I had originally 3 beautiful Izhevsk 91/30 pre-WWII (2 1938 and one 1939) in perfect shape (I suspect one is unissued), accurate, shiny bores, sharp rifling.
All of them are with light color wood.
I sold one (the one in "worse" shape) at a tidy profit (I bought all 3 of them for $79 at GI Joe's)
So I was willing to buy my last Mosin for the collection, a 91/30 Tula and with dark wood (I'm not interested in the M44 or the M38) do diversify a bit.
Around here the days of Mosins at $69 or $79 are long gone..The cheapest you can buy at the moment are at GI Joe's for $99. And the average quality went significantly downhill...Big 5 nowdays sells the worst Mosins..pure junk.
So today I stopped at the store and saw this Tula 91/30 dark wood in the rack
The wood was in great shape, very smooth action, the bore and rifling was not bad at all....strangely the bayonet was installed.
I had to work with a rubber mallet with the store clerk to rotate the bayonet and take it out...no sign of burrs, rough surface or dirt....putting the bayonet back was as hard...it was like the bayonet ring or the tip of the barrel was slightly bent but I could not visually verify any deformation.
The muzzle presented a significantly large counterboring (it looked like a 9 mm rifle from the muzzle!!!), about 1 1/2 or 2 inches deep.
So my question is: The counterboring is capable to restore some decent accuracy??? (I do not have any experience with counterbored rifles, never had one)
Is going to significantly reduce the appeal of the gun?? I know it's only $99 but I thought with time my Mosins could gain some value appreciation.
After all I already made some money selling one of my Izhevsk....
When you look at the muzzle is visually "disturbing" for the trained eye....definitely something is immediately off...such large caliber Mosins do not exist!!....
Should I get this rifle or pass on????
All of them are with light color wood.
I sold one (the one in "worse" shape) at a tidy profit (I bought all 3 of them for $79 at GI Joe's)
So I was willing to buy my last Mosin for the collection, a 91/30 Tula and with dark wood (I'm not interested in the M44 or the M38) do diversify a bit.
Around here the days of Mosins at $69 or $79 are long gone..The cheapest you can buy at the moment are at GI Joe's for $99. And the average quality went significantly downhill...Big 5 nowdays sells the worst Mosins..pure junk.
So today I stopped at the store and saw this Tula 91/30 dark wood in the rack
The wood was in great shape, very smooth action, the bore and rifling was not bad at all....strangely the bayonet was installed.
I had to work with a rubber mallet with the store clerk to rotate the bayonet and take it out...no sign of burrs, rough surface or dirt....putting the bayonet back was as hard...it was like the bayonet ring or the tip of the barrel was slightly bent but I could not visually verify any deformation.
The muzzle presented a significantly large counterboring (it looked like a 9 mm rifle from the muzzle!!!), about 1 1/2 or 2 inches deep.
So my question is: The counterboring is capable to restore some decent accuracy??? (I do not have any experience with counterbored rifles, never had one)
Is going to significantly reduce the appeal of the gun?? I know it's only $99 but I thought with time my Mosins could gain some value appreciation.
After all I already made some money selling one of my Izhevsk....
When you look at the muzzle is visually "disturbing" for the trained eye....definitely something is immediately off...such large caliber Mosins do not exist!!....
Should I get this rifle or pass on????
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