caribou
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For a beginning collector that cant afford the higher priced surplus, Mosins are still affordable and in a myrid of variation. They are also ''out there' to find, in odd ways and usual ways...LOL!!
The import bans on milsurp rifles and pistols changed as politics and trade agreements with other country's changed in the 70's, 80's and 90's.
Mausers were that way in the 80's. Chinese imports in rifles and pistols was a tidal wave. Finn surplus rifles were the first sort of trickle in the flood of Euro milsurps comming to the US before the Soviets gave it up and eastern Europe added to the flood.
It used to be Japanese Arisakas were cheap 'junk', but I owned a type38 carbine that drove tacks, but where can a guy find any ammo? At least theres quality American produced 7.62x54r ammo available, so when the rifle comes off the rack, its good for hunting.
The import bans on milsurp rifles and pistols changed as politics and trade agreements with other country's changed in the 70's, 80's and 90's.
Mausers were that way in the 80's. Chinese imports in rifles and pistols was a tidal wave. Finn surplus rifles were the first sort of trickle in the flood of Euro milsurps comming to the US before the Soviets gave it up and eastern Europe added to the flood.
It used to be Japanese Arisakas were cheap 'junk', but I owned a type38 carbine that drove tacks, but where can a guy find any ammo? At least theres quality American produced 7.62x54r ammo available, so when the rifle comes off the rack, its good for hunting.