Attention Mosin Shooters!
- Thread starter Art Eatman
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fireman 9731
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Awesome. Surely someone around here could translate it for us...
entropy
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Белый Хрен, где ты? I can get a few words here and there, but White Horseradish will be able to read it all.
Dog Soldier
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I am not familiar with the Russian Mosin rifles. I know they were selling for around $99 dollars. I was in a Gun store in Ogden, Utah Friday. They had a big wood box of Mosins. The sign said, Mosins 1928 for $325 dollars. Have the Russian Rifles went up that much?
entropy
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Yes, they have. Importation was curtailed thanks to the current administration.
Dog Soldier
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Thanks I did not know that. 
jaytex1969
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Sergei Mosin
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Very interesting reading, Art, thank you.
primalmu
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I'm pretty sure the supplies of Mosins are drying up. Prices have been creeping up long before the events in Ukraine occurred.
Capybara
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I have half a dozen Mosins and yes, the prices began creeping up about two years ago and now they are racing up. Especially the Finnish varieties but even the plain Jane Russians have gone way up. I bought my first Mosin 91/30 at Big 5 on weekend sale for $89.00 in 2013. That same rifle today can easily fetch $250.00. Mosins are still a good deal and super fun to shoot. They are rough, crude but they reek of history, are one of the most fun to collect. A lot of Mauser people hate Mosins but if you take them for what they were, a basic, crude, rugged peasants rifle, they are great fun. They seemed to have been used to kill plenty of Nazis who were armed with the superior Mauser.
Unfortunately the milsurp ammo has become scarce, the costs have gone way up too as it can no longer be imported from Russia thanks to our buddy Dear Leader. They can still import Ukraine, Bulgarian Silver Tip, etc. but overall, spam can Mosin ammo has also almost doubled in price since 2014. For once, I was ahead of the curve and stocked up while it was cheap. You can, of course, reload for the Mosin but it is not worth it for most Mosins, the ammo will be more accurate than the gun and Mosin bullets are expensive and the case is large and takes a lot of powder. As long as milsurp ammo is available, reloading doesn't make sense for most Mosin owners, other than Finn Mosins, which are generally a lot more accurate.
Unfortunately the milsurp ammo has become scarce, the costs have gone way up too as it can no longer be imported from Russia thanks to our buddy Dear Leader. They can still import Ukraine, Bulgarian Silver Tip, etc. but overall, spam can Mosin ammo has also almost doubled in price since 2014. For once, I was ahead of the curve and stocked up while it was cheap. You can, of course, reload for the Mosin but it is not worth it for most Mosins, the ammo will be more accurate than the gun and Mosin bullets are expensive and the case is large and takes a lot of powder. As long as milsurp ammo is available, reloading doesn't make sense for most Mosin owners, other than Finn Mosins, which are generally a lot more accurate.
musicman10_1
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Very cool info. I have a hex 91/30 that is surprisingly accurate. I can shoot it offhand with remarkable consistency and accuracy. The sight radius helps a lot, I'm sure, but the the rifle just plain shoots!
entropy
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You can keep costs down reloading for the Mosin by using .308 bullets instead of .311-.312. As you said, you're not going to get MOA anyway. Or load light plinking loads with .310 AK/SKS bullets.
Capybara
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That's true entropy, but if you slug your barrel out and measure it at .312 or .313, .308s will be really inaccurate, even for a Mosin. Can be done though. Most of our plinking is still getting done with the Czech low recoil training ammo, it's good to about 125 yards but then it's accuracy goes bye-bye after that.
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