$300 Rifles
- Thread starter buffdog
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Have to agree with buffdog. There are plenty of good guys out there who are more than willing to give you a hand if you ask for it. On the other side, there are people floating around with the "nice guys finish last" mentality who would be more than willing to take advantage of such kindness.
SO if you need a hand up just ask, but don't sit and expect hand-outs, and then complain when the world isn't served to you on a silver platter.
SO if you need a hand up just ask, but don't sit and expect hand-outs, and then complain when the world isn't served to you on a silver platter.
Dirt McGirt
Regular
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*ww.tradeexcanada.com/index.php?option=com_paxgallery&task=table&gid=4
O.K. What happened.
Well, that was interesting. One of the things that started this thread was a discussion between a fellow CGN Member and myself, on the trip back from a Gun Auction in Arden, Manitoba, last Saturday. We had the pleasure of looking at, and handling that absolutely superb Long Branch No.4Mk1 that GRANITE purchased, and the talk came around to the cost of Milsurps today. The prices that these auction guns were going for simply astonished us. What could you actually get for a certain amount of money?
When the $300 figure was mentioned in a post, as a sum that one could hardly find a decent rifle for, and considering that I had just bought two M-96 rifles for under that figure, we decided to put a thread on Gunnutz.
Also discussed was the way a lot of these threads go. The fact that someone would like to know about a source, the fact that someone DEMANDS that you should give the whole world the information that you work to find, and that others will give examples of their rifles that they did find recently under the target figure.
Brought up was the supposition that some people do not really read a post, some are not really motivated enough to find out for themselves or simply ask, and of course, there are those who want to put down or find fault with things.
I think we have shown that there is under $300 rifles available, IF you do a bit of work and effort to find them. The 1944 Husqvarna M-96 was indeed purchased from Trade-ex. The 1899 was the result of a trade with a fellow CGN member in Alberta, but it was offered on the EE for $300. Both of these happened within the last two weeks. Dig a little, and you will find them. Sitting back on your butt expecting someone to find them for you and feed you the information with a silver spoon will result in a poor gun collection
There was a clue in post Number 10. Mr. WOODBEEF figured it out. He wrote " If you take the time to actually comprehend his posts,you'll find the answers you are looking for..................... " However, he is disqualified, because although I have never met him, Sean and I correspond via e-mail on gun related items. Sorry Sean, no family members allowed to enter.
The Clue: No, not really a secret. There are all kinds of dealers and companies that have these items at reasonable prices. The Equipment Exchange on GunNutz is also a great place to look. Check out the Sponsor links above and you will find some good people to deal with.
The person who did ask, I felt it was only fair to allow him to get onto the Trade-ex website and see what they had first. He put the effort in asking, was given the information, and if he used it to buy a good rifle, then the information was put to good use.
Now SNAKEBITE, being a Newbie with 5 posts to his credit, did not recognize the humor and took it a bit serious. This is not to his discredit, but shows a concern for his fellow man. If it is any consolation, SNAKEBITE, I too have been caught a few times, so you are not alone. But I will say to you, "Welcome to GunNutz. We need people like you who do show concern. If you have any questions or want some information that I can provide. please feel free to PM me anytime and I will try to help."
To those who provided pictures, Thanks. BOBFORTIER showed us an impressive stock on the .303 Lee Enfield, and a credit to his woodworking ability. ANDY also posted a picture of his fine M-96 FSR rifle with a great piece of wood on it.
And the Winner is.....DIRT McGIRT....who correctly identified Trade-ex as a superb source of quality reasonably priced rifles. I can give Trade-ex a very high recommendation. Their items seem to be under described, in that a "good to very good" would probably rate as an "excellent" in a lot of other dealers opinions. Their service is one that a lot of Dealers should emulate, and the quality of the products they offer is generally a pleasant surprise when you open the package and first see your firearm. I have bought well over a dozen guns from Trade-ex, and never have been disappointed with one yet.
It has been an interesting thread.
Well, that was interesting. One of the things that started this thread was a discussion between a fellow CGN Member and myself, on the trip back from a Gun Auction in Arden, Manitoba, last Saturday. We had the pleasure of looking at, and handling that absolutely superb Long Branch No.4Mk1 that GRANITE purchased, and the talk came around to the cost of Milsurps today. The prices that these auction guns were going for simply astonished us. What could you actually get for a certain amount of money?
When the $300 figure was mentioned in a post, as a sum that one could hardly find a decent rifle for, and considering that I had just bought two M-96 rifles for under that figure, we decided to put a thread on Gunnutz.
Also discussed was the way a lot of these threads go. The fact that someone would like to know about a source, the fact that someone DEMANDS that you should give the whole world the information that you work to find, and that others will give examples of their rifles that they did find recently under the target figure.
Brought up was the supposition that some people do not really read a post, some are not really motivated enough to find out for themselves or simply ask, and of course, there are those who want to put down or find fault with things.
I think we have shown that there is under $300 rifles available, IF you do a bit of work and effort to find them. The 1944 Husqvarna M-96 was indeed purchased from Trade-ex. The 1899 was the result of a trade with a fellow CGN member in Alberta, but it was offered on the EE for $300. Both of these happened within the last two weeks. Dig a little, and you will find them. Sitting back on your butt expecting someone to find them for you and feed you the information with a silver spoon will result in a poor gun collection
There was a clue in post Number 10. Mr. WOODBEEF figured it out. He wrote " If you take the time to actually comprehend his posts,you'll find the answers you are looking for..................... " However, he is disqualified, because although I have never met him, Sean and I correspond via e-mail on gun related items. Sorry Sean, no family members allowed to enter.
The Clue: No, not really a secret. There are all kinds of dealers and companies that have these items at reasonable prices. The Equipment Exchange on GunNutz is also a great place to look. Check out the Sponsor links above and you will find some good people to deal with.
The person who did ask, I felt it was only fair to allow him to get onto the Trade-ex website and see what they had first. He put the effort in asking, was given the information, and if he used it to buy a good rifle, then the information was put to good use.
Now SNAKEBITE, being a Newbie with 5 posts to his credit, did not recognize the humor and took it a bit serious. This is not to his discredit, but shows a concern for his fellow man. If it is any consolation, SNAKEBITE, I too have been caught a few times, so you are not alone. But I will say to you, "Welcome to GunNutz. We need people like you who do show concern. If you have any questions or want some information that I can provide. please feel free to PM me anytime and I will try to help."
To those who provided pictures, Thanks. BOBFORTIER showed us an impressive stock on the .303 Lee Enfield, and a credit to his woodworking ability. ANDY also posted a picture of his fine M-96 FSR rifle with a great piece of wood on it.
And the Winner is.....DIRT McGIRT....who correctly identified Trade-ex as a superb source of quality reasonably priced rifles. I can give Trade-ex a very high recommendation. Their items seem to be under described, in that a "good to very good" would probably rate as an "excellent" in a lot of other dealers opinions. Their service is one that a lot of Dealers should emulate, and the quality of the products they offer is generally a pleasant surprise when you open the package and first see your firearm. I have bought well over a dozen guns from Trade-ex, and never have been disappointed with one yet.
It has been an interesting thread.
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angrysoldier
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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just to set everything straight, i asked where he got the rifle and he told me. i dont see the issue with it. i think the rifle was a fine looking peice and ive always been a fan of the 6.5 so i asked. folks dont take it the wrong way but i find in life , if your a good person and need some help ask and MOST people will gladly help you. thank you again for the ino on the rifle and people please relax, thre is no shortage of rifles in this country. thank you again buffdog.
buffdog, maybe these smucks need you to wipe their asses and make their lunch in the morning to be a useful part of "their" firearms community? For the 18 seconds it takes to pm a guy and maybe a day of waiting for a response at most, it seems as though you have asked them to complete a rigorous obstacle course to qualify for your information. I think you did a fine job in "saving" these rifles for serious collectors and enthusiasts, there is no obligation to divulge a source, especially to someone who isnt even interested in buying one of these rifles. That makes no sense to me whatsoever, so I'll finish my rant with that is a very nice rifle, and congrats on the find! And thanks for sharing, my gun cabinet needs more milsurps
For the 18 seconds it takes to pm a guy and maybe a day of waiting for a response at most, it seems as though you have asked them to complete a rigorous obstacle course to qualify for your information. I think you did a fine job in "saving" these rifles for serious collectors and enthusiasts, there is no obligation to divulge a source, especially to someone who isnt even interested in buying one of these rifles. That makes no sense to me whatsoever, so I'll finish my rant with that is a very nice rifle, and congrats on the find! And thanks for sharing, my gun cabinet needs more milsurps
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- London, Ontario
Nice find!
Both are sold but I still kinda miss them
Paid $300 even for just the rifle 1941 Maltby
Paid $275 for the rifle but it had a very light speckling of rust along one side of the rifle. Had a lot of fun blasting gophers with it
Paid $300 even for just the rifle 1941 Maltby
Paid $275 for the rifle but it had a very light speckling of rust along one side of the rifle. Had a lot of fun blasting gophers with it
Who is talking about secrets?
The thread was about good Milsurp rifles available under $300 lately, and doing a bit of a search to find them. It got off on a tangent when others started up about "secret" information. I think we did show that some good Milsurps were still available.
The first few lines of the start of this thread contained the following quote from another post. This was the object and topic of the thread....was this True or False?
" the last time I spent $300 on a rifle I was just happy it worked and spent the winter bastardizing it to suit my needs because thats just what you do with a $300 dollar gun....It aint ever going to win a beauty contest anyway. IMHO"
If you take the initiative and do a bit of work and effort, you can still find them.
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The thread was about good Milsurp rifles available under $300 lately, and doing a bit of a search to find them. It got off on a tangent when others started up about "secret" information. I think we did show that some good Milsurps were still available.
The first few lines of the start of this thread contained the following quote from another post. This was the object and topic of the thread....was this True or False?
" the last time I spent $300 on a rifle I was just happy it worked and spent the winter bastardizing it to suit my needs because thats just what you do with a $300 dollar gun....It aint ever going to win a beauty contest anyway. IMHO"
If you take the initiative and do a bit of work and effort, you can still find them.
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I think that Buffdog has made his point: you don't have to own a Swiss bank to put together a fairly nice collection, but you do need patience.
Buffdog has seen my collection (or much of it, anyway). Had I set myself a $325 minimum price, I would have almost nothing: an Armaguerra Model 39 and a 4-digit 1907 Winchester SA with a NEW barrel (factory). The nicest rifle I own is an old BSA P-17, scoped, which was a gift just last year. It shoots under an inch with the 1959 Weaver still in place.... but even that one didn't come up to this 'minimum'. Nor did my matching NRF 1918 nor my Chilean Ross or half a truckload of others. My LATEST purchase set me back a whole 50 bucks at public auction: best Cooey Carcano I have encountered.
They are still out there: in the last 5 years I have picked up a Pattern 1853 Enfield, a Snider Mark III long rifle, Martini-Henry Mark II and the most beautiful factory-sportered Sparkbrook LE Mark I that you could even ask to lay eyes on. Total: $600. They need work, but that's just an extra that got thrown in: it's fun.
You don't HAVE to be rich to play with these things, although it does help. But there ARE still some Very Nice Things out there that don't cost the world.
I quite concur with Buffdog's comment re: TradeEx. Prices are fair and better, service is fast, items are better than advertised... and they are nice people to deal with.
Marstar also is good to deal with, as is any company which wants to stay in business more than a year or two. Bad service, cruddy goods, over-market prices, biting the customers, ALL are quick ways to lose business. It is really nice to run into places that DON'T operate like this: they are the ones that will still be around in 20 years.
But there is a lot of VERY nice stuff out there for a long way under that quoted $300 limit for something that you don't butcher.
Buffdog has seen my collection (or much of it, anyway). Had I set myself a $325 minimum price, I would have almost nothing: an Armaguerra Model 39 and a 4-digit 1907 Winchester SA with a NEW barrel (factory). The nicest rifle I own is an old BSA P-17, scoped, which was a gift just last year. It shoots under an inch with the 1959 Weaver still in place.... but even that one didn't come up to this 'minimum'. Nor did my matching NRF 1918 nor my Chilean Ross or half a truckload of others. My LATEST purchase set me back a whole 50 bucks at public auction: best Cooey Carcano I have encountered.
They are still out there: in the last 5 years I have picked up a Pattern 1853 Enfield, a Snider Mark III long rifle, Martini-Henry Mark II and the most beautiful factory-sportered Sparkbrook LE Mark I that you could even ask to lay eyes on. Total: $600. They need work, but that's just an extra that got thrown in: it's fun.
You don't HAVE to be rich to play with these things, although it does help. But there ARE still some Very Nice Things out there that don't cost the world.
I quite concur with Buffdog's comment re: TradeEx. Prices are fair and better, service is fast, items are better than advertised... and they are nice people to deal with.
Marstar also is good to deal with, as is any company which wants to stay in business more than a year or two. Bad service, cruddy goods, over-market prices, biting the customers, ALL are quick ways to lose business. It is really nice to run into places that DON'T operate like this: they are the ones that will still be around in 20 years.
But there is a lot of VERY nice stuff out there for a long way under that quoted $300 limit for something that you don't butcher.
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Pretty well all of my Milsurp collection (18 and growing) cost me under $300...Some of them were sporters that I restored, but a few of them are in original, excellent condition. A lot of people don't know what they own: for example, at a gunshow earlier this year, I picked up a Series 33 Toyo Kogyo Type 99 Arisaka, in pristine original and unfired condition for $100...I've seen similar ones in this forum going for $400 or more.
