Tula M38

vitaminboy · Post by **vitaminboy** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 1:28 pm

Hello all, I'm new to this forum and was looking for a little help. I have a chance to pick up a 1944 Tula M38 in an M44 stock. Matching numbers and counterbored. Bore is a little dark but rifling is good. Is the price of $350 enough of a reason to jump on it? I have a couple M44s but no M38s. Is it a no brainer for this no brainer? Thanks for any answers.

Post by **Darryl** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 1:41 pm

If you are just a "shooter", then a M44 will be close to the same thing as a M38.

If you are a collector, a M38 Tula is a little harder to find then the other Izhevsk M38's.

The price is a little on the high side (upper end) for a standard Izhevsk M38 (very close), but not for a Tula M38.

M38's are getting tougher to find. And almost impossible in a LGS.

vitaminboy · Post by **vitaminboy** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 2:20 pm

Thanks for the fast reply. This store has 10 38s, 3 Russian 44s, 1 Chinese 53 and 1 Romanian 44. I collect some but shoot my M39s K31s and Swede mausers more. Some I may only shoot once and put away. I have some Finn stuff I haven't shot a Sig stepped M24 and a Finned 1895 Sestroryetsk. If it sits in a safe but appreciates in value that is fine. If I really enjoy shooting it and wear it out, that's ok too. Whatever the case, I cant take them with me so someone else will end up enjoying them someday. Thanks for the answer, I appreciate your time.

dallased · Post by **dallased** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:30 pm

If I stumbled on a Tula M38 for that price I would be on it like a goose on a june bug. It took me a while to acquire an Izhevsk model from each year but I have never seen a Tula.

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:34 pm

Being made for just the one year tends to make them harder to find, and expensive when you find one.

vitaminboy · Post by **vitaminboy** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:42 pm

Well that makes 2 in the buy it column. Mosins are daunting when it comes to sheer numbers and models and makers. Just when I think I'm getting somewhere I find out I'm wrong or at best half right. Thanks for the reply.

SA1911a1 · Post by **SA1911a1** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:45 pm

You would not take a beating at $350.00. I went on a multi-city gun trek today, and I don't see any Mosin-Nagant for under $300.00. If that is, indeed, the going rate for 91/30s, then I would consider the '38 at $350.00.

Post by **Longcolt44** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 8:51 pm

If anybody here says to hold off or do not buy it, it's because they are tracking it down for themselves.

steelbuttplate · Post by **steelbuttplate** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:32 am

I was watching a 91/30 and a 1891 that sold for $350- 400 each . Is it matching? If you could find a M 38 Tula at a gun show it would be $400+

vitaminboy · Post by **vitaminboy** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 3:43 am

Longcolt44 wrote:If anybody here says to hold off or do not buy it, it's because they are tracking it down for themselves.

That just may be complete truth. Thanks for the reply, and a chuckle.

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:35 am

Now who here would pull such a nasty trick like that?

SA1911a1 · Post by **SA1911a1** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 5:42 am

Well, for one, I have Russian hackers looking for the OP's name and address, then I will check every shop and listing within one hundred miles. It is just good business...

vitaminboy · Post by **vitaminboy** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 5:49 am

SA1911a1 wrote:Well, for one, I have Russian hackers looking for the OP's name and address, then I will check every shop and listing within one hundred miles. It is just good business...

You can scale that back to 50 miles..

dallased · Post by **dallased** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 5:51 am

Shhhhhh............not so loud. I am in the shrubbery outside of his home. I am wearing a Groucho Marx disguise. He will never pick me out.

vitaminboy · Post by **vitaminboy** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 6:01 am

dallased wrote:Shhhhhh............not so loud. I am in the shrubbery outside of his home. I am wearing a Groucho Marx disguise. He will never pick me out.

That's the silliest silliest thing I've ever hoid.

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 7:07 am

You stand there Steve, someone needs to hold the shrubbery up, in the meantime I am just...now...completing...the wire transfer...to the sellers account...got it.

zeebill · Post by **zeebill** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 8:26 am

You know what I believe you all! Because of that I rarely talk about anything I see regardless of the price until its sitting in the shop. I have seen 2 Tula M38's in the last 6 months in local gun shops both and I bought neither of them for different reasons that are mine alone.

Say the secret word and I'll tell you where they are too!

Bill

vitaminboy · Post by **vitaminboy** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 9:05 am

Well I pick it up Saturday. But I also found one more interesting so I purchased it too. This one I need help with.i will post pictures later. But it looks like a 41 Izhevsk. There seems to be a /42 in a smaller font after the 41.It also looks to have MO and DDR stamps and it is in a zig zag spliced M44 stock. Anyway I would love some information when I can get a pic or 2 up.

vitaminboy · Post by **vitaminboy** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 9:59 am

Ok not DDR marked. No glasses. But it is an odd stamp I have never seen before. And of course file size is too big and can't resize on my phone. Will have to wait until I get to the laptop. Sorry about this.

vitaminboy · Post by **vitaminboy** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:13 am

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