I have a buddy who had a bad experience with SIR but as for my experience I purchased from Tradeex and they were great to deal with. I bought an M44 carbine and when it arrive it looked great, however, at the range it was four feet left at 100 yards. Called up tradeex and it was no problem. SHipped that one back and had another in my hands in a week. Great service IMHO.
mosen-nagant from sir
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I have always had good experiences with SIR. They had Gew 98s on sale a few years ago, so I went in and had a look, came home with a 1915/1920 Reichswehr rifle, originally a Mauser-Werke Gew98........ and a cmpletely unmarked rifle from that 1920s secret program, absolutely mint bore. Of course, everything else looked like crap, but what I came hom with could be made to shoot...... and really does.
Their 91/30 MNs look good on the outside, bores seem good as well. Only fly in the ointment is the fact that any Moisin-Nagant is a hard rifle to bed solidly. But they CAN be made to shoot and, at the price, who cares about a few little stamps on the side of the barrel where most people don't look, anyway. They are STILL genuine historical pieces. If anything, the silly import stamps are just another part of their story.
Buy one, shoot it, have fun! Then go buy another!
Their 91/30 MNs look good on the outside, bores seem good as well. Only fly in the ointment is the fact that any Moisin-Nagant is a hard rifle to bed solidly. But they CAN be made to shoot and, at the price, who cares about a few little stamps on the side of the barrel where most people don't look, anyway. They are STILL genuine historical pieces. If anything, the silly import stamps are just another part of their story.
Buy one, shoot it, have fun! Then go buy another!
Drae, if you're in a pinch when looking for 7.62x54R ammo you can stop by the Army/Navy Store in Halifax and pick some up. It's rather expensive, $20 a box I believe, but if memory serves me right it's Prvi Partizan. I bought some Prvi .223 from the A/N Store and its dirty but non-corrosive, fairly accurate and reloadable.
thanks seamus for the heads up right now i have 40 rounds of hungarin to shot through but i will stop by the army/store right now in my area all there is is hunting ammo 28.00 bucks for 20 and to see what else they have again thanks for the heads up
Bought a Mosin from Tradeex, good folks; bought one from SIR, it had the import marks, still a very good rifle; can't say I'd recomend one over the other; I do believe that both places, rifles will vary, some better than others... still for these prices, even a rough looking one's a good deal
Louis
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