Give your boring Mosin Nagant a face lift.

[tkthorn]

DUDE... How many Mosins you have owned is beside the point. I know what I know, I can get one for under 100.00 at the Dayton gun show and if that is what you have to pay for one then sorry about your luck.

 

[tkthorn]

(The prices are as I have said.) Dude, you are one person in one part of our great nation. You can't state that the prices are as you say when in reality the price varys in different locations.

 

[carbine85]

The more you repeat a lie, it becomes the truth, right? Knock that back up another 50% and you have current market price. $200 and up gets you a carbine. $275 and up gets you a Finn. You might not value a Mosin, and that is fine by me. But the market, which drives all things, establishes real value - and dime-a-dozen they are n

"a dime a dozen" Simply a phrase

 

[carbine85]

There are no such thing as $89 Mosins anymore. $129 is as cheap as I have seen.

They range from around $90 to $110 around here.
I just bought a very nice Ex-sniper for $100 and a nice M38 for $140

 

[carbine85]

If you want to learn about gunsmithing, glass bedding, bluing or whatever it is the Mosin is the perfect cheap platform to learn on. I would much prefer testing my skills on one of those then a $700 Remington. I like playing with them and shooting them but they never really impressed me much. I enjoy the challenge of trying to improve the rifle but have a couple that I won't touch.

 

[Prince Yamato]

Here's the thing: you're not Bubba-ing the guns. You're actually doing legit gunsmithing on them. The Barrett thing is interesting because you're basically turning a 100+ year old design into a modernized sniper rifle. Quite clever!

 

[Ash]

Legit gun smithing to a Mosin would be to repair a broken extractor or replacing other parts that are worn or broken. Modifying the gun in a way beyond its design is the work of bubba.

You can do it, it is your own property while you live, but then you move on and it remains.

Do you recommend doing the same on a K98k or Swedish Mauser? How about chopping and painting a 30-40 Krag or perhaps a Winchester 1895 in 7.62x54? What about converting a Brown Bess to percussion and changing the barrel out to a rifled one and then mounting glass on it to make it modern enough for adequate black powder hunting? I think taking a 1917-made Colt 1911, flaring the ejection port, milling out the old sights and replacing them with tritium-inserts, adding a screw-on rail for lasers or lights, and replacing the grip safety with a beaver-tail would also update it to modern specs, right? These are all the same kind of thing.

 

[Ash]

And tk, I'll bet you get $79 Norinco SKS's still, too.

Ownership numbers mean that I actually have a better handle on what they actually sell for, not for what they sold for a few years ago.

 

[bob barker]

No, it seems you're trying to justify the "dime-a-dozen" moniker.

Reality is what it is, and I merely point it out. The guys who actually do Mosins in Houston disagree with your assessment of an eighty buck rifle. $119.99 is most certainly under $120, I'll agree. But that ain't an eighty buck rifle. Still off by 50%. And most Mosins aren't a dime-a-dozen. Most Mosins come in at significantly more than that.

I thought I was done with this thread, but i keep getting pulled back in. Have you never heard of this term? You either haven't, or you are one of the best trolls I have seen. Well done.
Now, I am done.

 

[tkthorn]

Ash deleted when I'm dead and gone then my son will enjoy my guns as will his son after him. All guns increase in value and with the Mosin increasing in popularity it is too. Almost a year ago I paid 89.00 for a 91/ 30, last month I bought my 2nd For 95.00 apparently they are increasing faster in your area. Why do you insist that they can't be purchased for under 100.00 when I just did? What would I gain by lyeing about that ? I actually own a 1898 Krag Jorgenson .30-40 carbine and have been saving for a Mitchell mauser. Thanks for the idea, I think I will do a BUBBA upgrade on both.

 

[carbine85]

Legit gun smithing to a Mosin would be to repair a broken extractor or replacing other parts that are worn or broken. Modifying the gun in a way beyond its design is the work of bubba.

You can do it, it is your own property while you live, but then you move on and it remains.

Do you recommend doing the same on a K98k or Swedish Mauser? How about chopping and painting a 30-40 Krag or perhaps a Winchester 1895 in 7.62x54? What about converting a Brown Bess to percussion and changing the barrel out to a rifled one and then mounting glass on it to make it modern enough for adequate black powder hunting? I think taking a 1917-made Colt 1911, flaring the ejection port, milling out the old sights and replacing them with tritium-inserts, adding a screw-on rail for lasers or lights, and replacing the grip safety with a beaver-tail would also update it to modern specs, right? These are all the same kind of thing.

I wouldn't put a lot of above mentioned guns in the same class as a Mosin. If they were they would be easier to obtain and cost $100.00. I guess the question is what guns are ok to bubba?

 

[michaelbsc]

Some folks drop and chop a '38 Ford coupe. That makes other people cry.

It's the same thing - personal property is personal property.

Mine are Soviet arsenal condition, and there's a website actively supporting that. But that's not here. So far the guys supporting modding haven't asked me to mod mine.

Ok; we can get along.

MB

 

[skywalkrNCSU]

I am tempted to buy a "rare" mosin now and bubba it up just to get a rouse out of people who are so obsessed with a cheap surplus gun that they actually get upset when one is modified.

OP, I think what you did is pretty awesome, never in my life have I remotely thought the idea of buying a mosin is a good one until I saw this.

 

[Ash]

And now only worth $60.

If only you could actually get one for $100 on a regular basis.

$450 rifle...you'd be better off getting a Savage and save the time.

That's okay, I'll be able to shake my head at it when it collects dust at the pawn shop, where all "mods" end up.

 

[mshootnit]

if you could get one and only one mosin would it be a 91/30 or carbine?

 

[Centurian22]

mshootnit: depends partially to mostly on what you want it for. I have a 91/30 and absolutely love it.

Mr. Rogers: would that mod be legal with no extra 'special' paperwork needed? I know nothing of the regulations on short barrel rifles or anything like that. If its legal "as is" with no hassles that would be Awesome and will definitely go on my 'to do' list!!!

 

[Shadow 7D]

Cut up the rare one,
hell go destroy some SWC's, PLEASE
just makes the ones I have worth more

I'm not against you cutting your gun up, I won't buy it, would rather buy a 79 dollar rifle and do my own, that said, I'm not cutting up a rare variant, sorry, I like my MONEY more than I like playing with guns, Hell, you sell the rare one and buy 4 common ones...

but you calling someone an idiot or....
cause they point out that you are costing yourself money, hell, thats on you, take mausers, there have been some DOOZIES, how bout a sheet metal rear sight from a rare maker/year, pristine, you are talking $10,000, but it's been bubba shined, polished, blued (not rough phosphate original finish) stock cut down and reshaped, well now you have a $200 rifle, thats ALL, compare that to some bayonets/swords, there are some really rares ones, but they have been crudely sharpened and the bluing removed and polished, $2K bayonet, now worth $20.

 

[Art Eatman]

Between anti-bubba and fan-boys, this thread has gone to high vacuum.

Courtesy and politeness are High Road. Snarky nonsense is Low Road. Too much of the latter...