cidirkona
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I stopped by a local pawn shop on my way to Jensen's to pick up a case of .308. The guy behind the counter tried to sell me some semi auto shotguns, an overpriced AK, a 22 bolt action with no bolt, and then a shorty Mosin caught my eye. The price was $149, so I asked him if he'd take $100, he said he could go down to $125... I told him I wouldn't pay more than $100 and he went off to talk to someone. He came back and said "He said he could do $100 plus tax..." Score!
I've been in that pawn shop every two or three weeks for about a year, and saw a couple things I've liked, but seen alot of overpriced garbage too - but never bought anything. He had an SKS for $180 that I took a look at, but there was rust on the receiver on the right side so I told him I wouldn't take it. He said "I'll sell it to you for 120..." and so I told him I wouldn't buy anything with rust near the breach like that. I've mentioned to him once or twice too that I'm interested in buying an AR, so maybe he's just trying to get me as a customer?
Anyways, after filling out my paperwork (he had to ask me what caliber it was in) and getting in the car to leave, I see him walking out of the front door with several boxes in my hand. I roll down the window and see that they're boxes of ammo. He hands them to me and tells me that I can have them. I thank him and head on to the next gunstore.
Here's where my questions come in....
First of all, Is this an M44 or an M38? It has the round peice near the front where the bayonet lug may have been at one time, but if it were cut off, they did a good job of making it round.
(no, the rifle is not that small and no, my hand is not that big )
What kind of scope mount is this? It doesn't have any markings on it at all.
What kind of ammo is this black stuff? He handed me three boxes of Wolf (one of which actually has 30-30 in it!) and this beige box marked "20 Stuck" with dots over the u and "M 39 Ub" with dots over the U again. I have next to it two rounds of Wolf and two rounds of brown-bag surplus.
Oh yeah - what kind of bent bolt is that?
Thanks!
-Colin
I've been in that pawn shop every two or three weeks for about a year, and saw a couple things I've liked, but seen alot of overpriced garbage too - but never bought anything. He had an SKS for $180 that I took a look at, but there was rust on the receiver on the right side so I told him I wouldn't take it. He said "I'll sell it to you for 120..." and so I told him I wouldn't buy anything with rust near the breach like that. I've mentioned to him once or twice too that I'm interested in buying an AR, so maybe he's just trying to get me as a customer?
Anyways, after filling out my paperwork (he had to ask me what caliber it was in) and getting in the car to leave, I see him walking out of the front door with several boxes in my hand. I roll down the window and see that they're boxes of ammo. He hands them to me and tells me that I can have them. I thank him and head on to the next gunstore.
Here's where my questions come in....
First of all, Is this an M44 or an M38? It has the round peice near the front where the bayonet lug may have been at one time, but if it were cut off, they did a good job of making it round.
(no, the rifle is not that small and no, my hand is not that big )
What kind of scope mount is this? It doesn't have any markings on it at all.
What kind of ammo is this black stuff? He handed me three boxes of Wolf (one of which actually has 30-30 in it!) and this beige box marked "20 Stuck" with dots over the u and "M 39 Ub" with dots over the U again. I have next to it two rounds of Wolf and two rounds of brown-bag surplus.
Oh yeah - what kind of bent bolt is that?
Thanks!
-Colin
