The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

My son owns a Tattoo business and had done well over the years until the virus kicked in and threw a wrench into the business. He and his partner have been struggling to keep it together. My son was driving what I considered to be a widow-maker 35 miles to work every day, so late last year I told, him, "look son, I am not going anywhere with this virus crap around, we have a perfectly good car for Mom and I to drive so take my truck until you can do better and park that deathtrap. It took some convincing, but he did. His business is coming back to life, he arranged for better transportation, so he brought my truck back early this week. Fulled to the brim, freshly serviced and detailed. As he was leaving he told me, "Hey, Dad, I left something for you in the glove compartment as a thank you." I opened up the glove and found this inside. It is no collector's dream, it has fallen on some hard times, but it is a WWII vintage piece with all of the correct parts, including magazine. Some asshat had blued the frame at one time, and milled some shallow dimples into it, probably to mount some kind of super-duper optic. It doesn't matter to me, this will be one of my favorite pieces in my modest collection because what it represents between my son and I, more than what it is. I don't have a lot of money, but I am a very rich man.

We did break out some of my hidden .45 stash and aired it out, and it shot like a dream.

Nice.

Now that's awesome! Glad to see your son's business is on the rebound! I'll bet you're as proud as a peacock of him.

Awesome!

Nice and in great shape too.