The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Most recent {09/22/2013} Gun Auction I made a bid of $1,001.00 for a 1895 Mosin - Chatelerault. However the Big Boys that carry the matches moved in and made the final bid of $1,875.00. There where a total of 50 bids.

DIscribed as: Auction is for a Very Rare 1891 French Chatellerault Mosin nagant dated 1895,numbers don't match,bore is a little dark but still has good rifling,only 500,000 were made,very nice condition with nice solid wood with no damage or cracks,metal is original with lots of blue remaining,has a tiny inport mark on the bottom of the barrel,no FFL or C+R needed on this one ships directly to buyer,i very rarely see these for sale

I noticed that you were outbid. I was watching that rifle too just to see what it would go for. I'm not surprised it went for so much and am also not surprised that a newbie ran the price up. Too much for me.

Shit happens, you will find one eventually in the back corner of some out of the way junk/gun/pawn shop or tag sale with an owner who has no clue what it is. People get carried away on the internet auction sites, but in reality there is a huge quantity of this stuff out there, sold for less than fifty bucks back in '90 all over the country, only a tiny percentage of it ever shows on gunbroker.

Crazy money Good luck next time

I was so "within" my M-44 find I forggot about that one,...Dam...I really was going to go much higher then that price . Those could have been my pictures .... Judi and her Mosin's

qz2026 wrote:I noticed that you were outbid. I was watching that rifle too just to see what it would go for. I'm not surprised it went for so much and am also not surprised that a newbie ran the price up. Too much for me.

I wonder if shills are employed for raising bids? I.E. real estate auctions.

It's a nice rifle, but that selling price I would guess is the high end for one, that's a chunk of change for that one.

I will pick me up one some day for @ $100 from a bone head wandering around a gun show with no idea what he has. Thats how I got my M91rv, but on that one I had no idea what it was till later. Like JYD said, there are still a lot to be found out there. I love the hunt!

It must be a shame to have more money than brains.

Look at the bright side. You still have your 1001.00