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Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 11:58 am
by Jackson
It was being advertised as an "M44 without the bayonet"
But when I paid closer attention to the pictures...
It was a 1944 Izhevsk M38 in the correct M38 stock, completely unblemished!
Cleaning rod is present, rifling is immaculate!
Pics later when I can get some that actually look good.
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 12:07 pm
by Jackson
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 12:29 pm
by rdmadison
VERY nice. Had mine out shooting in the rain this morning.
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:19 pm
by husker51
Nice find. I would like to find one like that. Haven't added one to my collection yet.
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 2:42 pm
by shoto2758
Very Nice Find.
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 3:26 pm
by qz2026
Nice
Did you talk him down because the bayonet was missing?
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:37 pm
by Junk Yard Dog
Aztec Arms import, 15 year old import, Aztec was a sponsor on the original RMNF back then until they ran out of Mosins to sell . Nice find, Aztec was a bit more selective than some , they would match the bayonets to the 91/30's , stuff like that.
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:40 pm
by Jackson
Junk Yard Dog wrote:Aztec Arms import, 15 year old import, Aztec was a sponsor on the original RMNF back then until they ran out of Mosins to sell . Nice find, Aztec was a bit more selective than some , they would match the bayonets to the 91/30's , stuff like that.
not bad for 15 years out of cosmo then.
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:10 pm
by zeebill
I knew that import mark looked very familiar but could not place it for the life of me. They had very nice refurbs back in those days and I had more than a few years ago. I doubt I have any left these days as refurbs them selves are few and far between. They always had dark good looking wood and later they had a lot of black paint on their blue to cover scrapes in the blue. That indeed must have had good storage and treatment to look that nice today. They had the coveted refurbs back then and their prices were a little higher than the normal ones back then at maybe $129 or so an up for special stuff like Multiple MO marks etc! Nice find these days for any M38 is getting rare and the asking prices are just flat stupid to me. Bill
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:29 pm
by Jackson
he was asking 300, i got it for 275 with 170 rounds of ammo
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:43 pm
by redeuce
You definitely hit it out of the park with that one.
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 6:21 pm
by Crackerbrown
Wow she's beautiful! And JYD thanks for the info, you can learn so much here. I love it!
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 6:35 pm
by tjtM38
Nice acquisition. You won't be seeing too many more like that.
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 7:21 pm
by davesstuff1
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 7:35 pm
by redspoon
Excellent score Jackson, very very nice. Big congrats.
Jackson wrote:It was being advertised as an "M44 without the bayonet"
qz2026 wrote:Did you talk him down because the bayonet was missing?
That's funny
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 7:47 pm
by Longcolt44
Nice going, we haven't seen an M38 in a while.
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:48 pm
by bunkysdad
Yes it has been too long, and this was a great find.
Re: Picked up an M38 Today.
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 1:08 am
by Brian the Brit
your Lucky he never tried to weld a Bayonet back on to it to increase the value
NICE FIND
