It's not 2000 anymore

[Darkpriest667]

https://www.classicfirearms.com/k98...on-rifle-dot-or-swp-1945-lightly-refurbished/

Try that one.

Yeah and that's POST WAR. LOL I don't mind negotiating. But outright lowballing because you think the other party is stupid gets me going. I know what the going rate is. I'm offering the going rate. If you want to haggle a bit I can deal with that.

 

[Maverick44]

Less than 8 years ago, you could get a Mosin 91/30, a M1895 Nagant revolver, and an Steyr M95/30 for less than $100 each. You could buy a Yugo Mauser M24/47 or an Schmidt Rubin K31 for less than $300. Hell, you could buy an SVT-40 for like $900 or less.

Those days are sadly gone.

 

[MTA]

https://www.classicfirearms.com/k98...on-rifle-dot-or-swp-1945-lightly-refurbished/

Try that one.

Nice thats good to know. The rifle itself has sentimental value so I wont be getting rid of it probably ever. It also is dead on at 200 yards. I want to hunt something with it

 

[TxStetson]

Link doesn't work.

Good thing we sat down before clicking it.

 

[jordanmills]

That dude is lying through his teeth about gun show prices

People have a hard time getting over the fact that mosins have increased in price. That said the mosin is worth only what someone is willing to pay. I think it will take you a little while longer to sell it at $600 but that isnt a bad price

I'm still skeeved that I sold an SKS for 200 that I bought for 100 and I can't even find the guy to buy it back at current going rate. That was in something like 2011. And I know that's going to be a lot more, just because I want that specific rifle.

I bought it for 100 in 2006 though. I still owe him the internal magazine, but now I can't find him.

 

[Txhillbilly]

Maybe it's just me,but I can't force myself to buy an old war relic. Just never cared for them. I did buy two SKS's years ago from a guy that needed some money,I paid $150 for both. Then sold them during the Clinton years for $300 ea. I never shot them.

 

[SQLGeek]

Maybe it's just me,but I can't force myself to buy an old war relic.

To each his own of course but..

.

 

[Maverick44]

Maybe it's just me,but I can't force myself to buy an old war relic. Just never cared for them. I did buy two SKS's years ago from a guy that needed some money,I paid $150 for both. Then sold them during the Clinton years for $300 ea. I never shot them.

You might like Schmidt Rubin Model 1911 or a Ross Mk II. They're both more like target rifles than they are military arms. I really couldn't see you shooting a Mosin, lol.

 

[zackmars]

Maybe it's just me,but I can't force myself to buy an old war relic. Just never cared for them. I did buy two SKS's years ago from a guy that needed some money,I paid $150 for both. Then sold them during the Clinton years for $300 ea. I never shot them.

Well, Russian/Chinese stuff is garbage, after all, you don't want to give your army of cannon fodder illiterate farmers a nice, expensive rifle when 2/3rds will get killed immediately by the enemy, and the 1/3 that retreats gets killed by the maxim gun you brought along...

 

[Txhillbilly]

Well, Russian/Chinese stuff is garbage, after all, you don't want to give your army of cannon fodder illiterate farmers a nice, expensive rifle when 2/3rds will get killed immediately by the enemy, and the 1/3 that retreats gets killed by the maxim gun you brought along...

Nah.I'm just into building my own precision rifle's that are very accurate at any distance I care to shoot.

 

[Darkpriest667]

Well, Russian/Chinese stuff is garbage, after all, you don't want to give your army of cannon fodder illiterate farmers a nice, expensive rifle when 2/3rds will get killed immediately by the enemy, and the 1/3 that retreats gets killed by the maxim gun you brought along...

I guess Simo Haya just was lucky. A good rifleman can be deadly with just about anything.

It's also been used in more wars than any other firearm.

 

[zackmars]

I guess Simo Haya just was lucky. A good rifleman can be deadly with just about anything.

It's also been used in more wars than any other firearm.

Simo got most of his kills with a sumoi smg, iirc. And the Mosin he used was a Finnish re-work. I don't know if you are familiar with them, but they are almost as nice as you can possibly make a Mosin.


And I'd be willing to bet the British land pattern musket and derivatives have seen much more use.

 

[Dawico]

Maybe it's just me,but I can't force myself to buy an old war relic. Just never cared for them. I did buy two SKS's years ago from a guy that needed some money,I paid $150 for both. Then sold them during the Clinton years for $300 ea. I never shot them.

I like the way you think.

Unless it is fed by a belt that is. Those will always be desirable.

 

[motorcarman]

Sportsman's Guide used to sell 7.62x54R crates (880) for $160 shipped a few times a year back 6 or 8 years ago and I bought 5.
I did open one 440 spam can but the rest are stacked up under the work bench.

I also bought 2 crates (20/crate) of Mosins when Classic had them for $2500.
Sold most of them but kept a few.

I can't believe the rifles AND the ammo doubled in such a short time.

I still have buddies call me asking if I have anymore rifles for sale at $140 each.

 

[candcallen]

I like the M44s. Rearsenaled. Anyone giving one away?

 

[motorcarman]

The Chinese Type 53 is basically the same thing. Sometimes easier to find.

 

[PinnedandRecessed]

I bought a Mosin 91/30 back in the early 2000's when they were going for $79. At the time, my wife and I were young, in love, and dirt poor. She gave me hell over that $79. The rifle currently sits in the back of my safe reminding me how far we've come. I'll never sell it.

 

[V-Tach]

....and some folks still expect to find a Winchester or Marlin 30-30 for $100.00 - $125.00........

 

[candcallen]

....and some folks still expect to find a Winchester or Marlin 30-30 for $100.00 - $125.00........

Shit in one hand wish in another.....

 

[Darkpriest667]

Just got back from the Premier Gun Show in Fort Worth. Pretty much the largest gun show left that I know of. There wasn't a Mosin under 375. :-) I think I'm just gonna hang onto mine and take care of it