1) How would counterboring a MN 91/30 detract from its value to a collector?
2) Was the hex or round receiver the most commonly produced Mosin 91/30s?
2) Was the hex or round receiver the most commonly produced Mosin 91/30s?
How do you lower the value of a $69.95 rifle?
How do you lower the value of a $69.95 rifle?
mrmeval said:Counterboring does effect the value but the sheer volume of those rifles will keep the price down for a decade. I judge them by how idiotic the banner ad on it is, the condition, it's rarity , whether it's counterbored, has fifteen billion serial number strike outs, been force matched, etc.
but as the herd is thinned out eventually, Mosins that have been counterbored or import-marked will achieve a value parity with those which have not. In other words, it won't matter to collectors as much when these rifles become scarcer; or at least ones which though refurbished, have matching numbers and strong, bright bores.
a Mosin Nagant is not a Colt Patterson. They chugged them out by the millions