Help with value of a Mosin m44

Two hundred bucks tops. They're plentiful, and it has no rare markings or anything, but is a wartime dated rifle. Decent matching examples float between $75 and $250.

If it were Finnish, you might be able to get a better price on it. Look for an SA stamp. Other than that, what the above poster said.

M44's are getting hard to find. You could probably get around $200 for it private sale if it's in good shape. I suggest holding onto it because it will increase in value as they get harder to find.

SOG has them now for 159.

Looks like you have to be a dealer to buy from SOG. I went to their site and didn't see where you can buy rifles.

All of the M44s I saw at a show a couple weeks ago were in the 350-400 buck range. Yes, the price of them is going up.....chris3

A couple years ago, I got my Hungarian M-44 for $150.
Last few that I've seen on gun shop shelves have been around $250.

If I were near you I would give you a crispy $100 bill for it today. I love me some mosin, but especially the M44. That particular model is getting harder to come by but don't forget there are millions made. I suppose in good condition someone may go to $200.

Yup, Gorden, time for you to get that c+r license. You would have got your 30 bucks back on just that deal.

Paid $160 a few months ago private party, in good condition.

Hang onto it, it's not worth much but they're kind of cool.

I got another one in cosmolene , a Yugo M 44 with TRZ on the stock . A collector sold it to me for $ 90 cash. The bore is like new and has a sweet trigger break.

I believe she only went out with it once, and I don't think many rounds at all were put through it.

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Have you checked the bore to make sure it was cleaned properly after shooting? If surplus ammo was used, it is corrosive and will rust the bore if not cleaned after shooting.
If you used current non-corrosive commercial ammo, then no problem.


NCsmitty

Spend some time on it with some hoppes it may clean up better than you think

Most on the market from that vintage were counterbored. I'd say $250 tops depending on the local demand. 1944 is a less common year for them, to be sure.

Hopefully the rust is recent and doesn't go to pitting. I'd also suggest a copper cleaner to get to steel.

A FINN M44 capture would be incredibly rare, since that side of the conflict was wrapping up when the rifle came out. I suppose it's possible but I've never heard of one.

It's a $2-300 rifle. They look like great fun.

Yeah, I wouldn't get rid of it. They're fun little rifles that are steadily gaining in value. I don't likely see them being upwards of $1000 dollars, but maybe one day when I'm long gone... Either way, they're nice to have around, ammunition is cheap, and the flamethrower fun-factor just can't be beat.

If that barrel looks bad, and wont clean up (keep trying, it wont hurt it) its 100$ rifle, tops............. Great barrel, a 150$- 200$.

If the barrel is smooth for a couple inches at the most, and you can see a 'step' , then its counterbored.

If its smooth and quite deeply that way, then the rifle was fired with out proper cleaning afterward, and rusted, was fired again, rusted, fired again, till the lands blew out as fine red dust with the next bunch of shots after a rusting period in a closet.
Thats why counter boring was done, to restore a barrel to accuracy and to remake the crown, and now much better protected during service.
I imagin, often in Combat, some Soviet fired your rifle, then sat scared to **** in the rain,snow, misty morning and did not dissassemble it at any moment, then fire it again a couple days later, maby clean it, go back out, do so again, swim a river, sleep in mud and hay, ect.Til said soviet gave up his gun at the end of the war or it was pryed from his cold dead fingers after a nameless battle on the Eastern Front.
It went to the arsenal, they referrbed and counterbord it to restore the crown and decent accuracy.

Or , someone just fired it rusty, untill the spam can was done, uncleaned, then sold it.

You might consitter firing a few rounds and then really giving it a scrub while its hot, then fire some more nad repeate the scrub.

I sell mine for $200 or so, and have a handful left.

However, the supply of importable M44's is apparently exhausted, and there will be no more.

That one of yours had a decent looking stock, inserts in the sling holes, make a nice rifle for somebody.