried out feet first, and sometimes not even then if there is a second, third, or maybe fourth generation of hoarder waiting for them. It's impossible to deal with hoarders, they don't care at all about money, it's all about " the precious" with them, once I...I mean they..have the milsurp it stays with them.

You're right. I wasn't counting myself . . .