Cosmoline
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If it's a good one that's a good price. Most of them are pretty beat up, though.
price check on 91/30 Mosin?
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lionking
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People are mentioning "I get mine for $70 bucks"........
Some of us don't have a Gander mountain or place like that that sells them.Some of us have to buy online,at a show or from a gunstore......
And a typical one "decent one" at a show goes from $130 to $160.That's what gunshows are selling them for.
And there is no way around paying tax and the $10 background check.
So buy online from a wholeseller and roll the dice,buy on a auction site where at least you see pics,or from a gunstore you are still going to pay the background check,maybe tax or a transfer fee which for me my guy charges $25.
Personally I prefere to handpick or see a photo,$25 or $30 more to pay a transfer fee is not a fortune to do so
And I know one particular dealer at shows who I have bought several rifles from and he always has the better quallity condition ones so we now have a customer/seller relation,I like that.
2 years ago members razzed me for buying a K31 for $200,they were quick to point out theirs only cost them $120,but it was a nice tiger stripish stock.Now you can barely get a beat up one for that much.
If you see one you like might as well pay a little extra,it's not like you are pissing your money away with nothing to show for it.
Some of us don't have a Gander mountain or place like that that sells them.Some of us have to buy online,at a show or from a gunstore......
And a typical one "decent one" at a show goes from $130 to $160.That's what gunshows are selling them for.
And there is no way around paying tax and the $10 background check.
So buy online from a wholeseller and roll the dice,buy on a auction site where at least you see pics,or from a gunstore you are still going to pay the background check,maybe tax or a transfer fee which for me my guy charges $25.
Personally I prefere to handpick or see a photo,$25 or $30 more to pay a transfer fee is not a fortune to do so
And I know one particular dealer at shows who I have bought several rifles from and he always has the better quallity condition ones so we now have a customer/seller relation,I like that.2 years ago members razzed me for buying a K31 for $200,they were quick to point out theirs only cost them $120
,but it was a nice tiger stripish stock.Now you can barely get a beat up one for that much.If you see one you like might as well pay a little extra,it's not like you are pissing your money away with nothing to show for it.
Gottahaveone
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I bought my very first one today at a gunshow with all the goodies for $79.00.
They did charge tax, so it was $86 out the door. It's a 1938 Izhevsk. The wood is nice, with a couple of arsenal repairs and the only numbers that match are the receiver and bolt but it's a shooter, not a collector piece. Bore looks very nice and the crown is impeccable...Made me a happy camper
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yes that should make you a happy customer
I did say typically though,and there are times a dealer may put them on sale and not try to markup as much as others but from what I have seen at shows recently most are about the same in price.
Sometimes at a show,you may run into a dealer that is very reasonable and he is the one that doesn't have to take all his guns back home with him.
I did say typically though,and there are times a dealer may put them on sale and not try to markup as much as others but from what I have seen at shows recently most are about the same in price.
Sometimes at a show,you may run into a dealer that is very reasonable and he is the one that doesn't have to take all his guns back home with him.
Call me crazy, but I happen to like rolling the dice on the cheaper guns. It adds to the anticipation you feel while waiting for the brown truck. Besides, the worst case scenario isn't bad - you will almost certainly get a functional rifle in any case. The now-ubiquitous re-arsenaled Mosins will all meet a certain standard: they weren't just picked up out of the dirt somewhere.
Great thing about surplus guns is that they don't really depreciate (often the opposite) so with a bit of patience you can often unload them for about what you paid and only lose out on shipping and/or transfer. Since I avoid transfer fees as a C&R holder, I have no trouble selling off a Mosin I paid $70 for at cost or even slightly above, because all of the local milsurp dealers are at least $40 above that (if they even have any). Fortunately, none of the guns I have purchased sight unseen have failed to meet my expectations, so that hasn't been an issue.
Great thing about surplus guns is that they don't really depreciate (often the opposite) so with a bit of patience you can often unload them for about what you paid and only lose out on shipping and/or transfer. Since I avoid transfer fees as a C&R holder, I have no trouble selling off a Mosin I paid $70 for at cost or even slightly above, because all of the local milsurp dealers are at least $40 above that (if they even have any). Fortunately, none of the guns I have purchased sight unseen have failed to meet my expectations, so that hasn't been an issue.
I agree with you whole heartedly lionking. I payed 225 for my K31 but it one of the nicest I've seen. My Mosin 91/30 is also in super shape for 125. I would rather pay a little more and get something really nice than to pay less and get less. I bought a Enfield #4 mark 1 and the headspace is out of whack so its not even worth the "deal" I got on it.
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