K9s wrote: Sat Sep 29, 2018 9:59 am
I saw those AIM Mosins on sale. I hate to sound spoiled, but I bought two $100 M91/30 Mosins years ago and they arrived in cosmoline packaged from Molot in perfect condition. I wonder if these are the same thing? If so, they are well worth the price.
The days of the $99 Mosins are long gone, I fear. I had hoped the silver lining of Republicans in charge would be restarting SKS, AK, and Mosin imports from Russia. I also had hoped for suppressors to be off the NFA list. A short-lived supply of cheap Russian relics would have been really nice. The Republicans didn't do a damn thing regarding firearms when they had all the control.
I bought a Finn Capture for $100, and it wasn't even that long ago (maybe 6 years). Sub-$100 Nagants where a very regular thing in this decade. I wish I would have picked up a bunch of the $79 by the crate 91/30s.
I have had quite a few, including M44s (love the fireball), Remington, and SA stamped stuff. I enjoy shooting them, but for me, the thing that killed collecting them was the cost of ammo quadrupling. I can now shoot .308 for the same price, why would I spend it on an (arguably) inferior round out of a surplus rifle?
Off the rack .308s can be had that shoot sub-MOA for the same price as a Nagant now? THis is why they're no longer a deal in my eyes.
You can pick up a Mossberg Patriot or comparable for $300 with a (cheap) scope. The ammo costs are the same (for cheap .308 vs. arguably decent 7.62x54r).
As for the import ban: I agree, Trump should have used his Russian criminal ties to get some more cheap Nagants... but Trump doens't do anything for anyone other than Trump, let's be honest.