Finnish Mosin Nagant?

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So I purchased a Mosin Nagant from a friend yesterday and was looking for the model number. From what I can see it is a P-26 which means that it was refurbished by the Finns and reissued to their infantry. Does this sound right? And what kind of price do you think it would fetch? It seems to be in pretty rough condition.

Pics will be up after the weekend.
 
It does sound right but you can get more info at mosinnagant.net. Values are kind of low right now but I think you should still be able to get $2-300 for a p26 with out too much trouble.
 
You lucky dog!
Stumbling upon a P-26 on your first try!!! b:
I have two and consider myself a very happy collector: the P-26 and P-27 rifles are one of the most sought-after variants of the Finn Mosins.
Hope you'll take care of that one and never ever consider sanding, varnishing or modifying it in any way. These are much too rare to be altered.
BTW, if your barrel is left "in the white" it is normal: some of them were issued that way; don't reblue it!
PP. :)
 
I'm going to tag along behind the OP with pic's and a request on opinions.
SakoM-39002.jpg

The pic is from a phone, not mine. It's an M-39; Sako.
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Hopefully, it and a Bubba'd, damaged VKT will be waiting for me when I return home. The VKT was scoped with a bent bolt; which is supposedly fragg'd.
Anyone have any experience with these arms?
 
Value, collectabity, potential trouble to watch for.
I'm keeping them, I'm just wondering if I paid to much or got a good deal.
Internet forums speak highly of them but they seem to be off-the radar on this site.
 
The value of Mosins, has dropped, since the availability of cheap surplus ammunition ended. The rifles, on dealers shelves and on the internet has fallen from an average of $225 for a laminated stock, to about $190. Also a continuing steady stream of new imports has pretty much saturated the market, in tough economic times.

That doesn't mean they won't hold their value now but, it is a bit of a kick in the pants for some here that expected prices to continue to rise. This hasn't just effected Mosin Nagants. You can see it across the spectrum.

Your Finn, may be an exception. It is a desirable collectors piece, rather than just a shooter.

There are others here far more qualified than I to give you a price on that rifle. I still have my mind set on 25 years ago, when you couldn't give a Mosin Nagant away, unless it was almost pristine. Even then, they sold for cheap. I was just looking at a 1994 International Firearms Co catalogue, Finnish Mosins, 91/30 were selling for 39.95 in very good condition. For another $10, they would hand pick them for you. The M27, brought a substantially higher price, $69.95 and the hand picked rifles, with matching serial numbers, ran $15 more. New in grease M44s, $119.95. The problem was, lack of ammunition. In the early 90s, surplus ammuntion started to dry up. There was also another huge influx of rifles. South American Mausers, Lee Enfields etc.
Right now, we are at a bit of a saturation point again, concerning just about all milsurps. While not pervasively plentiful, they are commanding high prices. That's changing though. It wasn't all that long ago that a good only No4 MkI variant would bring $350, now that rifle will languish for a long time. I notice it's taking a long time for dealers, to sell off their stock of milsurps as well. Don't get me wrong, the market isn't over, the frenzy is though, for now.

Price is relavent to desirability. That particular Finn, should command a premium price. Maybe as much as $400. IMHO. I am probably out to lunch on that figure as well but then, as I stated before IMHO.
 
bearhunter said:
That doesn't mean they won't hold their value now but, it is a bit of a kick in the pants for some here that expected prices to continue to rise. This hasn't just effected Mosin Nagants. You can see it across the spectrum.
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:agree: Such a kick in the pants when that bubble bursts with little or no warning. Just look at the SKS situation right now... :kickInTheNuts:
 
Hawkshadow said:
:agree: Such a kick in the pants when that bubble bursts with little or no warning. Just look at the SKS situation right now... :kickInTheNuts:
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I don't know how some dealers are still selling SKSes at the price they were a year ago despite prices on the EE here on CGN sitting somewhere around the $150-160 mark ? I saw a laminate going once with all the fixings for $200 shipped. I remember when they use to sit at $300-350 a year ago when I bought my hardwood. I don't think we will ever see the prices significantly rise in our lifetime.

Same goes for the 91/30s, some dealers have them at $200 + but you can find them on the EE for $150 (got my Finn captured one for $140 to my door for instance!).
 
stuckon308 said:
So I purchased a Mosin Nagant from a friend yesterday and was looking for the model number. From what I can see it is a P-26 which means that it was refurbished by the Finns and reissued to their infantry. Does this sound right? And what kind of price do you think it would fetch? It seems to be in pretty rough condition.

Pics will be up after the weekend.
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It was referbed by SAKO! Yes Sako started out as a referb company to recondition all the Mosin Nagants that were dropped by the invading Russians (the russians were not very successful against the Finns)
For more info see; 7.62x54r.net
 
Don't get your hopes down too far, Nabs. I remember Moisin-Nagants at $8.50, right out of the barrel or off the rack at Lever's in Vancouver or $9.98 plus 20% from Albion in Peterborough.

They are just taking a rest right now, waiting to take off again. When people finally realise that the Moisin-Nagants are the LAST national inventory of bolt rifles.... and that they ain't a-gonna last forever..... and that everything which replaced them was either semi-auto or verboten...... and that this might be their last chance..... the feeding frenzy will start itself up again.

There were a lot of MNs built, yes.

There are a PILE of wanna-be 'collectors' in Europe who don't have the guts to tell the UN and their politicians to go fly a kite...... and you would not even believe the stuff that these people are having destroyed, just so it looks masculine on the walls of their den. I have seen a whole shopful of WERNDLs... and every single one welded to death. Dekowaffen. Next time the Europeans have a war, they can fight it by e-mailing each other pictures of testicles. They certainly won't have any operational GUNS to fight with! Yeah.... and we stay out this time. The war will end when a kid with an illegal .22 stands up, half of them surrender to him and the other half nuke him for anti-social behaviour: Cologne, Berlin, Paris and Prague will become glowing craters 16 miles deep.

You can't collect full-autos any longer and many semis are being destroyed. Bolt rifles are the end of the line and the MNs are the final ones available in very large numbers. As a new generation realizes this, prices WILL rise. MN prices now are 20 times what I remember them at, Werndl prices are 70 to 100 times what I remember. This always happens when a finite supply meets an infinite demand.

If I had the money, I would be putting away every one I could afford.

Think about it.
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smellie said:
If I had the money, I would be putting away every one I could afford.

Think about it.
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+1 Smellie. I don't have 1/100th the experience of most of you long term collectors, but I know enough to "Buy it cheap and stack it deep" while the opportunity is here. It wasn't long ago that I called up TSE to order my monthly case of GP11 only to be told there wouldn't be any more. Ever.
 
I agree, but I also find Swedish Mausers to be hugely undervalued. I generally don't like Mausers (it is a clear and deliberate prejudice), but I gotta say these swedes are sweet.

Noisy maggots have a place as well I suppose, if I see one cheap......LOL
 
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