I know that not everyone likes Mosins, but that goes for a lot of other guns.
But there is no reason to be rude to, or dislike someone that does or does not like the weapons that you like or dislike.
The Mosin is appealing for a few reasons.
If you are a shooter, the refurbs are cheap and the ammo is cheap, = lots of range time.
If you wish to start collecting, you can buy a bunch to build up a collection very fast because they are cheap.
If you are already a collector of Surplus rifles, you can find one that will fit in your collection.
Also, you can collect just Mosins, By model, by year, by manufacturer, or by country.
If you like to tinker on guns, there are plenty of run of the mill Mosins out there, just make sure that you don't have a rare one first.
Just don't become one of the Purist that get all upset about what others do with their Mosins.
Now I have found that there are some collectors that have gone over the edge and act like the Mosin is the rifle that was made by the gods and worship them. But I just put them in the same category as the collectors of Mcdonalds happy meal toys.
I have a good size collection of military surplus weapons and Mosins are in it.
I like the old war horses the most because, they are still painted with history.
